Need help choosing a online school!

My dear Murdok:

Apology accepted. You were not attacked (trust me on this), you were sternly corrected. Quit being depressed. You are teachable about decorum (more than I can say for some), so you have nothing to be depressed about.

Now let's see what can be found for you. As well as being a very wise man, Jack Tracey is both a psychology and a DL expert. Listen to him! Listen to the other posters of good will! And if you EVER think that a mill-shill or a troll is playing games with you or trying to deceive you, just holler and point. Our collective aim is true and our fire deadly.

What particular field of psychology interests you? Do you have any completed college degrees at this point, or have you accumulated course credits without completing a degree?

Baker is a good choice. Use the search function to check out previous discussion on Fort Hays--mostly positive, some negative IIRC.

I would suggest that you try to clarify in your own mind what direction you want to pursue. This will help you avoid what so many of us have done in DL--false starts that waste time and money and may unduly discourage you about DL when it's one's own internal fiery motivation to complete that *particular program* that is lacking. Very often there is a panicky need to settle the question of which program too quickly. Resist this. Choosing a program is like seduction: haste creates unhappiness all round, and the end in view is rarely thus achieved.

Don't mind my esteemed colleague Ted, either. His memory is not so good although his intentions are. He seems to be suggesting that it was the difference in our religious views which I found unacceptable. Crap! I couldn't care less what your religious views are--this is a DL forum, not a theology forum, after all--as long as you express them in a civil way that doesn't bring this discussion board into disrepute.

Disrepute, you ask? Degree mills and their shills hate this board for its ethics and its integrity. Rough and tumble is quite all right, but no crotch-grabbing, eye-gouging, or hair-pulling. Got it? There is a reputation to maintain, and sometimes the religious or political discussions become so heated that the best interests of degreeinfo's reputation are lost sight of in the smoke and heat of battle.

You now have my best wishes as you begin to participate here; welcome aboard.

Janko Preotul


P.S. Never bring up zebras. I forget why--just don't.

 

I have 38 hours of college credit from Eastern Kentucky University going the B&W route but 2 close family members died 3 days apart and it was just too much for me to cope with. Also, the closest college that doesn't cost over 7k a semester is 2 hours away and that one still costs around 5k a semester.

What I want to eventually achieve is to become a psychologist in either substance abuse, clinical, or educational psychology (which around here is all the same thing). What I mean by that is a clinical psychologist usual works for the school helping kids, helps drug addicts, and does mental therapy at clinics. This is due to the very low amount of people with a college education in southeastern Kentucky.

I simply can't find any DL programs that are 100% online in psychology though. I can afford around $280 per credit hour at the absolute maximum.

I think that should clear up all of the confusion .

 

IT Programs

American College of Computer & Information Sciences www.accis.edu bachelor's program
American Intercontinental University www.aiuonline.edu associate's & bachelor's & master's programs
Athabasca University www.athabascau.ca bachelor's & master's programs
Baker College www.baker.edu bachelor's & master's programs
Bellevue University www.bellevue.edu/Online/index.html bachelor's & master's programs
Caldwell College www.caldwell.edu/adult-ed bachelor's program
University of Calicut http://collegeskerala.com/calicut bachelor's & master's program
Capella University www.capellauniversity.edu bachelor's & master's programs
Carnegie Mellon University www.distance.cmu.edu master's program
Central Missouri State University www.cmsu.edu/extcamp bachelor's program
Central Queensland University www.dtls.cqu.edu.au bachelor's & doctoral programs
Champlain College www.champlain.edu associate's & bachelor's programs
Charles Sturt University www.csu.edu.au/study/de.html bachelor's program
Charter Oak State College www.cosc.edu associate's & bachelor's programs
City University www.cityu.edu bachelor's & master's programs
Columbia Union College www.cuc.edu/ntp/ext_degree.html bachelor's program
Deakin University www.deakin.edu.au/studentlife/distance_education master's degree
Drexel University www.drexel.com master's program
Edith Cowan University http://masters.[url]www.ecu.edu.au[/url] master's program
Excelsior College www.excelsiorcollege.edu associate's & bachelor's programs
Florida Institute of Technology http://ec.fit.edu/cdl master's program
Golden Gate University http://cybercampus.ggu.edu master's program
Grantham College of Engineering www.grantham.edu associate's & bachelor's programs
ISIM University (aka Aspen University) www.isimu.edu master's program
Jones International University www.international.edu bachelor's & master's programs
Kaplan College www.kaplancollege.com associate's & bachelor's programs
Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual University www.kcvu.org associate's program
University of London www.lon.ac.uk/external bachelor's program
University of Luton www.luton.ac.uk doctoral program
University of Management & Technology master's program
Mary Baldwin College www.mbc.edu/adp bachelor's program
University of Maryland University College www.umuc.edu/gen/virtuniv.html bachelor's & master's programs
University of Massachusetts Lowell associate's & bachelor's programs
University of Melbourne www.unimelb.edu.au master's & doctoral programs
University of Memphis www.tn.regentsdegrees.org/campus/Memphis bachelor's program
Mercy College www.mercy.edu/merlin/index.html associate's degree
Monash University www.monash.edu.au/offcampus bachelor's & master's programs
Murdoch University http://wwwonline.murdoch.edu.au bachelor's degree
National Technological University www.ntu.edu master's degree
University of New England www.une.edu.au master's degree
New Jersey Institute of Technology http://cpe.njit.edu bachelor's & master's program
Nova Southeastern University www.nova.edu bachelor's & master's & doctoral programs
Old Dominion University www.odu.edu/home/distance.html bachelor's program
Open University & Open College www.ola.bc.ca associate's & bachelor's programs
Open University (England) www.open.ac.uk bachelor's program
Oscail National Distance Education Centre www.dcu.ie/oscail/index.html bachelor's program
University of Phoenix http://online.uophx.edu bachelor's & master's programs
University of Portsmouth www.port.ac.uk/courses/distance.htm master's program
Queens University www.queensu.ca/pts bachelor's program
Regis University www.regis.edu/regis.asp?sctn=onl bachelor's & master's programs
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute www.rsvp.rpi.edu master's program
Rochester Institute of Technology http://distancelearning.rit.edu bachelor's & master's programs
Saint Mary of the Woods College www.smwc.edu associate's & bachelor's programs
University of South Africa www.unisa.ac.za bachelor's & master's programs
Southern Cross University www.scu.edu associate's & bachelor's programs
Southern New Hampshire University www.snhu.edu/Prospective_Student/distance_ed.html associate's & bachelor's programs
University of Southern Queensland www.usqonline.com.au master's program
Southwest Missouri State University http://smsuonline.smsu.edu master's program
Strayer University www.strayer.edu/online/frtr.htm associate's & bachelor's & master's programs
University of Sunderland www.sunderland.ac.uk/international bachelor's & master's & doctoral degrees
University of Tasmania www.international.utas.edu.au master's & doctoral programs
Technical University of British Columbia www.techbc.ca master's & doctoral programs
Technikon of South Africa www.tsa.ac.za bachelor's & master's & doctoral programs
Thomas Edison State College www.tesc.edu associate's & bachelor's programs
Touro University International www.tourou.edu bachelor's & master's programs
University of Victoria www.distance.uvic.ca bachelor's program
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University www.vt.edu master's program

 

(1) I'm not so sure that it's my memory that's not so good. See this thread: http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18502

(2) I NEVER suggested that it had anything to do with religious differences.

(3) Possibly because of this nonsense: http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18734

 

Advice from a layman

Murdok,

As a fellow relatively new member of DegreeInfo let me make a few observations:

There is three main types of users of DegreeInfo.

1) The stalwarts who post daily and have amassed thousands of the same.

2) Those who have some particular involvement in DL and post regularly.

3) The new members who have a particular topic of interest and need advice. Some of these move into category 2.

This means that the likes of you and I in category 3 should show some sensitivity when posting, as we are to all intents and purposes 'guests', who need to serve a 'DegreeInfo Apprenticeship' before making possibly contentious remarks.

As soon as I saw your opening line of describing the search engine as 'clunky at best' I knew you were in for a hard time.

Just remember that certain member here have a great deal of pride in the largely informative and pragmatic discussions that go on here at DegreeInfo. You will be made very welcome (or left alone at least!) as long as you conform to this unsaid philosophy.

