Hi, Are there any great options for getting a BA in a Liberal Arts major without residency? There seems to be an extremely limited selection of undergrad Liberal Arts programs offered through DL. The University of London and TESC look possible. They have the majors that I'm interested in, esp. Philosophy. What other schools could I consider? I'd really prefer a quality college/uni that's also more recognized. Ok, maybe I'm being too idealistic, but humor me if you may I completed most (if not all) of my general/core classes at my former school. I went to a traditional resident expensive uni, majoring in Psych. I dropped out because I was getting progressively ill and my A's went to hell. I know I can probably finish a DL Psych program the fastest, but I really don't want to go there. I didn't like my Psych major as much as I wanted to. I'm not yet well enough to commute to school in addition to work, and my current job doesn't go well with the traditional class schedule. I want to resume my studies asap, but don't have the clearest idea on where is a good place to start. Any ideas?
See www.excelsior.edu for a similar route to the TESC. If speed and cost are important to you, then consider taking exams for credit. For more information on taking exams for credit see www.bain4weeks.com. LSU has independent study courses at a good price: http://www.is.lsu.edu/college/courses/ If you want a more traditional program then someone else may be able to help you.
Hi, Why not use Degreeinfo's very useful degreefinder database? I entered bachelor (level), arts and liberal arts along with general and independent studies (field), and philosophy (keyword). This easy search brought up 8 schools, although notably lacking was COSC and Excelsior, both of which offer a philosophy degree (or a ba in ls with a concentration in philosophy.) Good luck, Tony You may also want to check out schools offering generic ba's that allow you to build your own curriculum. There are a ton of schools that offer this path and if you are looking for the best name recognition it may be the best path.
If you want a bachelors degree in philosophy, the University of London offers the best program that I know of. The University of London has created two collections of specially commissioned all-star survey articles that have been published by Oxford University press under the catchy titles 'Philosophy 1' and 'Philosophy 2'. Between them, they include 24 essays, including essays on methodology in the philosophy of science by David Papineau, on the rationalist philosophers by Roger Scruton, on ethics by Bernard Williams, the philosophy of psychology by Ned Block, the philosophy of mathematics by Michael Dummett and the philosophy of the social sciences by David-Hillel Rubin. The treatment is extended (the essay on Kant is 75 pages long, for example), comprehensible to undergraduates without ever condescending to them. If these are examples of the University of London's philosophy materials, I'm certainly impressed. I bought both volumes for my bookshelf. I've always thought that the biggest problem with the University of London external programme in philosophy was its examination-only format. So I was very pleased to learn from Bill Gossett and Jack Tracey that tutorial support is now available from Pathways in Philosophy: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~ptpdlp/pathways/lond.html Combine the bare-bones external programme with the teaching from real philosopers provided by the Pathways people and this thing starts to look very attractive.
