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myntik1:
I would like to finish up my degree in Spec Ed but at 15 hundo per class (no books included), I may just have to swap it and go down the project management road.  It sucks to leave credits on the table but if I bang on my pm classes (which my company will pay for) I could probably double my salary.

I agree with Chad, find a school, anything nearby that you can go to. At my company we view strictly online schools as diploma mills and don't really put too much stock in them.

shmokes:
Another problem with online courses, in many cases, is that they are go-at-your-own-pace.  For all but the most disciplined, that pace actually turns out to be don't-ever-accomplish-anything.  You're a busy person.  You work full-time.  If you don't have the traditional class you must attend at a certain time, with deadlines that must be met at certain times, are you really going to have the discipline to get that degree?

Then, of course, you are faced with the fact that most people who went to real schools don't take online schools seriously, so people who went to online schools never rise to positions of power, so nobody doing hiring (a position of power) ever ends up taking your online degree seriously.

On a related note, I have a brother who went to University of Phoenix when it was a brick and mortar school that simply catered to people who work 9-5.  He's now looking at going back to school for a graduate degree because he's finding that, even with impressive experience under his belt, nobody takes his degree seriously because they think it's an online degree.

Don't waste your time and money, IMO.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: shmokes on January 18, 2008, 01:40:32 pm --- If you don't have the traditional class you must attend at a certain time, with deadlines that must be met at certain times, are you really going to have the discipline to get that degree?

--- End quote ---

I don't think there are too many "no schedule" real degree programs anymore... most of them run with schedules and deadlines that I've seen.  They want you to progress because you pay by the credit.

tommy:


--- Quote from: shmokes on January 18, 2008, 01:40:32 pm --- If you don't have the traditional class you must attend at a certain time, with deadlines that must be met at certain times, are you really going to have the discipline to get that degree?

--- End quote ---


You want to progress because you want to better yourself, get a better job and so on. Someone being there or someone telling you you need to be here at a certain time means nothing if you don't want to be there in the first place. If you have such a lack of drive then you have more problems beyond doing an online course and will just never do anything with your life. After all, this is something you're signing up for, not something that is forced on you.



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