Affordable online University of London degrees (start from 6k GBP)

[nomaduser]

I found there are lots of affordable online degrees from University of London.
Some of them are offered by very well-known institutions like Birkbeck, University of London
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkbeck,_..._of_London


If you just need a degree of any kind under $10k, I think they're the best deals out there.

Birkbeck, University of London - Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (£6146) - Online
https://london.ac.uk/courses/philosophy#fees-1027

London School of Economics and Political Science - BSc in Mathematics and Economics (£6408) - Teaching center
https://london.ac.uk/courses/mathematics...fees-13516

King's College London - BSc in Psychology (£15341) - Online
https://london.ac.uk/courses/psychology#fees-17438


I really like the London School of Economics' BSc in Math and Economics course but not sure how their teaching center option works. I think I've read that they assign you a local library that is affiliated with University of London and give you lectures there.

[rachel83az]

As of right now, 6100 GBP is about $8000USD. 6400 is $8500USD. This makes them even more costly than even TESU and you can't transfer in any alternate credit. You also have to take exams at a testing center. Unless I missed a couple of states, I don't think every state has an exam location: https://my.london.ac.uk/documents/10197/...5843700101

But if you want the name recognition, it might be worth it.

[nomaduser]

As of right now, 6100 GBP is about $8000USD. 6400 is $8500USD. This makes them even more costly than even TESU and you can't transfer in any alternate credit. You also have to take exams at a testing center. Unless I missed a couple of states, I don't think every state has an exam location: https://my.london.ac.uk/documents/10197/...5843700101

But if you want the name recognition, it might be worth it.

https://london.ac.uk/courses/philosophy#fees-1027

Birkbeck's Philosophy degree is entirely online. You can finish it in three years.
That means you'll be charged 2k GBP per year. Let me check if they allow students to transfer in any credits.

University of London's BSc in Computer Science programme allows students to transfer in the entire first year. However, it will still costs over 10k GBP plus two years after transfer in the entire first year...
They accept US college credits for transfer.

[rachel83az]

Assessment
All Level 4 and Level 5 courses are assessed by a two-hour written exam.
Level 6 courses are assessed by a three-hour written exam,
The dissertation is assessed by a thesis of 7,500 words.
Exams are held in May each year. You can sit these when you are ready at one of our 400 examination centres. A fee is payable to your local centre for hosting the exams.

So it's mostly online but you still need to sit those exams.

[nyvrem]

Assessment
All Level 4 and Level 5 courses are assessed by a two-hour written exam.
Level 6 courses are assessed by a three-hour written exam,
The dissertation is assessed by a thesis of 7,500 words.
Exams are held in May each year. You can sit these when you are ready at one of our 400 examination centres. A fee is payable to your local centre for hosting the exams.

So it's mostly online but you still need to sit those exams.

u might have misunderstood. UoL's older set of degree programs (The cheaper ones below 10k USD) are mostly self studied via textbooks. Their VLE just tells u what to study. Every May/June, you'll sit for an exam for whatever modules you registered. 

If you really wanted 'online learning', UoL has a newer set of degree programs that actually teach stuff online (they also cost a lot more, like over 20k USD). Stuff like this

https://onlinecourses.london.ac.uk/

Or cousera's online BSc in CS program.

[nomaduser]

They don't reveal price of their LSE's BSc in Economics online programme. How much is its total tuition fee?

Their teaching center option costs 6400 GBP:
https://london.ac.uk/courses/bsc-economics#fees

And the best part is that they ACCEPT transfer credits through Recognition of Prior Learning:
https://london.ac.uk/courses/bsc-economi...r-learning

It looks like their courses are not too different from US courses... you can potentially take some Earned Admission ASU courses and transfer to UoL:
https://london.ac.uk/economics-standard-route

They have the same Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Algebra, Calculus, etc...
I just asked them how many courses I can transfer from a US university.
You need to take 12 of their modules to get their degree. If they accept 6 transfer courses from US university for example, you can finish their program much faster under maybe 4k GBP.
If they indeed accept US transfer credits, I may go with this option LOL

Tomorrow, I will ask them if they will accept Earned Admissions Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Calculus for transfer

[nomaduser]

Here's your future University of London diploma holder:
https://www.school-smart.co.uk/product/l...te-holder/

[nyvrem]

btw UoL and LSE graduates get different diplomas and transcripts. It's to differentiate the on campus and those who took the international program.

[nomaduser]

btw UoL and LSE graduates get different diplomas and transcripts. It's to differentiate the on campus and those who took the international program.

Yeah... I realized that.

So, if you get their degree through distance learning you'll get a University of London degree with academic direction from LSE.

if you get their degree at their actual campus location, you'll get the real LSE degree. right??

I see that their graduates list 'University of London' as their education.. not LSE.

I think this applies to their Coursera BSc in Computer Science degree too?

[nyvrem]

not sure about the Coursera BSc program, but I know the UoL degree u get if u took economics from LSE would say something like "External Student" blah blah blah. Like employers in the UK and the commonwealth are bound to know u took em from UoL and not LSE.

1 "hack" people have been doing here is, they take the first 4-8 modules via UoL, and apply for transfer onto campus to finish the last 4 modules there and graduate as an 'on campus' student. I have a friend who did Creative Computing who did that. He also tapped on their career/jobs fair then he did that. it was pretty neat.