I would like to take an on-line, or distance degreee program, for engineering. Is anyone taking such a program, or completed their degree program sucessfully- if so, from which university? Please recommend some programs to call.
Specifically BS degree. I want to decide on the best value and best school to take the engineering program at, hopefully on-line. Do you have recomendations?
Excelsior offers several Engineering Technology degrees (BSET) but I do not know of any BS Engineering degrees.
The problem with bachelor's level DL engineering programs is how to complete the many laboratory classes that are required. The same problem exists in the laboratory sciences. I think that DL is probably better suited to the humanities and social sciences than to science and engineering. Though for the life of me, I don't know why there aren't more DL mathematics programs. It would seem to be a natural. You could kind of ease into physics and engineering through the back door that way, with applied mathematics.
Here is a compendium of snippets from other threads. (Maybe this can be the thread to keep up-to-date for undergrad engineering degrees.) Iowa State Univ.: ISU offers a BSEE by DL. It is a upper division program primarily for Iowa residents...BUT..."may make special arrangements to...students living outside of the state...." Not all of the required courses are delivered by the internet, but clever DL students may find other colleges that offer the other required courses by internet. It may be possible for people outside Iowa to earn a BSEE by DL. www.ede.iastate.edu/bsee.html Also look ABET OK'd University of North Dakota Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering http://www.conted.und.edu/extended/ Monash (Australia) You might want to read this thread: http://www.degreeinfo.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001348.html . It is a bit negative because the poster was looking for a ChemE degree, which is difficult via DL. This excellent Aussie school was mentioned andt offers a BS Engineering degree: http://www.monash.edu.au/info/studyat/ If you look at the site, keep in mind that a "course" in Aussie terms is a "degree program" in U.S. terms. More comments about Monash: Monash is an excellent and rare resource for BS programs in other engineering disciplines. It appears that Monash only offers a BS in Chem. Engineering if you're a residential student. If you select "Distance Learning" on their pick list (http://www.monash.edu.au/info/studyat/), the program does not appear in the choices, regardless of whether "Australian" or "International" student is selected. (The BS in Environmental Engineering is not available by DL, either.) They do seem to offer some of the fundamental first and second year engineering science courses via DL in other engineering programs, including a significant laboratory component, but don't explain how the laboratories are handled. University of Southern Queensland: The world of distance learning seems pretty well agreed that one should get basic engineering skills in a residential Bachelor's program, and then further education and specialties can come through distance Master's degrees. Nonetheless, the subject index to Bears' Guide 14 suggests that programs may be found at Monash, Old Dominion, Edison, and Southern Queensland. John Bear http://www.usq.edu.au Florida State University Florida State University offers a BS in CIS with a major in Software Engineering: This is their 2+2 program in which you take the first two years at a community college or another university, either residentially or via DL. (There is a prescription for the content of the AA program.) http://www.fsu.edu The BSIS at umass is a very nice degree because you can pretty much cater it to you needs. For instance if I want to be a programmer then I can take all my computer courses in that direction. The only concern of course is the title of the program. DeVry--mention this school, start a flame war http://www.devry.edu/dvuc/ DeVry is not really an Engineering School. They are an Engineering Technology school. Only one of their degrees is ABET accredited on a few campus. The BS in Electrical Engineering Technology is the only offering accredited. For ABET-TAC accredation, the program at each campus must be visited. Not regionally accredited: Grantham Cook's Institute of Electronics California National University. Worse than not regionally accredited Atlantic International University is unaccredited. Worse, they are accredited by the dreadful and unrecognized ACI, which only serves to fool people who look for accredition but don't know what they're looking for.
Many schools do offer DL Engineering studies, although mostly at the masters level. Here are some RA schools that do offer DL work in one way or another: Arizona State University Auburn University Boston University Bradley University California National University for Advanced Studies Colorado State University Columbia University East Carolina University Eastern Michigan University Florida State University Georgia Institute of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology Iowa State University of Science and Technology Kansas State University Kettering University Lehigh University Michigan Technological University Mississippi State University Montana Tech of The University of Montana National Technological University New Jersey Institute of Technology North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University North Carolina State University Northern Arizona University Oklahoma State University Old Dominion University Purdue University (Distance Education Services) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rochester Institute of Technology Southern Methodist University Stanford University Syracuse University (Division of Continuing Education) Texas A&M University Texas Tech University University of Alabama - Huntsville University of Alabama University of Arizona University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Denver University of Delaware University of Houston University of Idaho (Engineering Outreach) University of Maryland, College Park (A. James Clark School of Engineering) University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Michigan University of Missouri–Rolla University of South Carolina University of Tennessee University of Texas at Arlington University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Wisconsin–Platteville Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University As to price, the best deals are: School $/CH Texas Tech University 80 Old Dominion University 202 University of Wisconsin–Platteville 225 Iowa State University of Science and Technology 326 University of Colorado at Denver 335 Kansas State University 347 Oklahoma State University 350 Northern Arizona University 389 University of Arizona 396 Auburn University 399 University of Wisconsin–Madison 400 To the best of my information these are all for out-of state.
