Accredited Christian Universities?

Didn't mean to "drop out" here, but we were out of town for a few days.

I appreciate the concern expressed, and I would have been surprised if it hadn't come up. When I went to college, in my 30's, the whole process was so much easier. I went to an advisor, we discussed the degree program I was interested in, and she gave me a computer print out of what classes I needed to take when. Each semester, I registered for those classes and that was it. I didn't have to worry about prereqs or coreqs, classes filling up,or having a balance between lab intensive and writing intensive courses. I would have been totally lost if I did--even at that age. It was stressful enough just going to school.

Because of that, it was easy to take over that role when my ds said, "Just tell me what I need to do to get from point A to point B." One year he had 18 and 19 credits each semester. We did NOT want him taking so many, but he was adamant because he wanted to graduate. As far as the degree and school, he has chosen both. He's also chosen the classes although I'll tell him he needs a science class. He then picks which one he wants to take. He has no interest in an Ivy, nor do I think he would enjoy one.

It's difficult navigating the system here. When he was a dual enrolled student, he was at the bottom of the list for picking classes. Not all courses are available each semester and it takes planning to figure out what courses are offered when--if they're not canceled. In which case a back-up is needed. He's had a mixed of campus and online classes. Now that he only needs ~ 12 more general ed credits (after two summer classes), it's even more difficult. For instance, there's two colleges in our area that he's been enrolled in. One as a campus student and the other as an online student. This fall each college has ONE class that he needs. Subsequently, I have to find the other two classes he needs somewhere else. It's extremely time consuming.

As far as dealing with burn out, he's only taken 12 credits the past two semesters. It's been nice seeing him take a lighter load and have more free time. He needs that at this developmental age. He's involved in scouts, youth group, music, and being a teen. Plus he's working part-time. We're not in any rush to see him leave home or graduate. Still he needs to do something academically for a couple more years. I've encouraged him not to take more than 12 credits a semester at the university when he does start--especially the first year. Dealing with the transition will be enough without a heavy class load. Plus I want him to have fun!

My apologies to everyone for the tangent this has gone off on--unless you don't mind tangents. lol

 

Have you considered University of North Dakota (UND)? They offer quite a selection of self-paced courses some of which are writing-intensive but without any examinations. A side benefit is the courses are available whenever your son wants to start without any semester registration limitations.

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My apologies to everyone for the tangent this has gone off on--unless you don't mind tangents.[/quote]


Tangents... Oh, you were talking of the discussion taking a turn off course rather than the mathematical reference to a line touching a curve.

 

Tangents... Oh, you were talking of the discussion taking a turn off course rather than the mathematical reference to a line touching a curve. [/QUOTE]

I'll have to check them out. Before we left, I spent a day checking out the colleges on Bakers list and others mentioned here. Looking at course descriptions there's no way I can match the "religion" classes. For instance, SEU lists the Life of Christ and Acts. Other colleges will separate it into two courses. That's just one example. He has electives in his major and there might be a few courses he could pick up BUT I'll need to talk to him when the time gets closer after his general ed are done. Although he could take some of those just to eliminate credits, I think he would enjoy waiting since a lot of the electives are practicum type classes. Since I don't want him to take a heavy load when he does start, financially it would be nice to finish up the general ed.

Thanks for the suggestion. Any approximation on HOW writing intensive it is? Last semester he had over 10,000 words he had to write between his classes. One class required 5,000. In our state so many "words" are required for certain classes for graduating with an AA degree.