Bears' Guide to the Best Computer Degrees by Distance Learning

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Pub. Date: 2001-03-01
Publisher(s): Random House Inc
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Summary

Although it'?s a challenging job market for the high-tech elite-software designers, database programmers, website builders, network administrators, and IT professionals-this new Bears'? Guide maps the most direct route to those top-dollar salaries, showing you how to earn a fully accredited undergraduate or graduate high-tech degree without setting foot on a college campus. Profiles over 100 distance-learning programs in such fields as telecom, computer sciences, MIS, IT, and more. Tips on the latest learning technologies and hot career directions.

Author Biography

MARIAH BEAR lives in Oakland, California. She is the publisher of How Now Pocket Pals in San Rafael.
JOHN BEAR, Ph.D., lives in El Cerrito, California, where he is a distance-education consultant, serves as an expert witness for the FBI, and appears on national media such as NPR.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Distance Learning: A 150-Year-Old Idea Whose Time Has Come
1(2)
Computer Degrees and Distance Learning: What's in This Book
3(4)
Which IT/Computing Degree?
7(4)
Checking Out a School
11(4)
Accreditation: Why It's So Important
15(6)
Applying to an IT Program
21(6)
Alternative Ways of Earning Credit
27(6)
Distance-Learning Technologies
33(2)
Schools Offering Computer Degrees by Distance Learning
35(116)
Athabasca University
37(1)
Atlantic Union College
38(1)
Auburn University
39(1)
Ball State University
40(1)
Bellevue University
41(1)
Caldwell College
42(1)
California State University---Chico
43(1)
Capella University
44(1)
Capitol College
45(1)
Carnegie Mellon University
46(1)
Central Queensland University
47(1)
Champlain College
48(1)
Charles Sturt University
49(1)
Charter Oak State College
50(1)
City University
51(1)
Colorado State University
52(1)
Columbia Union College
53(1)
Columbus State University
54(1)
Curtin University of Technology
55(1)
Deakin University
56(1)
Drexel University
57(1)
East Carolina University
58(1)
Edith Cowan University
59(1)
Empire State College
60(1)
Excelsior College
61(1)
Florida State University
62(1)
Franklin University
63(1)
Georgia Institute of Technology
64(1)
Golden Gate University
65(1)
Harvard University
66(1)
Iowa State University
67(1)
ISIM University
68(1)
Judson College
69(1)
Kansas State University
70(1)
Keller Graduate School of Management
71(1)
Lakeland College
72(1)
Lesley University
73(1)
Marlboro College
74(1)
Mercy College
75(1)
Mississippi State University
76(1)
Monash University
77(2)
Murdoch University
79(1)
National Technological University
80(1)
National University
81(1)
Naval Postgraduate School
82(1)
New Jersey Institute of Technology
83(1)
Norwich University
84(1)
Nova Southeastern University
85(1)
Oklahoma City University
86(1)
Park University
87(1)
Regent University
88(1)
Regis University
89(1)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
90(1)
Rochester Institute of Technology
91(1)
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
92(1)
Skidmore College
93(1)
South Bank University
94(1)
Southern Methodist University
95(1)
Southwest Missouri State University
96(1)
Southwestern Adventist University
97(1)
Stanford University
98(1)
Strayer University
99(1)
Syracuse University
100(1)
Texas Tech University
101(1)
Thomas Edison State College
102(1)
Union Institute
103(1)
United States Open University
104(1)
University of Abertay Dundee
105(1)
University of Bradford
106(1)
University of Colorado at Boulder
107(1)
University of Denver
108(1)
University of Glasgow
109(1)
University of Houston
110(1)
University of Idaho
111(1)
University of Illinois at Springfield
112(1)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
113(1)
University of Kent at Canterbury
114(1)
University of London
115(1)
University of Luton
116(1)
University of Maryland
117(2)
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
119(1)
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
120(1)
University of Melbourne
121(1)
University of New England
122(1)
University of Oregon
123(1)
University of Phoenix Online
124(1)
University of South Africa
125(2)
University of South Australia
127(1)
University of Southern California
128(1)
University of Southern Queensland
129(2)
University of Strathclyde
131(1)
University of Tasmania
132(1)
University of Technology, Sydney
133(1)
University of Teesside
134(1)
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
135(1)
University of Texas
136(1)
University of Wales---Aberystwyth
137(1)
University of Wisconsin at Madison
138(1)
University of Wisconsin at Superior
139(1)
Upper Iowa University
140(1)
Appendices
Appendix A: Online and Correspondence Courses
141(5)
Appendix B: For More Information on Schools in This Book
146(1)
Appendix C: For Information on Schools Not in This Book
147(1)
Appendix D: For Personal Advice on Your Own Situation
148(1)
Appendix E: Bending the Rules
149(2)
Subject Index 151

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