Yikes! - Normal Class Costs

[Bob]

I have had a serious change of career path in the past couple of weeks. I was getting more and more disenchanted with the thought of law school--I never did want to be a lawyer, but was finding out more and more that the majority of law grads have little choice but to be lawyers. What I've wanted to do for years is write. I love reading, and I love to write. I even like grammar, if that gives you any idea of the type of nerd that I am. So I am going to pursue a career in journalism. It is what I *want* to do.

Anyway, that leads me to my title for this thread. There are only a few credit by examination credits that I can apply toward my major in journalism if I want to get my journalism degree as an undergrad. The other option is to get a "liberal" degree as an undergrad and go for a masters. Both options have their pitfalls. Right now, I'm leaning toward neither, but I wanted to know if anyone has any ideas for inexpensive classes toward a major.

Does anyone know of any cheaper online courses? It seems that many are $400-$500 per course--and those are on the cheaper end. Any other ideas for journalism credits?

Here is a list of schools with lower cost classes. The majority are "start anytime correspondance" type which is what I prefer. You will need to double check the tuition for accuracy and other associated fees. I picked up a few of these off of Degreeinfo.com. Not sure if there are any journalism classes.
Bob

Lower Level

San Juan College http://www.sjc.cc.nm.us/pages/1.asp
Out of State Resident
$40/credit hour
$480/semester (12+credits)


Start Anytime Independent Study

Lousiana State University Independent Study
http://www.is.lsu.edu/home.asp?level=CO&...=0&nid=101
Cost of course [textbook(s) not included]
$229.00

Texas State @ San Marcos
http://www.studyanywhere.txstate.edu
cost per credit $85.00 Undergrad $95.00 Graduate + 25 Admin fee + $10.00 per credit Online fee
total $310.00 for 3 credit undergraduate class

Brigham Young University
http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/courses/index.cfm
Tuition: $ 369.00 3 credits

Portland State University
http://www.istudy.pdx.edu/college/
$98 per university credit + $20 Reg Fee and $25 online fee if applicable

University of Texas at Austin
http://www.utexas.edu/cee/dec/
Need to see course for total cost
example course fee for HIS 333M - US DIPLOMATIC HIST SINCE 1890 is $299.00

Oklahoma State University Independent Study
http://uedb2.ue.okstate.edu/ics/colcred.asp
tuition $345.00 but fees and books bring total to above $500.00