Places to get college credit WITHOUT enrolling in the school.

[SimonTam]

Hi all,

I've seen a couple of people ask what to do if they have to take a college course that is not offered in a test or by the school in which they are enrolled. In most instances, you would probably have to go to a local school and enroll as a transient student. However, there are schools that offer web-based and correspondence courses for open enrollment for college credit. Some of these don't even require the student to go through the school's admission process. Just sign up for the class and pay tuition and books. Also, these correspondence courses are many times charged as IN-STATE tuition even if you don't live in the same state as the school. Many of these schools are the state-funded colleges and Universities. These aren't degree mills presenting watered-down classes. Anyway, I present this list to the board as general information for the members.

Adams State College
Idaho Electronic Campus
Indiana University
Mississippi State
Iowa Learns
Oklahoma State
Texas State
Texas Tech
University of Alaska
University of Arkansas
University of Florida
University of North Dakota
University of South Carolina
Louisiana State University
University of Nevada, Reno
Portland State University
University of Mississippi
University of Kentucky
University of Oklahoma
University of Tennessee

The following school is expensive but offers ONLINE degrees and you can enroll in classes without enrolling in the school.
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

[Librevore]

Thanks Simon. Appreciate your post. Looks like a very useful list of links.

Librevore

[X #911]

...courses are many times charged as IN-STATE tuition even if you don't live in the same state as the school. ...
Adams State College
Idaho Electronic Campus
Indiana University
Mississippi State
Iowa Learns
Oklahoma State
Texas State
Texas Tech
University of Alaska
University of Arkansas
University of Florida
University of North Dakota
University of South Carolina
Louisiana State University
University of Nevada, Reno
Portland State University
University of Mississippi
University of Kentucky
University of Oklahoma
University of Tennessee

WOW!!! Thank you! I always wanted to go to one of the colleges that you have listed. But just figured that tuition would be way to high since I do no live in that state.
Tuition is a little high ($120 a credit plus $24 a credit fee student fee + $15 Records + $20 handling fee (which is the same as my local cc for a $20 on-line course fee). But I get to "travel" to a "name brand" university, that I would have liked to have attended almost 20 years now. Plus I can take up to 9 months to complete my course. Or as little as 6 weeks for a 3 credit course (or 2 weeks for a 1 credit course).

Thank you again for this great thread/info!!!! (saving this info in Subscribed file (but no notifications/reposnes to be sent :o )

[sgloer]

Excellent thread Simon! I'm trying to keep the number of stickies down to three so I'm probably not going to sticky this one, but I'll be sure to point people to this thread whenever they have relevant questions.

[OnMyWay]

Bumping up this gem!

[floppydee]

Oh Thanks, Portland State has GREAT classes and you can take 18 months to complete it at your own pace-AWESOME!

[jake.fl.1987]

Are all of these regional accredidation? I know most are from recognition and that their state schools. Are any of them NA? Just for clarification.

[jake.fl.1987]

What do you all think about BYU. They where not on the list and wanted to know what you think of them. Any experiences. Credit transferability?

BYU Independent Study - Distance Education Courses - Online Learning

[sandraeli]

Cinderly,

I vaguely remember a post you wrote a few months ago about taking the Writing Family Histories class from BYU. If that memory is correct, could you tell me whether it transferred as a history or an English course?

Thanks,
Sandy

[sandraeli]

Yes, thanks, and thanks for the heads up on the BYU history classes! It looks like a great source for upper-level courses, and several require no exams.

Sandy