Distance Learning Courses Available Over Christmas Break

Hello. I'm trying to find some distance learning courses that are available over my sons' Christmas holiday break. I am checking all local colleges. He ran into a little credit shortage this semester. He is a second semester sophmore so community college credit is still an option. Have a great week.

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Many community colleges, colleges, and universities offer intensive courses over the holiday/summer breaks. Contact the Continuing Education department of some local schools, and I bet you'll find several options. Best of luck.


Bruce

 

Hmm. Good question.
On the high cost end of things, but with prestige, too, there's Cornell University's
Winter Session (January 2002).

I also noticed the great Isaac Kramnick, Prof of Political Science, is doing an
intro level course in the history of political philosophy DL style--so virtually anyone ought to be able to partake!

--Orson

 

Hello. He has narrowed the scope to accounting classes. Harcourt and Kaplan seemed like a fit but will not allow non-degree seeking students to enroll. The quest continues. Have a pleasant evening. Thanks in advance for any input.

 

Your son might do better to look at self-paced independent study classes with "rolling enrollment" that he can start now, work on intensively over Christmas break, and finish up during spring semester -- rather than trying to find a DL course that fits into the Christmas break. And many universities allow non-degree students to enroll in one or more independent study courses.

A search in Excelsior College's DistanceLearn database turns up quite a few accounting courses. For example, Louisiana State University offers:
Introductory Financial Accounting
Intermediate Accounting Part I
Introductory Managerial Accounting
Intermediate Accounting Part II
Cost Analysis and Control
Income Tax Accounting I
Auditing
Advanced Accounting
Government and Institutional Accounting
Commercial Transactions for Accountants

Your son should check with his educational adviser to make sure his school wil accept the credit.

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Kristin Evenson Hirst
DistanceLearn.About.com

 

I was going to recommend the LSU courses as well. However, bear in mind that each accounting course has 15-16 assignments, and they will only allow you to turn in 3 assignments per week. There are also 2-3 exams per course. Depending on which accounting courses he wants to take, this could work out well though. They are in the process of revising the accounting courses for the latest textbook versions, but some courses are still using an old edition. E.g. Intermediate Accounting I is using a 10th edition, while Intermediate Accounting II is using the 9th edition of the same text. I'm sure that soon they will all be updated.

I agree with Kristin's advice. Have him check with his advisor and then go ahead and order the course(s) right away if he can use them. The LSU courses are a great deal at a little over $200 per course (plus books), and you have 9 months to complete them.

Here's the URL:

http://www.is.lsu.edu/college/courses/