Do online colleges/universities have multi-subject classes or just classes on the major you choose?

Question

For example, I want to major in accounting. Will they only give me classes that regard to accounting, or other subjects as well, such as : history, english, sociology, psychology?

Answer 1

Do a little more research about where you can get your degree online from. Your choices include such places as Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, UMass, UC, UCLA, U Florida, Florida State, UNC, U Ok., and many many more.

http://www.umassonline.net/degrees/BachelorBusinessAdministration.html as an example. Or http://www.uclaextension.edu/

You can take classes in all sorts of interesting things from some of the best professors in the world.

As is suggested in a post above - call any local HR professional and ask if they hire graduates of the University of Mass. or UCLA. See what they say about these "online schools" -- then ask about some of the schools you saw on a commercial on TV. ☺

When you say "online degree" the first thought many people have is those late night TV commercials and stories of diploma mills. Fact is, almost every college in the US is now teaching at least part of their curriculum online and very many have the whole degree online. Oxford University is now doing the International Humanitarian Law online - that doesn't imply to me that Oxford is a diploma mill - anyone else think it is? What it tells me is that the finest universities in the world think online education (at least in some subjects) is a valid idea...

Answer 2

I think online degrees are the upcoming thing. One of my adjunct positions is at University of Phoenix which is a University that other online programs model themselves after. It is unfortunately a business and because you can live anywhere in the world and go to various different schools (right at home) other schools have to compete. Most schools do or will have an online component at some point.
It is also important to know that you have to be very disciplined to do an online program since you do not have designated times to be in the class. I would set up designated times to "go to class" just so you can organize your schedule around it.

Answer 3

No, your first two years are not only general courses. If you school requires general education classes, you just need to take them at some point before graduating, not all the first few years, and you can and should start your major as soon as possible if you've picked one already. Many take 4 years of coursework to complete; you don't want to wait.

Answer 4

Online universities do have other subjects.

But - please be very very careful choosing a school. A future employer, or a future graduate school, may not accept your online courses at all.

In fact, if you thinking of getting an online degree from School X, you might call the Human Resources department of the nearest Big Four accounting firm, and see if they employ graduates of that school, or if not, why not.