Adult Online Degree (Coursework only)

Hi all,

My parents who are retired and residing overseas would like to earn a degree (AA/BA) before they are getting too old. Due to their health conditions, they're not be be able to attend any exams (unable to sit for too long); therefore the only option is coursework only. It's much appreciated if you can come up with some accredited college/university that provide such programs.

They'd been working with the government for their entire life, just wonder would that be able to give them some credit towards the degree please? Both of them have complete GCSE but not the A-Levels.

Thank you so much!

 

It doesn't need to be US degree, anywhere is fine as long as it's accredited.

 

You might want to contact Northcentral University (ncu.edu) or Capella University (capella.edu). Historically the student performance is measured through written assessment. Were they in the Military? If not, then some of their credits must be evaluated by ACE.

 

A lot of schools offer prior learning assessments. This is where you complete a paper and/or project to prove college learning outside of college. LearningCounts is an external PLA service with partnerships with several schools.
LearningCounts | Affiliated Universities

Then, there are your competency based schools like Western Governors University and Patten University. There are competency based programs at Capella, Northern Arizona University, University of Wisconsin, Bellevue, and a couple of other schools. Competency based programs don't make you take classes. They make you complete assignments and let you move on when you've demonstrated mastery of the subject. Some of the programs will even give you a pre-test that, if you pass, will allow you to get credit for that competency. I don't know if any of the schools/programs I listed have proctored exams for all of their programs, but some might use ProctorU which is an at-home proctoring service that uses webcams.

 

Thanks a lot! I'll have a look for them then.
They don't want any exams though.

 

thanks a lot!

I'll have a look then!

They don't want any exams though.

 

20 Colleges Are Picked for Effort on Competency-Based Education – The Ticker - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education

According to this report, there's 20 colleges with competency based programs.
Might wanna have a look at them.

 

Thank you for directing us to the list. What do you suggest to help with portfolio assessment? I need help!

 

Some colleges have a course in portfolio writing - sometimes mandatory. I actually took one at Redlands U but moved East midway through the course so no credit. During the course I wrote several portfolios challenging courses but they were never submitted.

If the school you are interested in does not offer guidance just do a web search.

Also check the home page of this website for the Levicoff article on portfolio learning.

I think this is a great way to earn credit, especially for upper division credit, if you have the experience. But usually expensive.