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Does anyone know of entire degrees/programs with the kind of rigour in these courses, especially with regards to assessments, and direct access to lecturers and tutors etc?

I'm going back to physical university and the driving factor was the inability to get help when I needed it. I tried a few coursera courses and many of my questions sat unanswered on forums for days and even weeks. I'd be happy to pay a reasonable premium for timely access to experts on the subject like you get at a real university.

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I graduated from GA Tech's online masters in Computer Science and I felt like it was worth the time and money. Some courses were better than others, but it's constantly improving. I know a ton of people in the program too who are enjoying it. Think the entire program cost me a little over $8k USD. https://omscs.gatech.edu/

Sorry to ask, will this help with the H1B 20K cap?

I already have a Cs master but I would like to work in the US for a couple of years instead of Europe.

Also, I would like to be challenged again as web dev isn’t challenging, not where I work that is.

I have seen it does.

This seems to be as close as you can get without matriculating: https://bradfieldcs.com/csi/

That looks like a nice way to throw away 20k USD.

You could say that with some truth about nearly any course of study (modulo the price tag). What's the GWH quote? “You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for $1.50 in late fees at the public library.”

That general cynicism about paid education notwithstanding...

Having looked over Bradfield's curriculum, I think they've made some very savvy choices, that would definitely benefit students. Also I know two Bradfield alumni, who were both quite pleased with their experience there (though neither went for long enough to spend 20k USD). I think you can probably do a lot worse than Bradfield.

Hardly.

Let's see the options:

- A masters degree outside USA, it is probably way cheaper and extremely more prestigious, with better job prospects connections.

- A masters degree in America, it more expensive, but gigantically superior in all the other points.

- An online masters degree like Georgia Tech. Better, cheaper, more prestigious.

- A CS degree online at OSU: https://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/services/tuition/?p=computer.... 1.5 X as expensive but you will get a real degree (No ABET accredited).

- Coursera/Udacity/Edx. 10% of the cost, courses taught by first-rate universities.

- OCW: Totally free.

- FreeCodecamp: Totally free.

So this program has the cost of Ivy-League universities program with 0 of the benefits. If you think this is a good proposition for your career, I as a hypothetical recruiter, would highly question your common sense as a prospective employee.

I did the [Computer Architecture and the Hardware/Software Interface](https://bradfieldcs.com/courses/architecture/) course and really enjoyed it.

I applied for the CSI program and really hope I get to do it this coming year. I got a ton of value out of the above course ($1800).

The CSI course is 10-20 hours a week for the year.

Lastly, up to this point I've been self-taught through Udemy. The problem with that is, sometimes, if you're stuck on something, it might take you 8 hours or more to figure it out. Where if you have someone knowledgeable, they can explain it in 15 minutes. Bradfield seems to do the best at that.

I've tried hiring a tutor outside of a MOOC and asking them for help, but it wasn't quite the same as a teacher who is actively engaged with the material.

You should at least take a look as CS classes offered through Harvard Extension.

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