Athabasca U - BGS (Guinea Pigs Wanted)

[bjcheung77]

Hello,
I wanted to talk to some friends about the BGS option, I already have a Bachelor's and am working on a Master's. I wanted to know if you could find a 1 unit undergrad course. It turns out if you enter 0 credits earned at Athabascau into the system, the out of the country fee goes above $1k but if you take at least 1 credit there it's only $379 . 

The total after all fees is almost the SAME for 0 credit taken as for 3 credits earned. While 1 credit would allow the degree to come come under $600 Canadian Dollars. I skimmed through the catalog and easily found 1 unit GRADUATE courses but the fee for those are different. So, I would like to know if you could find any 1 unit undergrad course that could be used for the BGS in Applied Science option. I am in the US but I have some friends that would appreciate an affordable Canadian degree.

Information below was gathered from here:
https://www.athabascau.ca/admissions/tui...ionandfees

There is a discrepancy between what you're doing and what I am informing readers... For a few years now, since 2018 or even earlier, I mentioned the fees are supposed to be roughly $200 USD when converted, there are no additional fees as you're not taking any courses at Athabasca U.  The only fees are the two I mentioned, and even with a slight increase, it still hasn't reached the $200 USD yet...  

At the current exchange rate, the $256 CDN is equal to $193.65 USD... What you're trying to do is extra work by doing/paying more than needed or using the calculator to calculate a cost for 0 credits, or 1 credit, they will add 'extra fees' to the courses that are worth 0 credit as they treat it as a regular course!  So skip that thought and remember, the only two fees I mentioned in the initial post...

Reference: https://www.athabascau.ca/calendar/under...mmary.html
The course administration and technology fee and Alumni Relations fee do not apply to 1-credit courses.

Athabasca University offers a number of 0-credit courses (e.g., ENGL 140). Zero-credit courses are assessed the same fee structure as 3-credit courses minus the Students’ Union Fees and Alumni Fees. Other academic-related fees and regulations also apply to 0-credit courses.

Here are a few threads I created, and they've mentioned the $200 USD price range, at least going back two years, there are no extra fees regardless of location...
7/31/2018 (revisited 2021) https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...#pid265959
3/12/2021 https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...#pid332225
3/15/2021 https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...#pid332434