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    Ed.D with no teaching background...

    I'm aiming for a MSc in astronomy, but it's not a research program, rather a taught one. I don't want a PhD in astronomy; I don't want to be a...
    Post by: Autodidactic, Sep 21, 2010 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Do threaded discussions in online classes have any academic value?

    Had good discussions in all my classes so far. The four astronomy classes I've taken from Swinburne (to complete my graduate certificate) all had...
    Post by: Autodidactic, Sep 21, 2010 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    DegreeInfo Success Stories

    Was a member for a few years before I finally got around to doing my DL graduate certificate of science (GradCertSc) in astronomy through...
    Post by: Autodidactic, Sep 21, 2010 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Degree for the impatient...

    An update... I got accepted to the GradCertSc program in late 2008. I took 2 classes a semester in 2009, from March-May and August-October. I...
    Post by: Autodidactic, Sep 21, 2010 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Degree for the impatient...

    Answers! The trick is that instead of going through a US school, where there's only Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate, I'm going through an...
    Post by: Autodidactic, Mar 5, 2009 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Degree for the impatient...

    And then I was silent for three years... ;) Sorry for being so quiet for so long. I didn't even realize it had been that long! Anyway, lots...
    Post by: Autodidactic, Feb 24, 2009 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Degree for the impatient...

    Wow, Tom! Pretty neat. I don't know whether I'll be pursuing grad school at this point, and I mostly deal with astrophysicists, who don't...
    Post by: Autodidactic, Oct 23, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Degree for the impatient...

    Thanks for the info, Jeff - very helpful. :) The IT aspect of my career (15+ years at this point) has been a lot broader than just...
    Post by: Autodidactic, Oct 21, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Degree for the impatient...

    GRE Thanks for the tips on the GRE, Bazonkers. I don't have college-level experience with physics, but I did okay in it as a high-school senior,...
    Post by: Autodidactic, Oct 20, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Degree for the impatient...

    I don't consider what I'm doing right now as procrastinating. From early November to mid-December, I'm going to log 40,000 kilometers of air...
    Post by: Autodidactic, Oct 16, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Degree for the impatient...

    Creeping along... Well, I'm back from the 2 weeks of conferences, but have been working far too many long nights, and I've got another 5 weeks of...
    Post by: Autodidactic, Oct 15, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    How would you pay for BAIN4WEEKS?

    I have very few (under 10, to my knowledge) credits to transfer over, so I am looking at spending somewhere under $5000 total at Excelsior. (Have...
    Post by: Autodidactic, Sep 20, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Degree for the impatient...

    Nice tips, Tom, thanks! At this point I'm hoping to go the GRE route. It's certainly not as easy as just cobbling together a whole bunch of...
    Post by: Autodidactic, Sep 13, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Degree for the impatient...

    What I meant was... I looked at the sample exams for all the subject GREs, and determined that in every case, I would need to study for them to...
    Post by: Autodidactic, Sep 13, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Credit Requirement Variation

    I've noticed that even within a single school, certain majors will often require a different number of credits. Excelsior, for example,...
    Post by: Autodidactic, Sep 13, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions