Monday, December 8, 2008

Online Degree

At one time, we all had to go to college to obtain a degree to work toward a career. Nowadays we live in a fast-paced world where it is virtually impossible to work and go to school at the same time, especially with the cost of education and living.

Common schools require that you work between a busy schedule and try to find time for self to maintain a stable mind. You start out by applying for courses, grants, and/or student loans to work toward a degree.

Same with online nowadays, universities are now opening their doors to online classes. Not focusing on a particular school, but just want to point out that CTU or else Colorado Tech University is one of the online schools available today that offers seasonal classes.

Colorado Tech University is similar to going to an offline university. Thus, you start out by paying a $50 initiation fee, and work toward going to classes. You will be interviewed, assessed, and so on before you can start the classes.

In fact, most online courses today will assess you before you start the courses. You will have to write up an initial reason why you want to go to the college, and before you do this, you will be critiqued by a professional at the school. Most times the questions revolve around why you want to go to college, why you think you can master the courses, and what interested you in the particular college you inquired about.

If you think, you are getting off cheaper by going online to school think again. From first hand experience, I can tell you it cost a fortune no matter where you go. Sure, there are online courses where you can obtain a degree for a few hundred, but it is merely a degree.

Nowadays you need Associates, Doctrines, Masters, PHD, or Bachelors to get ahead of the game. In fact, an Associate is not enough in these days and times to get a good job.

Thus, the standard degree on or offline will cost you around $20 grand and that is if you are lucky. The upside is the colleges online, like the colleges offline offer you options. You can apply for grants, student loans, scholarships or other financial funding to start courses.

The problem is, online if you are not eligible for student loans you may have to wait to start classes. In other words, like anywhere else it is a money thing.

Anyway, when you start classes you will receive books in the mail. The books are the materials you will use to answer, solve, or discuss questions online. The books provide a wealth of information and will help you along your journey to obtaining your degree online.

One advantage, and I want to bring this out before I forget, is that online courses have cyber libraries. Thus, the libraries compliment the books and can help you find information that you would not ordinary find as quickly in the books.

Furthermore, the online cyber libraries include links that will guide you to a wealth of information to help you earn your degree.

Professors are available online also. You will go through Chat room communication, cyber instructional communication, and open-end communications. Thus, the advantage of online courses is that the instructors are more open to helping you obtain your degree.

Furthermore, you will have labs and rooms where you can go online to get help with about anything you need. The deal is you need to learn and exercise MPA/APA style, since this is the ultimate method for online courses.

Common courses offline focus on various other styles, but online you will need to master APA/MPL otherwise you may face penalties.

Few colleges online, such as Professional Career Development are less extreme, and for the most part, you will be earning nothing more than a degree, or else Associates. The classes are cheap and the workload is less dramatic. The downside is you will not have cyber libraries with this college. You can receive help from instructors, but you have to reach long and far to get the help you will need to earn your degree.

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