Don't be put off, and don't be too sensitive. This is definitely the place to find information on DL, and you may find some interesting and sophisticated humour which will keep you puzzled but interested!

Head Up and all the best.

Dave C.

 

While reading threads today I have seen over 10 people mention that the search is clunky. That is in no way a reflection up this site, the staff, or anyone. It is just the nature of the beast when you have a lot of people posting.

I did think that perhaps I just commited some forum faux-pa's (sp?) but now it is clear that some people just get a kick out of attacking others continously out of joy or something.

I really have no idea what I did wrong. I tried to stick with trying to get information from this site despite the harrassment but I can't take it, this is obviously just a very hate feeled forum.

I appreciate the people who posted nice things to help me though, so absolutly no offense to the people who helped or even Janka who was civil after I showed civility. That is a sure sign of good character.

I try not to get over emotional, but constant unwarranted attacks just get to me. You got to me Dave, are you proud?

 

Wow!

Murdok,

Do you know I was actually on your side?
I was just trying to illustrate how I perceive this forum works.

I cannot believe that my innocent post has got to you. I am really disappointed. I apologise if my remarks have been misconstrued and you took them in any way as criticism.

Either way, this has made my mind up. I will not try to help anyone or make any comments even remotely off topic.

Peace Murdok, I can forget it if you can.

All the best,

Dave C.

 

Dear Uncle - You've been around this forum long enough to know that it is unconscionable to violate the TOS in this manner. You are deliberately misleading newbies not to mention ruining my carefully crafted reputation. I won't demand an apology but please do not repeat these viscious, unfounded allegations in the future.

Jack

 

Hi Murdock

Back to your question. Psychology and IT really are quite distant fields although I can definately understand the attraction to both. Each major is available 100% online at reasonable tuition from many colleges. My personal favorite for IT is the CS degree From Troy University (formerly Troy State University). Their tuition is reasonable, they offer an actual CS major, and they also offer psychology as a minor! If you decide to go for a Ph.D. in Psychology realize entrance in these programs is very competitive. It isn't impossible but it is challenging! As previously mentioned Fort Hays State University is also a great pick although their degree is designated INT. It is definately low cost and one I would investigate in-depth. Good luck!

 

from one mountain MAN to another

Dear Murdok: Janko, not Janka. I'm not that kind of girl. Best wishes, J.

 

Murdock,

In your posts you say you are looking for an online bachelors degree specifically from an online university.
You want it to be legit, respected and you want to get a good job with it. You also seem to be upset at some of the remarks that were made by Uncle Janko.


First, there is a bias against online degrees regardless of the school you go or the quality of the program. So if bias is a big issue for you, then I suggest (like some have done already) to look at B&M schools with online programs in your area of interest.

Second, you are new here and we don't know you. You started asking questions followed by jabs at some RA online schools that for the most part have a fairly decent reputation. At first it appeared to me that your post was somewhat of a provocation to students who are currently enrolled in online schools. Now I’m not sure if you meant your post to be taken this way, but let me tell you that DL students already receive enough abuse by fellow B&M peers, and they are going to be suspicious about negative remarks by new people like you. Saying things like you can't find a "decent" program from any of the online schools and "I read really bad things about them" referring to a particular school, comes across like an attack on the credibility of students attending online programs; especially coming from a new poster without much higher education to begin with (as you yourself admit). Sorry, I had to throw that in.

Most of the schools you mention are RA and have their good and not so good points. They are not degree mills and yes, they are expensive and I will agree that their are cheaper choices out there. But since you seem to be new here and not too knowledgeable about DL (there is nothing wrong with this), then I would suggest you be more sensitive about making negative or unsubstantiated generalizations about schools that you don't know much about.

I’m not that familiar with Information Systems or graphics design, although I’ve hear that an AA would suffice in these fields. There are plenty of local training schools that would give you the tools that you need so I’m not sure that a BA in these areas would be all that necessary.

When it comes to a BA in psychology, I’ve found that the name of a school is usually not that important as long as it is regionally accredited. Unfortunately, a regionally accredited BA in psychology, whether it comes from a B&M school or not, will not take you very far career wise unless you go for something more.

