Online Schools.?
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Online Schools.?
does anyone give real credit to people who went to an ONLINE SCHOOL of any sort? Doesn't seem like it would hold much water. So hard to sit in front of a computer and learn compared to in person.
anyone have an ONLINE degree? has it helped get a job?
just curious.
anyone have an ONLINE degree? has it helped get a job?
just curious.
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i have taken many classes online through my local community college. i got the accounting units i needed. the classes were so damn easy compared to the UC system, it wasnt even funny...
if anyone hasnt gone to college yet, i highly recommend taking as many classes at the CC as possible, then finishing your degree at a real 4 year university. my gpa from cc is 4.0, my gpa from UCSD is 2.7. online classes are eazy and conveniant.
online classes are good for supplementry credits, but get your degree from somewhere reputable. also make sure the online college is accredited.
if anyone hasnt gone to college yet, i highly recommend taking as many classes at the CC as possible, then finishing your degree at a real 4 year university. my gpa from cc is 4.0, my gpa from UCSD is 2.7. online classes are eazy and conveniant.
online classes are good for supplementry credits, but get your degree from somewhere reputable. also make sure the online college is accredited.
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Are you talking about on online degree from a place like University of Pheonix, which thanks to the brillance of google adsense, has an ad on this page.. or that from a reputable, fully accredited university that happens to offer online classes.
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Originally Posted by vtec9,Feb 5 2008, 01:55 PM
Are you talking about on online degree from a place like University of Pheonix, which thanks to the brillance of google adsense, has an ad on this page.. or that from a reputable, fully accredited university that happens to offer online classes.
I have a relative who said they were looking into ONLINE CLASSES...
I think they already ahve some kind of Online Ministry Degree of some sort.???
I personally would not think too much of an applicant with Online degrees in anything...
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Even big name schools are going online, so before you know it everyone will be online. Here in AZ, ASU is jumping head first into online courses, even for their reputable MBA program.
I've done online classes from traditional colleges and online classes from online Us, and the online Us are just as rigorous. I'm in an online Masters program right now at Capella U. They have good programs and started out with Education and Psych Masters and Ph.D degrees. All of their professors have doctorates and many years of experience in before being considered for teaching positions there. I even interviewed with them for a job a couple years back and they are straight up pros IMO. They are regionally accredited like institutions such as ASU, or any other major public U. To further illustrate my point, after having spoken with professors at ASU, they know of people working at ASU that were hired after earning an online degree.
Working in a corporate environment for a major international company, they do not appear to show bias (in my personal experience anyhow) toward one type or the other. Now, many of the skills they are looking for can only be earned at brick-n-mortar Us, but for other capacities such as soft skills, IT, project management, training, etc., they in my experience do not automatically discount people with online degrees. They look very heavily at experience first and foremost. The degree certainly is not invisible to them, but OTJ experience is huge, and they look for the kinds of projects you've been a part of, what challenges you've faced successfully.
Big name degrees from big name schools don't mean anything if the person that earned it does nothing with it. I know of cases in my current work environment where people with Ph.Ds are less respected than people with Bachelors degrees and some patents to their name. Names like Harvard, Yale, etc. never hurt, but if you do nothing with it, it might as well be from Acme U. Also, anyone can get a big degree if they work hard enough. A Yale Ph.D doesn't mean anything if you haven't done work in the field or respectable research. Even crazy people can earn a fancy piece of paper.
I would shop smartly for an online program, but do not discount them, and they are only going to increase in popularity and respect with our culture heading in the direction it is. There are shit online degrees just like there are shit brick-n-mortar degrees. You gotta shop around just like any other major investment.
I've done online classes from traditional colleges and online classes from online Us, and the online Us are just as rigorous. I'm in an online Masters program right now at Capella U. They have good programs and started out with Education and Psych Masters and Ph.D degrees. All of their professors have doctorates and many years of experience in before being considered for teaching positions there. I even interviewed with them for a job a couple years back and they are straight up pros IMO. They are regionally accredited like institutions such as ASU, or any other major public U. To further illustrate my point, after having spoken with professors at ASU, they know of people working at ASU that were hired after earning an online degree.
Working in a corporate environment for a major international company, they do not appear to show bias (in my personal experience anyhow) toward one type or the other. Now, many of the skills they are looking for can only be earned at brick-n-mortar Us, but for other capacities such as soft skills, IT, project management, training, etc., they in my experience do not automatically discount people with online degrees. They look very heavily at experience first and foremost. The degree certainly is not invisible to them, but OTJ experience is huge, and they look for the kinds of projects you've been a part of, what challenges you've faced successfully.
Big name degrees from big name schools don't mean anything if the person that earned it does nothing with it. I know of cases in my current work environment where people with Ph.Ds are less respected than people with Bachelors degrees and some patents to their name. Names like Harvard, Yale, etc. never hurt, but if you do nothing with it, it might as well be from Acme U. Also, anyone can get a big degree if they work hard enough. A Yale Ph.D doesn't mean anything if you haven't done work in the field or respectable research. Even crazy people can earn a fancy piece of paper.
I would shop smartly for an online program, but do not discount them, and they are only going to increase in popularity and respect with our culture heading in the direction it is. There are shit online degrees just like there are shit brick-n-mortar degrees. You gotta shop around just like any other major investment.
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