Does anyone have any experience or insight into Online Bachelor's Degree ?
My niece has asked me to help her find a way for her to
finish her Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources after recently
having a baby. I suggested she might find online courses a viable
alternative for her and I have looked at a few programs online. She is asking if University of Phoenix has a good program and reputation for online degrees. Anyone have any experience or insight into this?
I just finished a Master's program with University of Phoenix online. It was expensive (they are a private university).I completed my degree in 18 months. It was pretty time consuming b/c we had to post and respond to postings 4 out of 7 days in the week (weeks started on Tuesday to allow homework to be done on the weekends). Since it is online there are also a lot of papers to write. Group projects are also a big part of the program. In my case it went very well with our groups never meeting face to face, but using IM and email instead.
The upside it that you never have to got out of your PJ's to go to class and you get done a
bit quicker, even if you put in a lot of time (I was also teaching and have a family to care for,
so UoP on top of it all was probably overkill) I have to admit that I learned a bunch and feel like it was worth my time and money to complete the program.