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Social Media and Online College

March 6, 2012 By 2 Comments

As the first decade of the 21st century came and went, the college degree transitioned from helpful perk to resumé requirement, with the National Center for Education Statistics reporting a 45 percent increase in full-time student enrollment from 1999 to 2009. Throughout this growth period, an alternative arose for those unable to attend traditional class sessions on campus: online courses. A simultaneous technological boom came in the form of social media, with websites like MySpace, Facebook and Twitter becoming a daily Internet pit-stop. Colleges and universities offering online courses have capitalized on the increase in people using social media by setting up Facebook and Twitter accounts to give current and prospective students access to a hub of useful information.

Keeping Up with #Trends

While many online colleges have campus locations, not all students live within driving distance. A disconnect in location may be inevitable, but Twitter has made it simple to connect to campus life through real-time conversations and informational updates. National University, ranked the number 1 online college in 2012 by the Online Education Database Organization, Tweeted an announcement for a campus event with a link to the event webpage. This tweet will appear in the instantly updated Twitter feed for all those who follow the school.

Going a step further, those attending the event can tweet a trend (a word or phrase preceded by a hashtag, for example, #NUinfosession) on National University’s Twitter account and start conversations with other attendees or those who are following from home via Twitter. This leads to a domino effect of students, faculty and community members following one another, conversing and sharing links and information with people they may not have encountered otherwise.

Do You “Like” Your School?

Whether the answer is yes or no, it could benefit at least saying so through Facebook. Similar to Twitter, Facebook provides a venue for the instant update of important information, solutions to problems, and answers to begging questions. Colorado State University (ranked the number 5 online college) posted “Tune into the live webcast of tonight’s first Stadium Advisory Committee meeting, 7 p.m. MST” with a link to the online broadcast. Status updates like these not only bring awareness to the event, but instantly spawn discussion on the topic.

As soon as the meeting began people were weighing in on discussion topics through that status update in variations of one sentence opinions to well-thought-out paragraph responses. If the school has a good following (like CSU boasting 34,385 Facebook friends), questions and comments are reaching a broader audience in a centralized location. This allows even the more specific questions, such as, “what time zone do I have to follow for the assignment’s due time?” have a chance at being answered, and fast.

Connect to Your Campus

According to a 2011 study conducted by Pew Research, 47 percent of the population are using social media regularly. Putting these resources to good use by connecting with your college or university can allow you to engage from a distance, something that may pose as a challenge for an online student only using email communication. WIth a swift click of the mouse on your favorite social media site, you can be sure that you will never be the last to know.

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Online Schools Pave the Way for Adult Learners

December 15, 2011 By 3 Comments

Growing Popularity of Online Schools for Adult Learners

The National Center for Education Statistics reports that by 2008, nearly 20 percent of undergraduate students had enrolled in at least one distance learning course.  Reason for this may be that accredited online schools offering rigorous and in-depth courses may make it more feasible for adult learners to continue their postsecondary education.  Furthermore, with a large number of college students attending school part-time due to family and/or work obligations, there are times when taking an online course is the only option continuing education students have to complete their undergraduate and/or graduate degrees.

As an adult learner, you’re encouraged to enroll in online schools that are highly respected in the subjects you want to major in.  College Board, Peterson’s, the Wall Street Journal (through its “The Top 25 Recruiter Picks” article for colleges and universities) and Washington Monthly list accredited colleges and universities that have earned the respect of educators, students and employers.  Some of these schools allow you to earn continuing education college degrees by taking:

Blended courses (courses that require you to complete portions of your work virtually and other portions in the classroom)

Web based courses (college or university courses that use Internet tools, online research programs, databases, etc. to educate you and other students; for example, your classroom professors might require you to use documents listed at online libraries or learning databases like Britannica or EBSCO or ERIC to create school reports)

Fully online courses (only use online platforms to teach classes)

Aligning Online Schools With Adult Learner Work Requirements

Online schools for education and online schools for nursing prepare you to earn state required licenses like the National Council Licensure Examination and teacher licenses which are often administered through teacher licensing offices affiliated with state departments of education.  Additionally, if you’re one of the adult learners who’s trying to get their general equivalency diploma (GED) you can enroll a K-12 online school to your GED or you can get your GED from a community college.

The diversity of ways you can learn today may also help prepare you to step into broader jobs at work.  For example, in the “Hidden in Plain Sight, Adult Learners Forge a New Tradition in Higher Education” report archived at the United States Department of Education, a 2005 survey mentioned in the report states that more than 500 corporate and government organizations listed “customization” and “applied learning” as two key features they sought in third-party education providers.  Choosing majors that align with the types of jobs you perform at work (or would like to perform after you get promoted) may help you to receive more customized learning that you can readily apply on the job.

Whether you take free online school courses in a specific discipline or take one or more courses to broaden your job knowledge and skills, you’re encouraged to commit sufficient time and energy to completing your course reading assignments, projects and virtual laboratory work.  The more you focus on realizing your best academic performance, the more you can gain from courses you take from online schools.  As an adult learner, before enrolling at online schools, check with your employer to see if he operates a tuition reimbursement program; this way you can attend college for free.