If you are thinking of going to grad school, then I suggest you go to one that is APA or CACREP accredited. As far as I know, Fielding has the only APA DL program in the country; Capella is the only DL institution with CACREP accreditation. And that being said, top APA schools look less at the source of your BA as long as it is RA and in psychology, and place much more attention at your research experience and GRE scores.


Sulla

 

Ted, I called you my esteemed colleague and I meant it. But you brought my religion into a thread that had nothing whatever to do with that. You are irking me. We're all trying to work with this young fellow here, get him straightened up and flying right--as he is doing now to his credit, and you are trying to score points off of me. Something is trumping your desire to help. Just quit it.


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OK. Back to topic. Onward, Murdok!

 

I can't stress this enough...I did not jab at any school at all! I don't understand how my comments were so grossly misconstrued. I was just saying that I hope they are good schools and that I have no conclusive information either way.

Eh, I'll stay despite the constant abuse for reasons unknown to me.

I know AIU is expensive but I saw in another post were someone got into good law schools with an AIU degree so it must be at least somewhat respected. I'm not sure that school respect comes into play though.

I think I will go there for there for their CIS program. CIS is the common name at most B&W schools so employers should recognize it.

I seemed to have sturred up a lot of trouble. I hate being the center of attention, it makes me feel weird.

 

DL Psych Degrees

Acadia University http://conted.acadiau.ca/distance/index.html bachelor's program
American Military University www.apus.edu bachelor's program
Antioch University www.antioch.edu bachelor's & master's programs
Athabasca University www.athabascau.ca bachelor's program
Bemidji State University www.bemidji.edu/cel/html bachelor's program
Burlington College www.burlcol.edu bachelor's program
Caldwell College www.caldwell.edu/adult-ed bachelor's program
Capella University www.capellauniversity.edu master's & doctoral programs
Charles Sturt University www.csu.edu.au/study/de.html bachelor's & master's & doctoral programs
Charter Oak State College www.cosc.edu associate's & bachelor's programs
City University www.cityu.edu bachelor's & master's programs
Columbia Union College www.cuc.edu/ntp/ext_degree.html bachelor's program
Fielding Institute www.fielding.edu doctoral program
Flinders University www.flinders.edu.au/disted master's program
Goddard College www.goddard.edu master's program
University of Houston www.uh.edu/uhdistance bachelor's program
University of Idaho www.uidaho.edu/evo master's program
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology www.itp.edu master's & doctoral programs
Judson College www.judson.edu/academic/external/external.html bachelor's program
Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual University www.kcvu.org bachelor's program
Laurentian University http://laurentian.ca/cce/INDEX.HTM bachelor's program
Liberty University www.liberty.edu/DistanceLearning/index.cfm bachelor's program
University of Luton www.luton.ac.uk doctoral program
Mary Baldwin College www.mbc.edu/adp bachelor's program
University of Maryland www.umuc.edu bachelor's program
University of Melbourne www.unimelb.edu.au master's & doctoral programs
Mercy College www.mercy.edu/merlin/index.html bachelor's program
Monash University www.monash.edu.au/offcampus bachelor's & master's programs
University of New England www.une.edu.au bachelor's program
New York Institute of Technology www.nyit.edu bachelor's program
Northcentral University www.ncu.edu bachelor's & master's & doctoral programs
Open University & Open College www.ola.bc.ca associate's & bachelor's programs
Open University (England) www.open.ac.uk bachelor's & master's programs
Open University of the Netherlands www.ouh.nl bachelor's & master's & doctoral programs
Pacifica Graduate Institute www.pacifica.edu doctoral program
Park College www.park.edu/dist/index.htm bachelor's program
University of Portsmouth www.port.ac.uk/courses/distance.htm master's program
Prescott College www.prescott.edu bachelor's & master's programs
University of Pretoria www.up.ac.za master's & doctoral programs
Queens University www.queensu.ca/pts bachelor's program
Saint Joseph's College www.sjcme.edu/cps bachelor's program
Saint Mary of the Woods College www.smwc.edu associate's & bachelor's programs
University of Saskatchewan www.extension.usask.ca bachelor's program
Saybrook Graduate School www.saybrook.edu master's & doctoral programs
University of Sheffield www.shef.ac.uk/~psysc/distance-education master's & doctoral programs
Simon Fraser University www.sfu.ca/cde bachelor's program
University of South Africa www.unisa.ac.za bachelor's & master's & doctoral programs
South Bank University www.lbsu.ac.uk master's & doctoral programs
Southern New Hampshire University www.snhu.edu/Prospective_Student/distance_ed.html bachelor's program
Southwestern Adventist University www.swau.edu bachelor's program
Southwestern Assemblies of God University www.sagu.edu/sde associate's & bachelor's & master's programs
Stephens College www.stephens.edu bachelor's program
University of Tasmania www.international.utas.edu.au master's & doctoral programs
University of Teesside www.tees.ac.uk/cll/Frames/O&Dframe.htm master's & doctoral programs
Thomas Edison State College www.tesc.edu associate's & bachelor's programs
Union Institute & University www.tui.edu bachelor's & doctoral programs
Walden University www.waldenu.edu master's & doctoral programs
University of Waterloo http://dce.uwaterloo.ca bachelor's program

