Accredited Filmmaking degree?

[justlearning123]

I also found these so far:

Film (Film & Media Studies) (BA) | Online Degree Programs
Academy of Art University: Online Film School, Online Film Schools
Screenwriting Degree Online | BA in Creative Writing | SNHU
Film Bachelor's Degree : Full Sail
Film BFA Program | Academy of Art University | Bachelors Programs

The ASU is Arizona State University, and they appear to have state accreditation like TESC/CO/Exelsior. Fullsail seems to highly regarded, even though it is for-profit. Their sound students have apparently won some awards. I keep reading absolute horror stories about the For-Profit colleges. The Academy of Art seems to be well regarded, but expensive. Its hard to tell when some people say they are purely money driven, and others say they are great.

I mostly want a degree that will not be dismissed, and possibly open some doors in to different kinds of business (the entertainment industry in this case). I've been a computer programmer for 25 years and I would love to be able to do something else. Not having had a 4 year degree for those 25 years has made me miss out on a lot of jobs, so I don't want to get one now just to find it is worthless. It seems some for-profit colleges have such bad reputations people are better off not putting them on their resumes. Ironically, I don't really need an IT degree, I just need any kind of degree so that I can say I have one. I really like film and dramatic narratives, and I think I would really enjoy working on a film degree. By getting a degree, I would finally get a 4 year degree, and would have also learned a lot about filmmaking. I could possibly look in to an "advertising" degree, since they are in a way like minature films (structurally).

I always planned to purse a film education *after* I finished an IT degree, but I never finished my IT degree because I loathe taking math and science classes. Now I am so old, I may as well skip the IT degree and pursue a film degree, or something like one. I have been planning on finishing an IT degree at TESC by taking the classes through Straighterline, but I keep dropping the classes everytime my work gets too busy. I feel like I would rather gouge my eyes out than do math work, and I would crawl through glass to study filmmaking.

So far, ASU online is the only state accredited college with a film degree, but they require Algebra and Statistics. I might be able to do those 2 math classes. I know the math is not that difficult, I have other issues regarding math classes, and would prefer to not take them. I'm actually in a math class now (with SL), and I hate it, hate it, hate it (no fault of SL). Weell, this post turned out a lot longer than I planned, lol.