Of late, I have been doing a lot of thinking about teaching and the consistent "18 credits needed" jargon common therein. I had an email communique with someone well established in the online business who suggested graduate certificates as a possible consideration. In the vast experience of this forum, where have posters seen the cheapest graduate certificates?
I not sure if they are the cheapest, but Northcentral has CAGS in numerous subjects (18 credits each x $495 = $8,910): http://www.ncu.edu/certificate_of_advanced_graduate_studies.asp UMUC has numerous certificates (12-18 credits each x $604 = $7,248 - $10,872) http://www.umuc.edu/programs/grad/certificates/index.shtml There are a number of others, depends on what subjects you are looking for. The going rate seems to be around the $10k mark.
UC Riverside (and other UC schools) offer certificates typically 12 to 21 units at around $1800 and up. http://www.extension.ucr.edu/certificates/default.html These are residential. There are some on-line certs at www.extension.ucr.edu/online Medical, turfgrass (big industry in my area), and tech writing.
Thanks for the responses...I guess I am looking for cheaper than NCU. Just a thought about expanding my "bag of tricks" to show I have 18 units in a particular area. The extension stuff looks promising...I am going to check that out more closely. Thanks!
www.apus.edu -- RA and plenty of programs. Cost is only about $275 per hour and certificates are 15 hours. This is a good place to pick up "18 hours" in history. And where else could you get a grad cert. in Air Warfare? Grad certificates: Air Warfare American History American Revolution Ancient and Classical History Athletic Administration Civil War Studies Competitive Intelligence Criminal Justice Emergency and Disaster Management European History Homeland Security Intelligence Analysis Intelligence Studies Joint Warfare Land Warfare Logistics Management National Security Studies Naval Warfare Organizational Management Security Management Space Studies Sports Management Strategic Leadership Terrorism Studies Unconventional Warfar/Special Ops/LIC World War II Studies
Apus Thanks for the informative post... I didn't realize that APUS offered so many certificates. I have found gradschool.com to be an interesting source, as well.
APUS is a good deal, I’ve taken some history and humanities classes with them. The courses are rather structured and in all honesty rather rigorous also. To your point the deep selection of courses outside of the standard business fair make them a compelling RA online school. If anyone has any questions about them I'll try and field them.