Computer Courses

A friend of mine is a computer programer who would like to take course work at a distance. He is especially interested in learning Java and Visual Basic.

Can someone recommend a USA RA school which will allow him to take the courses non-matric and completley at a distance? They can be on either the undergraduate or graduate level. (He earned a BA in Computer Science).

Thank you for your help.

Jeffrey

 

Is there a reason that he wants to take courses for credit? If he already has a BA in CS and just wants to learn some more languages then there are plenty of good books out there that he could use. The Deitel books are pretty decent for picking up a language.

If he prefers to take courses because his employer is paying for them (or for some other reason) then he'd probably be best off finding some sort of graduate program. There are quite a few graduate certificate programs out there if he just wants to take 3-5 courses. It's not a masters degree, but at least he'd have a credential of some sort to put on his resume.

 

Thank you Gary for responding.

My friend unfortunetly has was fired recently due to the economy/downsizing. His specialty language is COBOL, so that limits his job opportunities.

My friend would like to take the coursework on JAVA and Visual Basic to increase his potential job opportunities. (He of course can't wait to complete the courses before applying for jobs now, but he hopes that they will increase his future prospects).

He wants to take the courses through a university because he learns best in a strucutred learning environment. He also wants to document having such training to potential employers.

Jeffrey

 

Your friend can take a look at this link: http://www.worldwidelearn.com/free-online-training.htm?cobrand=wwl

Ike

 

Lists of distance course databases have been posted here in the past. Perhaps the moderators will consider a read-only FAQ forum so that such commonly needed information is easily found. In the meantime, here is a partial list that may be useful:

• 
  CyberU
  Globewide Network Academy (My second favorite.)
  Hungry Minds
  International Centre for Distance Learning
  International Distance Learning Course Finder
  MindEdge
  Peterson's Lifelong Learning
  Telecampus (My favorite.)
  WorldWideLearn