Accelerated Classes

[beestrng]

Hello guys,

Could some of you suggest some schools that have classes which are accelerated (like 4 to 8 weeks)?

Im interested in Math and Spanish.

Cheaper the better hilarious

[Publius]

Straighterline may have some stuff. Their courses are cheap and can be done pretty fast. Online Courses - Distance Learning Courses - Online Classes for College Credit - StraighterLine
LSU's Independent Learning Courses can be done in 6-8 weeks (you have up to 9 months) but their courses are around $400 (excluding books) if I recall correctly. LSU Independent and Distance Learning

[mrs.b]

Any independent study course can typically be finished quickly. Baker College and Colorado Technical University are RA and have short terms; I think they're either 6 or 8 weeks. Baker College is on the quarter-hour system, so take that into consideration when looking at cost of the course or ease of transfer to semester hour schools. I could not speak to CTU's credit system or cost.

Also, most community colleges are into their summer term, and the ones I've glanced at lately for a last course slot I need to plan still have 1 or 2 sessions. Pensacola State College has summer sessions C and D still open and not started, and I think D only runs 4 or 6 weeks, with C starting two weeks earlier and ending on the same date as D. I'm sure other community colleges have similar schedules with online course options (and those should be some of your least expensive solutions).

[marianne202]

WGU lets you complete classes on your own pace and their tuition is a flat fee per term regardless of how many classes you complete. The downside: they award competency units instead of credit units, you have to complete a rather lengthy application process and testing to be accepted, even for a few classes. The way the courses work is you take an intial pre-test and if you pass the pre-test you are supposed to be able to proceed to the final exam...if the mentor approves it. Some courses have projects and papers that must be completed to get credit and others are just the pre-test and final exam. If you can move fast enough, with a cooperative mentor, you could save a lot of money. The mentors are grad students or upper class students or employees, not necessarily academic advisors or program heads, so they may or may not be experienced in the field of study to really be able to assess your knowledge level and abilities. It might be an option for you, just make sure your school will accept their competency units in transfer before you leap. Due to changes in DOE and regional accreditation requirements for online learning schools are being discouraged from doing open entry/open exit online classes. This makes completing classes quickly, outside the normal semester harder to find. Good luck in your search.