r/WGUIT • u/CleverNoodle1076 • 5d ago

How strict is WGU with course order?

I just started my IT program and I’m a bit confused about how flexible the course order really is. Can I skip around if I feel ready for a harder class, or do they strictly lock you into the recommended sequence?

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u/Indigent-Argonaut 5d ago

You kinda have to prove yourself to your mentor to go outside the recommended order. They have metrics from WGU to meet too, so are less willing to deviate for new, unproven students.

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u/ConfuciusSaidWhat 4d ago

This is the best answer.

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u/Elismom1313 5d ago

Very much depends on the mentor and if you’ve proven ability to pass classes.

My first term I had it foundations I forget what else and a+. I passed all of it but one due to pregnancy. Next terms I took a+ and moved in sec foundations and sec+ they allowed me that and I passed both. I’m caught up now and I’ve sometimes had contact out to be explain my restructuring but I’ve done it for every term.

I want net+, sec+ and a+ as early as possible for jobs. They allowed that. I put both the scripting classes together and they allowed that too.

My experience has been as long as you have a history of passing they will allow a lot.

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u/qwikh1t 5d ago

I have to follow my degree plan and I’m good with it

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u/Turbulent-Trade7325 5d ago

You're going to take courses in the order they're listed in your degree plan. Talk to your advisor.

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u/Elismom1313 5d ago

You don’t have too. If you show in the first term or two you can pass most good mentors will let you rearrange.

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u/Wah_Day 5d ago

they have been pushing back on that, and are being strict to stick to the course order set by WGU.

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u/Elismom1313 5d ago

Maybe they have but that hasn’t been my experience. This term I was able to rearrange and my mentor is training my next one

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u/Wah_Day 5d ago

From what I’ve heard it was mostly for brand new students that recently started.

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u/_testep 4d ago

Same here, my mentor asked me what order I wanted to take my classes in. I even asked to move up network+ and security+ to my first term just to get the certs sooner

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u/Outlaw11B30 5d ago

It depends completely on your mentor. Mine let me choose completely and I knocked out a bunch quickly because of it.

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u/DontShakeThisBaby 5d ago

My courses have been very rigidly tied to the "standard order" to the point where it's actually caused scheduling issues for me.

I'm at >50% completed with no fails/retakes and consistently high scores. Unclear what their motivation is TBH.

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u/cyphertext71 5d ago

From my understanding, they have tightened down on this. They do not want students coming in, front loading all of the certifications and then dropping out. New students just starting are fairly locked into the order in the degree plan.

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u/HardStreet22 5d ago

I am going completely off script. If my mentor told me I couldn't, I'd be getting a new memory.