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| armandine2:
Regards suitable EE training, I've been scanning the Open University website T212 https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/t212 which I'm in two minds whether to take up, myself. |
| rstofer:
If that course is 30 credits, how many credits does it take to get a Bachelor's Degree? Around here it is around 150 units (not equal to credits, I suppose) and most courses are 4 units and the program typically lasts 5 years assuming the Freshman is ready to take college level Calculus 1. Otherwise, add 2 semesters (likely 1 year) for pre-Calc. There are typically 2 semesters per year with an optional summer program for select courses. Summer programs are intense if they are STEM oriented. There's the same amount of material to cover and a much shorter period. Pre-calc is quite popular because high schools do such a lousy job of teaching math to the level required for college. Distance learning became a way of life for colleges and universities during the height of Covid. It was either get up to speed with distance learning or go out of business. I think the plan is to keep the program because it gives them a larger market with very little in the way of additional costs. The downside is the lack of networking with other students (relationships, not wire). Study groups aren't what they used to be. If you have the pre-requisites and the cost isn't too high (I didn't check $), go for it! Better hit the math books, engineering is all math. |
| rstofer:
Even Oxford has distance learning: https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/about/distance-learning Open University has been doing distance learning for about 50 years. They should be pretty good at it! MIT has OpenCourseWare: https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?s=department_course_numbers.sort_coursenum The distance learning thing is going to be huge! A lot more people are going to be able to get an advanced education and we need a lot more smart people! |
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