Online Classes

I would avoid The Univ of Phoenix - cookie cutter classes with adjunct who couldn't find work anywhere else. I interned at Capella University and they seemed pretty good. Obviously for-profit but they consider quality as important as growth.

What field? Are you near any local community colleges?

Be aware that most employers don't respect an online degree like a degree from a brick and mortar institution. Your resume won't rise to the top of the stack with an online degree when a company is hiring.

Also check to see if the degree is fully accredited. You'd be better off going to a comm college to do your gen ed and then night school for classes (assuming you're trying to work around a work schedule) than going purely online.

While its true that employers are not as familiar with online degrees, and therefore more skeptical of them, its not true that you won't be a strong candidate for employment. That said, you need to be prepared to describe your coursework and highlight some of the skills developed through online education (self-discipline, initiative, etc....) in job interviews. Finally, be sure that your experience matches your degree. Online graduates, like brick and mortar grads, get burned when they earn a high degree without the work experience to make it worthwhile.

Note that the original poster asked about taking some courses to possibly transfer to a local university. He/she does not ask about the merits of an online degree.

Given that, it's important to go with an accredited program. You might consider going with a traditional brick and mortar school that also offers online courses. Even better, your local university may actually offer online courses, in which case you can be assured that your online courses will count.

You should check to see if your every day university if offering online classes. I am currently taking classes from the University of Illinois (UIUC) and the degree you get is the same as the degree on-campus students take. You take the same classes, test, HWs, etc.

You also pay the same out-of-state tuition however, but that's want job reimbursement is for!

going back to skool wrote:

I want to take some classes and decided that I want to do it online. Yes I know online doesn't mean the classes are easier but its more of a convience thing. I was just wondering if any of you guys have taken them through one of those online schools you see on TV and what kind of things should I be looking for when choosing the college. Also I may want to transfer these credits to the local university later on so I want to make sure that they would work for that.

Thanks

Then do it here, ITS FREE!

Thanks for posting that Malmo.

No credits though :)