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[dantana]

Does anybody here know where someone can get an
online distance degree? I already hold a 2 year post college diploma
and would like to transfer these credits and get it done in maybe 2 years.

[santi84]

In Canada, Athabasca University
http://www.athabascau.ca/

Some other traditional universities, such as Simon Fraser University, allow you to transfer 60 credits towards a degree program and have so many online upper level courses that you can complete that degree online as well.
http://www.sfu.ca/cde/
http://www.sfu.ca/cde/index.html?http://www.sfu.ca/cde/cp/programs.html

Personally, I would recommend SFU online. You can do a combination of English major/Education minor (ECE, learning disabilities). I did a few online classes (most of my classes were on campus) and the quality is top notch. I think it is #3 or #5 ranked university in the country, but I'm not sure.

[dantana]

Thanks santi84,

Athabasca requires you to have work experience in your field in the previous 5 years prior to starting your degree (without considering 2 years of post diploma experience). Plus requiring $100.00 for a pre-test without even accepting you.

I just found TRU (Thompson Rivers University), and they sound more reasonable, and will accept your transcripts regardless how long you graduated.

I will check with SFU, and see if they accept my transcripts also. They might be better than TRU, but it doesn't matter. I'm going ahead with it.

[santi84]

TRU & SFU are both great "traditional" universities, so either one would be a good choice.

SFU was good about accepting my transfer credits BUT a lot of them transferred as "PSYC XXX" instead of the required "PSYC 201", or whatever. So even though I got credit, I still had to redo the class.

[Chancellor]