4 year degree in aviation

[CommanderHoek]

Does anyone have any info on online schools that have a B.S. in avaition. I have a 2 year dgree but want to work on my 4 year. I need to do it online. Also, who gives the best credits for previous degree/experience. I have talked to Everglades Univ in Florida but not sure if they are FULLY accredited. Thank you.

 

[Whale Pilot]

Check into SIU-Carbondale. They may have a program for you.

Whale

 

[LittleDeuce]

4 Year Degree

Thomas Edision State College in Trenton, New Jersey. www.tesc.edu

They are the gold standard for adult distance education.

Also I am sure you have checked into Embry-Riddle?

 

[Caveman]

University of Nebraska - Omaha. They just resurrected their on-line aviation degree program. Fully accredited.

 

[usav8r]

Commander,

Tom by chance?

 

[Dumb Pilot]

I would consider a degree non aviation related. That would give you flexibility in this uncertain business.

 

[crashpad]

Online degrees are worth the paper they're printed on and don't fool an employer about your credentials. You'll never go to keggers and pick up extra credit under 25 yrs old online.

Nice reference to Rush.

 

[swaforme]

Hawthorne university

 

[Skaff]

Utah Valley State College. Checkout aviationuniversity.com or UVSCaviation.com.

 

[learflyer]

Online degrees are worth the paper they're printed on and don't fool an employer about your credentials. You'll never go to keggers and pick up extra credit under 25 yrs old online.

Nice reference to Rush.

Fully accredited institutions (traditional schools) like FSU, OSU, etc have on-line programs. They are the same textbooks that are used in class. The tests are the same. Are you saying that these degrees are useless as well?
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[crashpad]

Yes, if your girlfriend or wife takes the tests for you...like someone I know did.

Sorry man, it's just not the same in my eyes. Maybe useful to some, but I'll take a real college graduate over an online one any day.

 

[The_Skids]

Online courses at traditional universities in something other than aviation can be tough. Alot more work is involved, and the tests are usually structured to where you do well if you know your stuff and very poor if you do not-even though it can be open book. Some professors post presentations online that you can go back and review any time-that is very good.

 

[Sonny Crockett]

Online Degree's

Don't let some of these guys bad mouth an Online Degree.

Several guys I know at UAL/DAL/NWA/AA/TWA have online Degree's, it is the person and experience that go them the job, the Degree Online or otherwise got them the interview.

I remember one newhire at UAL that was my S/O on the 727 said he had 10,000+ hours and never could get a call, then he earned his degree at one of the Online programs and he started to get job offers. Airlines really could care less where you got the Degree AS LONG as you at least HAVE one!

I say go for it! I wish some of my friends would get off their a$$ and do the same thing, but I guess it is an excuse why "Fill in the BlanK with UAL/DAL/AA" wouldn't hire them.

Signed...
SOMEBODY WHO ACTAULLY ATTENDED A REAL COLLEGE and I could care less who earns a Degree Online, in fact I would have done the same thing If I could have. Don't be bitter that you spent $80K for the Riddle Degree and some guy slugging it out at a Regional earns his on his off time! I WOULD HIRE THE guy who flew and earned a degree ANYDAY of the week.

 

[52560]

I received my degree on-line from Embry-Riddle. I feel it was an excellent program. It required more time per class than a traditional class because you didn't have the instructor in front of you telling you what was going to be on the test and what to study. I feel I got more out of an on-line education that I did in the traditional classroom setting. There will be some people that look down on the on-line degree, but there will always be people reluctant to technological advances.

 

[jester33]

Auburn University in Auburn, AL. The program is in the College of Business under the transportation and logistics department. Good Times!!!
WAR EAGLE

 

[FN FAL]

Yes, if your girlfriend or wife takes the tests for you...like someone I know did.

Sorry man, it's just not the same in my eyes. Maybe useful to some, but I'll take a real college graduate over an on line one any day.

I'm glad that I have a lifetime of work experience under my belt. I took a two year associate degree program in a tech college back in the 1980's; this on line stuff is kicking my ass. For what you wouldn't do in reality based classrooms, they make you make it up in writing in the on line classroom.

I put in about a 1,500 words tonight, there was something due the night before that was 500 words. I got to put out another 350 words on a response to a question tomorrow in combination with about 400 to 700 words to classroom discussion. Sunday, a 1,200 word paper plus the same 400 to 700 classroom words are due. Plus, we have a team project coming up that requires the movement of some mountain to get done.

If you already have two years in a real school, two and half years of plucking at the computer at an accredited school should be just fine. Besides, the future is the on line environment.

I'd say that a person who obtains a degree with four years of on line education is missing out on the personal interaction that real schools provide, but finishing up after attending a real school shouldn't be held against you. Especially if you are already established in a career environment.

 

[kngarthur]

Online degrees are worth the paper they're printed on and don't fool an employer about your credentials. You'll never go to keggers and pick up extra credit under 25 yrs old online.

Nice reference to Rush.

I printed my online degree when I was finished--in 1 hour!!!

 

[BobbyBiplane]

I strongly encourage that you check Thomas A. Edison State College, Trenton, NJ (tesc.edu). They are truely the gold standard for distance education and have had a distance education BS with an aviation focus since the 1970s.

I have an Edison degree and a pair of graduate degrees (other schools). I had no issues with graduate school admission nor any questions about the quality of the education in employment matters.

Bob