Where to finish a degree?

Posted by brohoolio on Thursday November 27, 2014 @08:27AM
from the self-post dept.

I'm like a few folks in the technical community in that I never finished college. Honestly it didn't matter too much until recently when I took the plunge into management, but now I need one to advance further. I'm about 2/3 done with a degree. What's the best place to finish a degree up online? I just want to finish up with a general BS degree. Many of the programs I've been looking feel a little sketchy.

What's the best value in terms of price, reputation and online learning?

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Re:Where to finish a degree? by kphild on Thursday November 27, 2014 @10:47AM (#8667652)

I am finishing my BSc at the UK-based Open University. It is 100% online, legitimate, reasonably rigorous and quite well respected, at least in the UK. You can transfer up to 2/3 of the degree from previous studies. Many courses are not available outside of Europe though.

Two alternatives are Canadian Athabasca University and University of London International Programmes.

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Re:Where to finish a degree? by arisAlexis on Thursday November 27, 2014 @09:27AM (#8667376)

What do you mean general BS? In computing right? You can find most of the UK universities have courses that they call "top up" and you can be accepted and given credit for previous studies but also for prior working experience.

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Re:Where to finish a degree? by brohoolio on Thursday November 27, 2014 @10:08AM (#8667511)

General BS refers to a bachelor of science. I don't really care what the degree is in at this point. I'd like to transfer my current credits to another institution and finish up.

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Re:Where to finish a degree? by nickthemagicman on Thursday November 27, 2014 @05:37PM (#8668982)

You said you were just trying to finish up online.

Arizona state seems to have a good selection of programs. http://asuonline.asu.edu/online-degree-programs/graduate

NOTE: If you decide to go in for a tech degree ABET accreditation is the standard for tech accreditation, and will allow you to transfer courses between other ABET schools.

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Re:Where to finish a degree? by brudgers on Friday November 28, 2014 @05:07AM (#8670376)

In the US, I'd suggest looking at Western Governor's [wgu.edu] because the value proposition is reasonable due to its not-for-profit nature and quasi-public status.

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