I was thinking about taking Excelsior's Database Management Systems online course just checked and found it its $ 1005.00 not counting books wow ! that's for 3 upper level undergrad credits that seems like an awful lot of money for a school that has zero classroms. Yeah, I know they still have expenses, but it still seems like a lot of money
My local community college offers a similar online course for only $88 a credit hour ($264 total). Unfortunately that is only for the local rate; the out-of-state rate is $299 per credit hour. Maybe you have a school in your area that offers something similar?
Wow. I took that course back in '06 and want to say it was $7-800 then... that was with tuition reimbursement. Needless to say I would seek out a less costly alternative, and if it's got to be UL and you've established residency, look at enrolling as a non-degree seeking student at your local U.
Are you enrolled? I think it's less if you are. Less still via a partnership program -- I paid $750 ea. for my two current courses. I took DB at Chadron State College in 2009 and paid $505. I liked Chadron. This for a 300-level course; had I wanted a lower-level course my local CC would have been ~$280. Phillip
really ? because I am enrolled I guess I'll have to contact an academic advisor and find out if its cheaper and what's a partnership program ? Is that being enrolled at a different university but using Excelsior to fulfill at requirement at the other school ? I'll also check out Chadron and see if they still offer that course online. Was that course Access based ? Oracle based ? or MySQL based ? Thanks for the info !