How do graduate schools look at straighterline courses?

[beargins]

Hello everyone, I'm planning on taking my physics I and II requirements at straighterline, but I'm wondering how it will look on my official TESC transcript if I apply for an electrical and computer engineering graduate program. From your own personal experiences, have you had any problems with taking core courses from straighterline, and then applying for state graduate schools?

Thanks in advanced!

[scorched]

I would be more concerned with moving on from TESC trying to get into an engineering grad program. I started to finish my BSAST EET and wanted to move on to a MS in Engineering, so with Old Dominion having a regional campus close to me, I contacted them. Bad news, I would not be considered for the program if my degree came from TESC. No exceptions. Now I have to find another program elsewhere that will accept an engineering technology degree from TESC.

It may benefit you to call or write the program you want to get into and talk to their admissions and see what they say

[cookderosa]

Hello everyone, I'm planning on taking my physics I and II requirements at straighterline, but I'm wondering how it will look on my official TESC transcript if I apply for an electrical and computer engineering graduate program. From your own personal experiences, have you had any problems with taking core courses from straighterline, and then applying for state graduate schools?

Thanks in advanced!

SL is too new for you to get any real feedback on this. It's a pass/fail course, which MAY be an issue for grad school, via SL or any other source. If physics is considered a prereq for computer engineering grad entrance, I think you're making a mistake taking it pass/fail.

[cookderosa]

I would be more concerned with moving on from TESC trying to get into an engineering grad program. I started to finish my BSAST EET and wanted to move on to a MS in Engineering, so with Old Dominion having a regional campus close to me, I contacted them. Bad news, I would not be considered for the program if my degree came from TESC. No exceptions. Now I have to find another program elsewhere that will accept an engineering technology degree from TESC.

It may benefit you to call or write the program you want to get into and talk to their admissions and see what they say

Do you think that's because you earned a trade degree? What was the reason they gave you?

[beargins]

SL is too new for you to get any real feedback on this. It's a pass/fail course, which MAY be an issue for grad school, via SL or any other source. If physics is considered a prereq for computer engineering grad entrance, I think you're making a mistake taking it pass/fail.

Cook thanks for that advice, thats exactly what I was thinking and just needed confirmation. hmuchmo1 I've looked at quite a bit of engineering grad programs and most will not accept the EET degree for some reason. CS or Physics degrees are accepted as long as the proper prereqs are taken. TESC has gen physics, SL has calc based physics. Engineers need Engineering physics. I think I'll go with TESC gen physics and still apply for fall. If all fails ill do a MS in Computer Science.

[clep3705]

How about taking the AP test in physics? The problem is how can an adult student take an AP test. Any ideas on how to do that? Being able to take AP tests would open up some additional avenues. AP tests are offered once a year at public and private high schools. The exams have to be ordered in advance, so you'd have to make arrangements early. I know that my son's high school orders the tests somwhere around December or January.

[scorched]

So the reason ODU gave is that TESC is not ABET accredited. Even though line for line TESC was just about as rigorous of a program as ODU's BS EET. And TESC requires Calc II, while ODU only Calc I.
They told me it would be better to get Excelsior's EET because it is ABET accredited. But in my case Excelsior straight up told me that they only recognize my air force electronics as minimal, even though I spent 6 months for 8 hours a day learning electronics and avionics. Plus I hold a certificate from Texas Instruments institute, where it was my job to go back and teach the others upcoming upgrades to the on board aircraft electronics.

So I am stuck much like beargins.. I need to find a local B&M college, like ODU or change to physics, which still wont guarantee a MS in engineering acceptance.