WGU offers degrees, not classes. As a competency-based online university, progress through your degree program is determined by demonstrating your competence through carefully designed assessments and completion of a professional portfolio, capstone, or both. As a student in this program, you will complete the assessments (courses) listed below in order to graduate. These assessments are required, though you may be able to clear some of these requirements through a course-by-course transcript analysis. (Learn more about transferring credits.) Each assessment has a course of study, which contains a study guide and recommended learning resources for you to use while completing said assessment. Your assigned mentor will help guide you through this process.
For ease of understanding, WGU has assigned competency units to each of its assessments as indicated below. A competency unit is equivalent to a semester credit hour of learning. WGU terms are six months in length. During a typical term, students will be expected to complete at least 12 to 13 competency units. Grades are assigned on a Pass/Not Pass basis; a “Pass” at WGU is equivalent to a letter grade of “B" or better.
Speak to an Enrollment Counselor for more information about these assessments and their courses of study.
| Course | Course of Study/Assessments | Competency Units |
|---|---|---|
| WFV1 | IT Fundamentals I | 3 |
| AGC1 | Foundations of College Mathematics | 3 |
| BBC1 | Communications Foundations | 2 |
| CLC1 | Reasoning and Problem Solving | 3 |
| LAE1 | Language and Communication: Essay | 2 |
| LUT1 | Language and Communication: Presentation | 2 |
| QBT1 | Language and Communication: Research | 3 |
| AXV1 | IT Fundamentals II | 4 |
| CPV1 | IT Fundamentals III | 4 |
| INC1 | Integrated Natural Sciences | 4 |
| INT1 | Integrated Natural Sciences Applications | 4 |
| EUC1 | Web Development Fundamentals | 2 |
| EUP1 | Project in Web Development Fundamentals | 1 |
| CUV1 | Web Technologies | 4 |
| BOV1 | Web Programming | 4 |
| GAC1 | Finite Mathematics | 2 |
| HHT1 | Finite Mathematics Applications | 2 |
| DHV1 | Windows OS Fundamentals | 3 |
| DRV1 | Operating Systems I | 2 |
| DSV1 | Operating Systems II | 2 |
| COV1 | Fundamentals of Interconnecting Network Devices | 3 |
| CQV1 | Interconnecting Network Devices | 3 |
| QLT1 | Quantitative Literacy: Quantitative Problem Solving and Applications | 3 |
| CTV1 | Security | 4 |
| BVC1 | Geography | 3 |
| RIT1 | Leadership Concepts and Applications | 3 |
| BNC1 | Organizational Behavior and Leadership | 3 |
| IWC1 | Literature, Arts and the Humanities | 2 |
| IWT1 | Literature, Arts and the Humanities: Analysis and Interpretation | 2 |
| DJV1 | Software Development Fundamentals | 4 |
| TXC1 | Introduction to Programming | 2 |
| TXP1 | Project in Introduction to Programming | 2 |
| TPV1 | Project Management | 6 |
| MGC1 | Principles of Management | 4 |
| CVV1 | Database Fundamentals | 3 |
| CJV1 | Database I | 4 |
| TYC1 | Introduction to Object Oriented Design and Development | 2 |
| TYP1 | Project in Introduction to Object Oriented Design and Development | 2 |
| CNV1 | Designing Customized Security | 4 |
| SBT1 | Technical Writing | 3 |
| RGT1 | IT - Security Capstone Written Project | 4 |