Getting an Undergrad IT Certificate from an Online College

[Ocura]

Wow, same boat but different courses. Also signing on with Ashworth. For myself it is to update my higschool edu first off to have the pre-req's for the college courses I want (almost 40, going back to school. Need major refreshers before I hit college!).

[Spacebar]

Another thing you could consider is https://www.coursera.org/ .

You can take courses online for free from universities all around the world, including some Ivy League universities in the US. I suppose it is still unclear how employers will respond to it, but it seems that the amount of effort being put into the project is growing. Might check out their "signature track" also. It allows ways to have your courses officially recognized.

Some IT courses:

https://www.coursera.org/courses?category=cs-systems

and

https://www.coursera.org/courses?cat...cs-programming

Again, it might not be the best idea for now since it is still unclear how employers will respond to those taking courses from there. Then again, it could be worth checking out since it is, for the most part, free.

[purist 5.2]

this thread is full of terrible advice

not going to do a research project for you, but for-profit schooling is a scam and 2 seconds of cursory googling will demonstrate irrefutably how awful job prospects are with a for-profit school toilet paper degree

[EchoedTruth]

Originally Posted by purist 5.2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

this thread is full of terrible advice

not going to do a research project for you, but for-profit schooling is a scam and 2 seconds of cursory googling will demonstrate irrefutably how awful job prospects are with a for-profit school toilet paper degree

I appreciate the input, but if you read the OP, I'm not getting a degree from there. I already have 2 degrees, just not in the IT field. I figured having a cert that says I studied computer stuff would help clarify I know what I'm doing with prospective employers.

[EchoedTruth]

Originally Posted by Spacebar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Another thing you could consider is https://www.coursera.org/ .

You can take courses online for free from universities all around the world, including some Ivy League universities in the US. I suppose it is still unclear how employers will respond to it, but it seems that the amount of effort being put into the project is growing. Might check out their "signature track" also. It allows ways to have your courses officially recognized.

Some IT courses:

https://www.coursera.org/courses?category=cs-systems

and

https://www.coursera.org/courses?cat...cs-programming

Again, it might not be the best idea for now since it is still unclear how employers will respond to those taking courses from there. Then again, it could be worth checking out since it is, for the most part, free.

Great tip, thank you!