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D486 Governance, Risk, and Compliance (ITAS 5225, 2 CUs in the September 2026 WGU catalog) is the graduate GRC course of six WGU computing tables: term 2 of every M.S. Computer Science track (artificial intelligence and machine learning, computing systems, and human-computer interaction) and every M.S. Software Engineering track (AI engineering, DevOps engineering, and domain driven design). Risk management frameworks, regulatory and policy alignment, data classification, security and privacy controls, compliance audits and remediation, and risk management plans. Coursework Ninja completes D486 done-for-you, fixed quote in writing first. From $99. Independent of WGU.
Per WGU's published description, Governance, Risk, and Compliance provides learners with advanced skills and knowledge to authorize and maintain information systems utilizing various risk management frameworks. The course focuses on the strategic and long-term alignment of an organization's information security program to regulatory requirements and organizational policies. Course topics include compliance and regulatory requirements, data classification and prioritization, security and privacy controls, compliance audits and remediation, and risk management plans.
Six catalog tables carry D486, and all six place it in term 2: the three M.S. Computer Science tracks and the three M.S. Software Engineering tracks, every graduate computing path WGU runs. That makes it the first governance course a graduate computing student meets, one term into the degree, where framework vocabulary replaces engineering instinct. Message us the code and where you stand, and we quote a flat price in writing.
Every full package includes the written 6-month guarantee: we finish the remaining CUs under the agreed plan, or you do not pay. Packages: Bachelor's $3,000 · Master's $3,500 · both $5,500 · single assessments from $99.
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WGU does not publish assessment formats in the catalog. Student communities report written analysis work for the graduate GRC course, consistent with its framework-and-policy description. We confirm the current format for your catalog year at intake, and the fixed quote covers whichever assessment D486 carries.
The description's core skill: authorizing and maintaining information systems utilizing various risk management frameworks. Scored work uses the framework's own vocabulary and steps, so answers written from engineering instinct read as guesswork.
The course's strategic half: the long-term alignment of an information security program to regulatory requirements and organizational policies. The analysis is graded on the alignment argument, not on listing regulations.
Data classification and prioritization, security and privacy controls, compliance audits and remediation: the operational rows of the description. Each is scored as its own row, and remediation plans written without the audit finding they answer come back for revision.
Every graduate computing track at WGU carries D486 in term 2, beside heavier technical courses. That placement is the trap: a 2-CU governance course that never wins a scheduling fight can hold a whole term open.
D486 alone is a single from $99. On a remaining list in any of the six graduate tables it folds into the flat master's package at $3,500, every remaining academic CU under the written 6-month finish guarantee.
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Bottlenecks
D486 stalls the engineers who treat governance as paperwork. The course grades framework vocabulary and alignment analysis, and neither comes from writing software. These are the stalls we take over most often.
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Per the September 2026 WGU institutional catalog, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (ITAS 5225, 2 CUs) provides advanced skills and knowledge to authorize and maintain information systems utilizing various risk management frameworks, focusing on the strategic and long-term alignment of an organization's information security program to regulatory requirements and organizational policies. Topics include compliance and regulatory requirements, data classification and prioritization, security and privacy controls, compliance audits and remediation, and risk management plans.
Per the current catalog, 6 tables, all term 2: the M.S. Computer Science tracks in artificial intelligence and machine learning, computing systems, and human-computer interaction, and the M.S. Software Engineering tracks in AI engineering, DevOps engineering, and domain driven design. It is the same course in every table.
WGU does not publish assessment formats in the catalog. Student communities report written analysis work for the graduate GRC course, consistent with its framework-and-policy description. We confirm the current format for your exact catalog year at intake, and the fixed quote covers whichever assessment the course carries.
The catalog description is built around risk management frameworks and regulatory alignment, and it names no vendor certification. Some WGU security courses align to certifications, but we never assume the alignment: the exact scope for your catalog year is confirmed in writing at intake, before you pay.
Per the September 2026 catalog, the term-2 neighborhood depends on the degree. On the M.S. Software Engineering tracks, D486 lands beside D780 Software Architecture and Design and D781 Software Quality Assurance and Deployment (ITSW 5104, 4 CUs, the heaviest course of that shared base). On the M.S. Computer Science tracks, it lands beside D796 Unix and Linux and D797 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Foundations. D781, D797, and D796 now have their own completion pages, linked below.
One course starts at $99, with the exact figure fixed in writing once we know where you stand. If D486 is one row on a longer remaining master's list, the master's package is $3,500 flat with the written 6-month finish guarantee covering every academic course on the plan.
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