I was thinking about taking online college classes because my work schedule will not allow me to go to traditional classes. Would a degree earned actually say "online", and would it look bad on my resume?
2007-12-15 15:23:47 · 10 answers · asked by Villain 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
I'm not talking about University of Phoenix Online or anything, its a college in my home state that offers it.
2007-12-15 15:34:22 · update #1
It's about the reputation of the college and not whether it was online or not. Most colleges now teach online and those people who don't like online education simply have been left behind. A bit like those people who think you can only do research in a library (because the internet is evil) or that online shopping will never catch on, it's just a fad.
The diploma does not say "online" but the transcripts might. Some colleges (UC Berkeley for example) have a prefix for online and extension courses.
The best colleges in the world are offering degrees online. Who would you hire - the Harvard, Oxford, Stanford, Duke... grad that did work online or the East Podunk State Teacher's College grad who did the classroom and is now an expert kegstander? I'm going with the former. I bet most employers are too. We all know what goes on down at party-central and 13th Grade State College.
Interestingly, as much as Prof. 'Ranto doesn't like online programs; every college on his CV (Villanova, UMinn, Duke, and UC-Berkeley) teaches online as does his employer. They seem to all disagree with him about the viability of distance education.
2007-12-15 18:11:21 · answer #1 · answered by CoachT 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Most of the time an employer will not know if you are taking online classes. And many top notch schools offer online classes and degree programs. Harvard, Columbia, and even Duke offer online classes and degree programs. The thing is to find a nonprofit schools that offers online degree programs and classes. Stay away from colleges that just operate online and have bad reputations. A degree should say online anywhere on your transcript or on your degree.
I attended a state school and had courses online, no where on my transcript does it say those classes were online. I am also a current graduate student who is almost finished with an online degree and I am not worried about that either.
As long as the college is reputable, accredited, you should be fine.
2007-12-15 15:40:11 · answer #2 · answered by Tarheel Girl 08 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
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2014-11-03 14:59:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No idea about your particular college, but the two I've been to (undergraduate and graduate study) only show the subject and your mark, not the study method. Some of the courses could be done either internal (at college) or external (either online or via mail), and there was no differentiation between them. It does tend to matter which college/university you attend though; an online degree from a respected college is way better than any degree from a bodgy dodgy one.
And it wouldn't look bad on your resume anyway - wouldn't you, as an employer, rather employ someone who can organse themselves enough to study while working, and discipline themselves to do classes at home? I certainly would!
2007-12-15 15:30:45 · answer #5 · answered by bungy_heart 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
It is true that some people do not believe in online coursework, no matter where it is done. This is the reality -- there was a time when many people felt the same way about attendance at college at night. Having taken online and distance courses for over 15 years I can tell you that reaction to them is mixed.
But many online courses and programs at traditional (campus based) universities actually have high academic standards and quite extensive corporate sponsorship and involvement.
Those who flatly reject online courses programs have had little to say about the ones at:
Columbia University
http://www.cvn.columbia.edu/
Georgia Institute of Technology
http://www.cdl.gatech.edu/dl/servlet/DLHome
Stanford University
http://scpd.stanford.edu/scpd/programs/mastersDegree.htm
University of California - Berkeley
http://www.unex.berkeley.edu/online/#
University of California - Los Angeles
http://www.uclaextension.edu/
University of London (not online, but distance)
http://www.londonexternal.ac.uk/
... just to name a few.
I doubt that courses or degrees from these universities would look bad, online or otherwise.
I read a statistic somewhere that one out of every six students in the U.S. has taken an online course.
2007-12-15 16:49:31 · answer #6 · answered by Edward W 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's a difference between an argument of a for-profit institution vs online classwork. I believe many are in agreement that for-profits tend to be suspect for quality since none of them out there offering fledging programs (and for good reason).
As to online coursework itself, I do not see any deficiency with it. There are some factors that make online coursework less flexible than regular classroom attendance but on the flip side the same is true the other way around. Besides, my observation is that anyone (an employer) who holds some kind of stereotype for online classes would probably penalize you for other stereotypical things -- like not wearing Louis Vuitton shoes at your interview, or the fact you drive a car they don't like. They can live in their little own world as they please.
2007-12-15 18:58:54 · answer #7 · answered by iSpeakTheTruth 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Does taking online college classes look bad?
I was thinking about taking online college classes because my work schedule will not allow me to go to traditional classes. Would a degree earned actually say "online", and would it look bad on my resume?
2015-07-31 00:20:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on the reputation of the college and whether it's accredited or not. An online class is not bad per se and can provide you more flexibility. Check out some good regionally accredited online schools over here if you want: http://universityhelpsite.com/top10/
Greetings, Tom :)
2014-02-08 22:39:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you go to a university for example UT and take an online class i dont think they say this class was done online or anything like that. I took precal over the summer online, but i still had to go to school to take all my tests with the people that were taking it face to face.
2007-12-15 15:47:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