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Online Colleges Taking Over Traditional Schools

December 12, 2011 By 2 Comments

Online Colleges Stacking up to Traditional Schools

Whether or not online colleges will take over traditional schools remains to be seen.  After all, it appears that both forms of learning can co-exist successfully as they have been doing for the last several years.  What is clear is that large numbers of students are opting to enroll in distance learning programs offered at accredited online colleges and predominantly brick and mortar postsecondary schools.  Furthermore, some schools with the highest student enrollments are online colleges and universities.

Although there are free distance learning courses that you can take through your employers or online colleges, to earn undergraduate and/or graduate degrees you generally must pay tuition, even at the cheapest online college.  The amount of tuition you pay to attend online colleges is generally the same as what you would pay to take classroom courses at brick and mortar schools.  According to the National Center for Education Statistics during the 2007 – 2008 academic calendar year nearly 4.3 million undergraduate students enrolled in an online course.  This number represented 20 percent of the undergraduate student population at the time.

In a Department of Education study mentioned in Inside Higher Ed’s June 29, 2009 “The Evidence on Online Learning” article, it’s reported that college students taking blended courses (course that require students to access the Internet to complete a portion of the course and attend classroom sessions to complete other portions) performed better than students who took fully online courses or only classroom courses.  A reason for the success of distance learning programs was linked to the amount of time students taking online courses spend on school projects versus students taking classroom courses.  The report states that, “Studies in which learners in the online condition spent more time on task than students in the face-to-face condition found a greater benefit for online learning.”  It could be that when the classroom bell sounds, students stop focusing on their coursework until they sit down to study.  On the other hand, students taking online courses might continue to focus on their coursework until they feel they have a firm grasp of the material.

Choosing to Enroll in Online Colleges

Students, particularly adult continuing education students, enroll in online colleges for a variety of reasons:

  • To gain more flexibility in their daily schedules
  • Get the time to care for their families and continue their education without having to travel to and from classes (which can also eliminate the need to hire a babysitter)
  • Avoid having to commute in inclement weather
  • Take advantage of expanding technologies
  • Earn degrees at an accelerated pace
  • Get the chance to take college courses regardless of where they are in the world (e.g. while away on business trips)

Despite the benefits of attending online colleges, a set of personal skills are needed to perform well as you complete distance learning courses.  For example, self-discipline, time and project management skills, the ability to motivate and encourage yourself and focus and vision are skills that can help you to succeed while you take online college courses.  The desire to conduct your own research work and write original college essays and term papers can also be pluses that cause you to earn top scores in your courses.  Good news is that these same skills are generally needed to get hired and excel on a job.

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College Online Games for Students

November 7, 2011 By 2 Comments

Balance, Fun and Education for College Students

College online games for students are interactive technological programs that may or may not cost a fee to use.  Many of the games operate with one or more computer operating systems (e.g. Windows, Mac).  The games can also be downloaded onto handheld electronic devices like Blackberries and iPads so that you can have fun between college classes or while you’re relaxing back at your dorm. They’re also popular; according to the July 6, 2011 MSNBC “College Students Are Avid Gamers” article nearly 70 percent of students reported playing college online games “once in a while.”

To have fun without spending lots of money and to balance taking rigorous college courses with the challenges of transitioning into adulthood, you can try your hand at online games.  In fact, you might be able to download free college football online games and college basketball online games offered by major sporting and interactive entertainment companies like ESPN, Shock Wave and Stick Sports.  Popularity of the games can be seasonable.  For example, in July and August baseball games like Smash and Blast Baseball, Striker and ESPN Arcade Baseball may be popular downloads. Additionally, Basketball Trick Hoops, Spider Basketball and Slam Jam Basketball are a few basketball games you can download and play for free.  Just make sure that you run a virus check on the websites you download the games from before you hit the “download” button.  This may save you the hassle of having to have viruses removed from your computer hours or days later.

Playing and Watching Online College Games

That’s not all.  In addition you can watch free college football games online at places like ESPN and Sirius.  While watching these and other college and professional athletic competitions you can get score updates and live streaming on game action.  After the competitions have ended, you can read online commentary about the athletic contests and find out about upcoming games your favorite sporting teams have on their schedules.

As much fun as you can have playing online games as a college student, if you’ve played video games before you probably know how easy it is to get so caught up in playing a game that, before you know it, an hour has passed.  To keep yourself from playing games instead of studying, identify times you’re going to study as well as times you’re going to play your favorite online games.  For example, you could study on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. and play online games for students on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m., allowing yourself enough time to study and have fun.

Furthermore, if you play educational online games for students such as Age of the Empires III, Return of the Incredible Machine Contraptions, Law & Order or Quest Atlantis, you can discover new ways of looking at scientific theories, mathematical equations or language arts.  You might even get inspired to create a novel, short story, poem or another artistic work.

