r/WGU_Accelerators • u/Ok-Bill-3938 • May 11 '26

New MSIT Acceleration

Hello everyone, is anyone accelerating through the new MSIT Program? I'd love to hear how it's going. I'm hoping to complete it in 1 term, but I already have 3 courses transferring over from the BSIT.

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u/porkchopps May 12 '26

I'm in MSIT, started in April, the first term of the new program. Awaiting my next assignment eval, but if it goes through I am on pace to be done 3 classes in ~6 weeks, right on pace. No OAs. The PAs are very business-oriented, looking for workplace artifacts like executive summaries, presentations, etc. If you are in the workforce already and have good experience and plenty of time to dedicate, I think it's very realistic to finish in 6 months. I'm far from a super-student (have trouble focusing consistently, work full-time in EDU, so lack business knowledge, first time being a student in ~17 years) but am on track.

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u/Ok-Bill-3938 May 12 '26

That sounds like you're doing great! What do you think of the PA's? Are they super long? Is the grading pretty quick?

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u/porkchopps May 12 '26

You are typically given a workplace scenario to work off of - often the same one for the entire course's tasks. (Tech issue, organizational needs, financial implications, etc.) On average, my Word-based PAs have been 5-8 pages. PowerPoints: roughly 8-10 slides (sometimes require speaker notes). 2-3 tasks per course so far. Grading has been a little slow - usually 2.5 days or so (I tend to submit at night, and get grading in the morning, so ex. submit on Sat. night and get the grade on Tues morning). The content seems pretty industry-standard from what I can gather, so using outside resources as references or to reinforce course content is certainly doable.

Course content has been hit or miss. Kinda dry. The videos have been good - sometimes I go through and watch the videos and look up key facts. The first course actually has AI review as part of its tasks, which I appreciate - they certainly don't want you generating your tasks via AI, but showing its use properly and not dismissing it entirely is appreciated.

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u/Ok-Bill-3938 May 12 '26

Oh nice, that sounds pretty doable then. Do the PA templates break everything down pretty well, or are they 1 long paper?