 

Actually, the University of Houston Online Psych degree requires that you take at least one traditional class on campus.

I have been looking for a 100% online Bachelor's in Psychology for awhile now. I understand that Excelsior offers this option, however I'm not convinced of the utility of a degree from this institution.

- Tom

 

IT Degree

Indiana State University has an excellent distance program but it is getting expensive.

 

Thanks Jack. I thought that UH might close in 20. I hope I can use my degree in 50 years!!!!

 

Education Direct Program

If you are trying to find a good distance education program I’d def recomend Education Direct. I took their Accounting Degree program 7 months ago and I’m already making double what I was before. The best thing about it is you can take as long as you want to do the program, which was great for me since I was still working while I was taking the program. If you’re not interested in accounting, they have a ton of other programs in alot of different fields. Check it out… click here
http://educationdirect-unix.com/~unreal/learning/programs/popular-programs-landingpage.html. Has anyone else trained through Education Direct? What did you think about it?

 

You might be interested in the list of Computer Science and Information Technology on-line programs I keep here. Each school listed is U.S.-based and regionally accredited. It's a barebones list, but it might be useful.

Cheers,

Lowell

 

WATCH OUT!

Who are you, BASSUNREAL?

And why are you directing visitors to these forums to a web page that obviously belongs to you in some way; but which doesn't disclose that in any way; and which appears to be a normal Thompson's Education Direct web page?

Actually, I figure it's most likely some sort of Education Direct affiliate or reseller or agent landing page created either by or for you; and that you stand to gain/profit from signups to Education Direct programs derived from those who first visit your page.

Do I have it about right?

If so, please don't come here and lie/mislead. Don't make it sound like you're just an average joe who's also out there looking for good educational programs and who just happened to discover Thompson's Education Direct's web site and just couldn't wait to get back here and share it with everyone here... your good buddies whom you've gotten to know in your, at this writing, two (2) posts here. Fess-up to the fact that you're sending people to a page that will result in a profit to you from anyone who signs-up in an Education Direct program after first landing on your page...

...that is, if that's even allowed by the TOS here.

And, by the way: Pretty much everyone here knows all about Thompson's Education Direct... and how to get there without landing first on a profiteer's page.

ATTENTION READERS: Don't reward people like bassunreal who come here and don't fully disclose what they're up to; or who pretend to be what they're not and/or who aren't really doing what they're pretending to be doing. If you want to visit the Thompson's Education Direct web site, don't go through bassunreal's landing page. Instead, bypass/go-around/end-run him by going directly to Education Direct's web site at:

• http://www.educationdirect.com

ADDITIONAL WARNING TO READERS: Since we really have no idea precisely what bassunreal is actually up to; and since s/he has already shown himself/herself to be willing to lie and misrepresent in order to get you, the reader, to go visit some web page, the orgin or purpose or ownership of which is unknown and/or unclear, you should also consider the possibility that s/he is a criminal of some sort who is trying to get you to go to an Education Direct look-alike page so that you will sign-up for what you think are bona fide Education Direct programs, during which sign-up process you end-up keying-in personal and/or credit card data which s/he can then turn around and use to commit identity theft. I mean, if s/he'll lie and misrepresent to get you to land on his/her page, then to what else will s/he stoop?