Good Afternoon Everyone, I need more help in guiding guys/gals that have many questions. I currently have an individual working for me that wants to get a bachelors degree. There is one issue. He doesn't test well at all. He's the hardest worker you'll meet and really wants to do something with his life ( not saying he can't without a degree). I thought this would be the place to find out if there are any schools (RA) that grade by reports/class participation? If not, are there any schools that allow verbal testing. Thanks to all for any feedback.
www.calcoast.edu - The multiple choice exams at California Coast University for the bachelors degree are open book. This includes the final exam. You can find the answers in the course textbook. A writing assignment is required for each course. "Study Guides include 4 "Unit Tests" equally spaced throughout the instructional materials, a brief writing assignment and the Final Examination. Examinations are designed to test the student on the preceding chapters. All tests are un-timed and may be completed as open book tests."
Not at all. It's just the tests. He can relay the information he's learned verbally or in a written format. He's just one of those individuals that has a hard time testing.
Is this the kind of Distance Learning in which I can actually decide how many credits and classes I can take, and actaully speed up the process of the degree completion? Do they offer credits per se?
Union Institute and University has at least a couple of undergraduate programs that are based on project-based learning; you meet with your mentor each semester to work out the specifics of an interdisciplinary study project which is basically a 16 credit project for the semester, and evaluation of your learning is achieved through how the project is presented, usually a series of written papers or materials, but occasionally things like authoring a book or business plan or film. I know for certain this approach is still used for their Holistic Studies degree; it's a holdover from the former Vermont College program which Union acquired some time ago. Others with more familiarity with Union may be able to provide more detail on Union's approach.
Hi MisterTEB. Yes you can speed up the process of degree completion and take only one courses at a time or many. Credits are awarded for Courses that you take as part of the program. As far as I can tell, they don't offer individual courses for credit. Hi Dono. Undergraduate courses and degrees from APUS (www.apus.edu) may be writing intensive. Courses from Chadron State College (http://www.csc.edu/extended/online/undergrad.csc) may be writing intensive and they do offer online undergraduate degrees ( with an internship component ). Courses from UCLA extension are writing intensive. However, UCLA extension does not offer undergraduate degrees. https://www.uclaextension.edu/r/Default.aspx Penn State Online does offer writing intensive individual courses online. They also offer online undergraduate degrees. http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/degrees.shtml Amberton University offers online undergraduate degrees. Amberton U is writing intensive. www.amberton.edu
Dono, It sounds like your friend may have some sort of learning disability. Has he ever been evaluated by a professional? If so, he may find that many schools are willing to work with him to accomodate his condition - allow extra time on exams, let a proctor deliver exams orally, etc. I know of more than one person who has received both accomodation for their disability and money for school from their state's Vocational Rehabilitation program. The students I know who fell into this category were attending class full time on-site, but I can't think of any reason why the accomodations would be different for DL students. Good luck, and let us know what your friend decides to do!
