Engineering Mechanics/Statics/Strength of Materials/etc. Courses

Greetings.

I wonder if anyone could point me towards an "Engineering Mechanics"/"Statics" [NOT Statistics <g>]/"Strength of Materials"/etc. course that would meet ALL of the following criteria:

a) Awards Intermediate or Upper Level (NOT Freshman!) RA or ACE reviewed credit
b) Generous completion time limit even without an extensions (12 months preferred, 9 months possibly acceptable)
c) Does NOT require or presuppose related course work (e.g., a "Dynamics" course which is intended to be taken after a "Statics" course would NOT be acceptable.)
d) Year round, "open" enrollment.
e) Delivered by paper (i.e., Traditional Correspondence), although it may have ancillary online services (e.g., homework submission by e-mail, etc.)

N.B. Depending upon how desperate I become, I may be willing to forgo requirement "e." <g>

Links to suggested courses would be appreciated!!!

Thanks in advance!!!


Cordially,
Richard Kanarek

 

Richard,

University of Idaho has an extensive distance offering for engineering. You might check them out. They have statics courses, too. Delivery mode seems varied...some DVD and some other.

http://www.outreach.uidaho.edu/eo/SemesterList.aspx?sem=Fall%202005&dep=0

Other schools you might check out for distance engineering would be...

1) University of North Dakota. (they have been discussed extensively on the forum)

2) University of Tennessee-Knoxville

3) Penn State University

 

I think I remember the University of Oklahoma used to offer some of those courses you mention. Not sure if they still do. But I recall they were unexpensive, and your typical, traditional correspondence courses.

Regards

 

Greetings, and thanks taking the time to post ALL the replies!

With regards to the replies, while they are ALL appreciated, they have proven suboptimal.

I believe that the University of North Dakota, the University of Idaho, and Penn State are all pretty ghastly choices for a distance learner. Either they are impressively expensive, have inflexible schedules, bureaucratic admissions policies, are not proper paper-based correspondence, or combine all these and other deficiencies. (N.B. This does NOT apply to UND's NON-engineering distance offerings. There may also be other exceptions.)

A course from the (seemingly quite friendly, amenable, and economical) University of Tennessee, or the University of Oklahoma (ah, Norman, my windy paradise!), would have been swell, but neither institution offers a Engineering Mechanics/Statics/... course. (Coincidence: I enrolled in courses from both institutions just before posting my question! Wouldn't I have felt foolish if either offered the course I was looking for!)

I still have a lead I'm pursuing. I'll be sure to report back if it pans out. Similarly, I hope you chaps will post any other suggestions that might occur to you.

Thanks again!

Cordially,
Richard Kanarek

 

Richard, last time I checked (some 8 years ago), Oklahoma offered it, but I guess there was litle demand and eventually dropped them. Nevertheless, I have found courses in mechanics at BYU.edu. I think they are as well unexpensive. Not sure if there is addtional religious admissions requirements (I certainly hope not), but it could be a great option anyway. How´s your engineering degree going ("engineeringish" as you´d say)? Making progress?


Try this link


Regards

 

As I understand it, and you might think I would know this sort of thing given my educational background, Brigham Young would not require religious requirements unless you are one of the following....

1) An ex-Mormon(in which case you cannot attend BYU)

2) A Mormon on church discipline(in which case an ecclesiastical endorsement might not be given).

3) Seeking a degree there(in which case you will need an ecclesiastical review from your church leader. if you do not go to church then you will need to meet with an LDS Bishop to get an ecclesiastical endorsement).

Taking a course through them should not be difficult, though. It should be fairly inexpensive compared to the others.

Keep in mind that BYU's football team just got whomped by San Diego State. :-( Better yet...forget that and move on. Maybe the Notre Dame game will be better for them.

 

Good luck on your quest. That's a lot of criteria in this day and age...especially the paper based correspondence in an engineering class. It might be worth it to bite the bullet and take this class at your local college, if offered.

Is your goal to get an engineering BS? Maybe knowing this could help people point you in the proper direction. We seem to have a number of engineers on the forum that might be of some help.

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