Greetings. I would like to obtain credit for electrical engineering-related subjects. Those very few EE -- not ET/EET! -- courses that are available by distance are also highly objectionable. (They're on video/computer, not correspondence; they have fixed time tables; they are obscenely expensive...) What about Contract Learning (as described by Charter Oak State College: http://www.cosc.edu/enrolled/contract_learning.htm)? Would I be able to arrange a learning contract at COSC or another school, and then transfer the credits? Or does the contract only work at the school that issued it? Are there any schools that particularly deserve my attention? (Of course I've already emailed COSC, but I've yet to receive a reply. <g>) Cordially, Richard Kanarek
One problem you encounter is lab requirements for EE, Physics, Chemistry and whatever courses. The COSC degree is not an EE and the courses accepted by COSC may not transfer to an EE school. If you don't require an EE but just some "electrical engineering-related subjects" then Cosc may be a good bet for gaining a degree while acquiring those courses. Being in Brooklyn makes you close to a variety of schools offering EE degrees if not courses. NYIT will likely let you take courses but my experience with that school was dismal.
Greetings. Thanks for the reply! I really appreciate your help, but let's stay focused here! <g> I'm aware that COSC doesn't offer an ABET approved BSEE. This is not (immediately) significant to me for the following reasons: 1) I wasn't considering a COSC degree; I only asked about their "Contract Learning" program, using it as an example. 2) Let ABET not approve of my degree; it's only fair, as I don't approve of them either. <g> I'm only interested, at the moment, in learning about earning transferable credits by "Contract Learning." Since the bureaucracies involved have made a distance engineering degree all but impossible, my (current) focus is on an creating an Engineering'ish degree under the aegis of an Individual Studies concentration. Lab issues are malleable, but a source for some sort of pertinent s/h credits isn't! Cordially, Richard Kanarek P.S. Pardon me while I restate a preceding sentence for emphasis: I'm only interested, at the moment, in learning about earning transferable credits by "Contract Learning."
