Ivy League (and more) online

Hello everybody,

there seem to be several threads about this topic in the forum, but no list so far.
This is a about schools with a global recognition and certificates they offer to get their names on the CV.
What I found so far:

Brown University

• Pre-College Online Courses (So you want to be a doctor? / Exploring Engineering / Crafting a Video Essay / DNA Science / Lessons in Leadership / Anatomy, Physiology & Disease / Writing for College and Beyond / Developing Young Entrepreneurs)
• IE Brown Executive MBA
• Brown Executive Masters Program (planned fall 2012)

Online Learning at Brown University | Brown University Office of Continuing Education

Columbia

• Columbia Teacher's College - Various courses, but no certificate program (URL="http://www.tc.columbia.edu)
• Several certificates about various topics and degrees in the field of engineering (Columbia Interactive - Subjects), there also seem to be various master with only a few residencies.

Cornell

• Certificates in various areas (Human Resources Management / Hospitality and Foodservice Management / Leadership and Strategic Management / Project Leadership and Systems Design / Financial Management / Management Essentials / Marketing / Healthcare) Business, Hospitality and Human Resources Training | eCornell

Dartmouth

• Tuck Executive Education - Online Bridge Program - Fundamental business topics for recent liberal arts graduates, PhDs, and other high-potential employees with little or no business education or experience.

Harvard

• Harvard Extension School - Several masters available in blended format, fully online are professional certificates in nanotechnology, religious studies and education, strategic management and sustainability (Partial Online Degree Programs and Certificates at Harvard)

University of Pennsylvania

• There seem to be some medical courses offered through distance learning, but no certificates of degrees (Penn: Distance Learning)

Princeton

• 
  none

Yale

• Summer School - Nine courses offered through distance learning (Online Courses | summer.yale.edu)

Non-Ivy League

MIT

• MITx - Free courses (Not determined yet which), for a small fee with certificate (MITx | MIT's online learning initiative)

Standford

• Center for Professional Development - Graduate Certificates in Product Creation and Innovative Manufacturing / International Security / Biodesign / Management Science and Engineering / Mining Massive Data Sets (Certificates & Degrees - Graduate Certificates | Stanford University Online)
• Center for Professional Development - Professional Education Certificates in Advanced Computer Security / Advanced Project Management / IT Benchmarking / IATA Aviation Management / Strategic Decision and Risk Management / Sustainable Energy Conversion and Storage (Professional Education Certificate | Stanford University Online)

University of Notre Dame

• Mendoza college of Business - Executive Certificate in Negotiation / Leadership and Management / Business Administration and Advanced Specialized Certificate in Intercultural Management (Executive Certificate | Online Business Courses | Notre Dame Online)

Non-american schools

Oxford

• Department for Continuing Education - Over 60 courses across a range of disciplines, transferable into a Certificate of Higher Education starting autumn 2012 in Archaeology / Architectural History / Creative Writing / History / History of Art / Italian / Literature / Philosophy / Spanish (Online courses | Oxford University Department for Continuing Education)

Cambridge

• Department for Continuing Education - Fully online only the courses "Legacies of war: online seminar group" and "Sex and gender: online seminar group", blended mode: Certificate in Coaching / Certificate in the Principles and Practice of Assessment / MSt in Advanced Subject Teaching / MSt in Sustainability Leadership
  Online study - University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education

 

Thank you, this is an excellent thread!

 

Great list.

For the near-Ivies, I'd add:

UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley Extension - No degrees, but many credit courses and several fully online certificates on various topics
Certificates and Professional Programs - UC Berkeley Extension

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (top 5 engineering)
NetMath - Online certificate in applied mathematics Program Description | NetMath at the University of Illinois as well as certificates, undergrad and grad degrees from UIUC.
U of I Online: Programs has a comprehensive list. Programs are administered by each department, as Online Program | Department of Computer Science at Illinois

Georgia Tech (top 5 engineering)
Distance Learning and Professional Education - Online masters in Aerospace Engineering, Computational Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Information Security, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Physics and Operations Research
Georgia Tech Distance Learning | Degrees

 

I'm not sure where we draw the line, but Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon and Johns Hopkins probably belong on this list as well.

School of Continuing Studies - Northwestern University

Professional & Distance Learning - Carnegie Mellon University

The Johns Hopkins University - Distance Education

 

I drew the line by: Which schools you don't have to explain anywhere in the world? But to be honest, I am from Europe and therefore should have omitted schools like Brown and Cornell, which people not interested in the topic hardly know here.

 

I see. My perspective was US-centric and something more like "resume goes on a special stack because of where you went to school." By your standards, I think UC Berkeley is the one that most clearly makes the cut.

 

I don't think this happens as much as many think it does. But I still see your point.

 

I'll bet that there are top-shelf law firms that only hire from certain schools. It's true in the Engineering world as well. A Harvard Law degree or a Masters from MIT will catch people's attention. At the Bachelors level it may not be such a big thing.

 

Like you said, it probably is in certain professions, especially with the firms in the top of their particular lineup. I would think that the pedigree firms might be likely to hire only the pedigree graduates. Still, I think the percentage is pretty low. Don't you think?

 

I work in the software industry, and I can tell you for sure that at my company, a candidate who went to a top ten program (MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, CalTech, CMU, GA Tech, UIUC etc.) will get a much closer look than someone who went to a solid but unremarkable state U.

 

Yes. I agree.

 

True in some circumstances, I'm sure, but not a majority. Experience and achievements, even in your industry, speak louder than any degree. I would wager that an individual with a proven track record of code writing (or whatever) and a state degree would be favored over someone with no experience and a top tier or ivy league degree. Exceptions are possible, of course.

 

You bet. And an internal recommendation ("I've worked with her. She's awesome.") carries more weight than anything. But succeeding in in these rigorous, demanding, competitive programs says a lot about your ability to succeed in a rigorous, demanding, competitive job.

 

No argument there.

 

Columbia TC appears to have an online masters degree
Online Masters in Computing in Education @ Teachers College :: How to Apply
The TC website is not the easiest to find information.

 

Columbia U-Teachers College is likely considered the premier education studies college in the U.S. This 32-hour online MA program does however; require during the school year residential intensives and/or intensives during the summer months.

Online Masters in Computing in Education @ Teachers College :: Time Frame & Schedule

 

MIT has a MS in System Design & Engineering that can be completed mostly online (they require 1 semester on campus, but that is similar to the Harvard Extension School on-campus requirements)

Flex Time Master's Degree | MIT SDM