Independent Study Courses

Lsu

LSU has a large selection and is very cheap. Their courses are mostly the old-style correspondence type, but to me that's a plus (no deadlines). The cost is currently $262 per course.

LSU Independent and Distance Learning

 

The University of Wyoming offers independent study courses at $94 per credit. They have different offerings over web, video, audio, and mail.

Outreach Credit Programs - Your Invitation to Opportunity - University of Wyoming Outreach School

TG

 

Clovis offers a few courses in the areas you are looking for - cost is $184 for a 3 credit course (or $61 per unit)
http://www.clovis.edu/downloads/Summer2010Schedule.pdf

You should make sure that any independent study courses (that is, if the title of the course is "independent study" as in AMU PSYCH490 or CSUDH SOC494) you find are transferable to the college you plan to attend.

 

BYU has probably the largest and most established program and transferring the units should be no problem. University of Nebraska (Lincoln), Indiana University, Portland State and University of Colorado (Boulder) also have independent study programs.

 

The only thing with LSU is that the turnabout (at least when my daughter started her Latin class) was 3 - 4 weeks per assignment.

Shawn

 

LSU Independent and Distance Learning

The first place I'd look is LSU. Why?
1) They have both psych and soc courses online
2) They are inexpensive
3) The courses can be accelerated
4) I like the color purple (it's a sports thing)
5) I love Pete Maravich (the best b-ball player to never win a championship)

Pete Maravich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

If the school you intend to transfer these courses to accepts ACE credit, check out Penn Foster. They are very inexpensive, most courses are ACE approved, and their turn around is way faster than LSU.

 

Check:
LAColleges.net: Online & Distance Classes at Los Angeles Community Colleges

Tuition is $ 26 per unit.

 

Wow, this is terrible - does this mean she had to wait 3-4 weeks from the time you turn in your last assignment until she could take the final?

 

The $26 is for California residents - it is $214/unit for non-residents.

 

just wanted to bump this to see if anyone knows of any other cheap online schools. I need 1-2 more english classes and I'm trying to find the cheapest, most convinient way to to get through them...Also, thanks for the links so far, they have been useful.

 

She gave up on the Latin course at LSU. She completed a Latin Class using Skype and an online platform. She didn't earn college credit, but she loved the class. She plans on taking additional Latin Courses at Southern Virginia University in the Fall.

Shawn

 

I'm curious as to why she is taking Latin.

I know Latin is very useful to scholars researching documentation prior to about 100 years ago. In those days Latin used to be the international language including that of scientists. Here is Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
Newton Principia Mathematica

 

The univeristy of idaho has independent study courses for english 101 and 102. I completed both, and they were easy. The great thing is they don't have final exams. The bad thing is that english 101 doesn't recieve a letter grade (A,B,C,D) on the transcript. Therefore, it didn't transfer to the college I'm attending now. English 102 has a letter grade and transferred. I don't understand why UI does this.

I'm looking into either taking the CLEP for english or taking enlish 101 over again at another institution that doesn't require exams for their english classes. I've only found one that is the most convenient. It's at Ohio university. I asked them if their english course recieves a letter grade on the transcript, and they said yes. Futhermore, I asked the college I'm attending right now if it will transfer, and they said yes. I'll be taking this course if the CLEP doesn't work out for me.

 

University of Alaska, Fairbanks, has a fairly wife range of undergrad distance courses, including some in Psych. Some are semester-based, and others are year-long. I both enjoyed and was challenged by the one course I took from them several years ago. Undergrad credits are $141 for lower-level and $159 for upper-level, which is a rather good deal.

Peace,

Matt

 

Looking at this site it appears the total cost per credit is $189, $242, and $402 for lower division, upper division, and graduate level courses respectively.

 

I have some friends (and children of friends) that loved their expereinces at Southern Virginia U. (the former President of SVU was a good friend and mentor of mine).