There are a plethora of college online games for students, so that it appears there’s at least one game to match your many passions and interests.  Get a game that’s compatible with your computer system and you could spend hours learning how to beat classic and newly released video games.  To ensure that you stay on track with your college courses, consider playing online games only during certain times of the day.

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Can I Take a Nursing Program Online?

November 3, 2011 By 1 Comment

Completing Training for Your Nursing License Online

Courses taught at online nursing schools can prepare you to take and pass licensing examinations like the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN) or (NCLEX-LPN).  Because state laws require you to get licensed before you start working as a licensed practical nurse (LPN) or as a registered nurse (RN) enrolling in programs administered by online schools for nursing not only provides you with a valuable postsecondary education, doing so also helps you take a first, and necessary, step toward employment as a nurse.  The National League of Nursing Accreditation Commission and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education are two organizations that accredit nursing schools and/or college and university nursing programs.

Schools you can take online nursing courses from include:

  • Drexel University Online
  • Kaplan University
  • Walden University
  • University of Phoenix
  • Chamberlain College of Nursing
  • Liberty University
  • Capella University
  • Indiana State University
  • Western Governors University
  • Sacred Heart University
  • Georgetown University

Courses and Education Associated with Online Nursing Programs

Subjects covered at accredited online nursing schools vary.  However, while you train to become an LPN or RN you may take undergraduate courses like:

  • Basic nursing skills
  • Emergency care
  • Pediatric nursing
  • Anatomy and physiology
  • Nutrition
  • Critical thinking
  • Client care
  • Psychology
  • Medical family therapy
  • Issues and trends in health policies for families
  • Family life cycle
  • Microbiology with lab
  • Mathematics
  • Critical issues shaping professional nursing
  • Senior concentration in nursing

Working as a Nurse Post Graduating from Online Programs

As of May 2008 there were about 753,600 LPNs and 2.6 million RNs working in the United States.  Furthermore and according to the United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistic (BLS), jobs for RNs are expected to grow by approximately 22 percent from 2008 through 2018.  LPNs are expected to see about a 21 percent job growth over the same time period.  The middle 50 percent of LPNs took home annual salaries that ranged between $33,360 and $46,710.  However, the top 10 percent of LPNs earned more than $53,580 a year.  The middle 50 percent of RNs (healthcare professionals who are more senior to LPNs and who can require more training before they are hired by employers) earned between $51,640 and $76,570.  The top 10 percent of RNs were paid more than $92,240 a year.

Online nursing school programs are available at public and private mainstream schools, religious colleges and universities and trade schools.  If you want to work jobs that require you to assist RNs, physicians and patients, online LPN nursing schools programs may be a good fit for you.  Keep in mind that it takes about one year to complete the undergraduate programs.  However, if you want to get promoted and work as an RN, jobs that generally pay higher salaries than LPN jobs, you may have to return to college and take additional courses at offline or online nursing schools.

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University High School Courses Online

October 24, 2011 By 1 Comment

Taking University High School Courses Online

Larger numbers of people accessing the Internet may be one of the reasons that university high school online programs are becoming more widely available.  Some university high school online programs also teach secondary level courses to high school students, a step that can help students become familiar with the process of attending classroom lectures, discussions and question and answer sessions using computer applications.  A few of the programs are also designed to allow high school students the opportunity to start taking pre-college courses.

Between as many as 80 to 100 courses are offered at institutions of higher education like the University of Nebraska online high school and Stanford University online high school.  Top universities offering courses to high school students are fully accredited, diploma granting schools educating students in middle through secondary grades.  Some online high schools also train students starting as early as Kindergarten.

Instead of going to school away from home for seven to eight hours a day, students can attend online high schools for three to four hours a day.  For example, Stanford University online high school offers courses during its 2011-2012 seasons from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m.  Teachers at the schools may have Bachelor’s or graduate degrees in subjects they teach.  Additionally, some university high school online educators have also taught at brick and mortar schools for several years.

Courses You Can Take at University High Schools

In addition to core courses, curriculums at online high schools generally also include electives.  Types of electives available at the schools include:

  • Anthropology, Human Variation
  • Basic Accounting Skills
  • Introduction to Business
  • Business and Professional Communication
  • Professional Writing Skills
  • Introduction to Macroeconomics
  • Recreational Sport Programming
  • Modern American Women’s History
  • Writing for Mass Media
  • Business and Morality
  • Social Psychology
  • Society and the Individual
  • Gender Roles
  • International Relations
  • Physical and Earth Science
  • Science of Health
  • Computer Science
  • Music
  • Laboratory Sciences
  • Philosophy

Before graduating from university high school online programs students must generally complete 20 or more credits of core courses.  Students must also complete two to three credits of electives.  Academic counselors are assigned to work with high school students as they complete their studies.  If students already completed courses at another high school or via homeschooling, some universities allow them to transfer credits earned at these schools toward their high school diploma.  To transfer credits students generally need to submit transcripts to the university from each high school they’ve already attended.

Indiana University high school online programs and George Washington University online high school programs also offer courses that high school students can register to take.  Courses at these schools aim to prepare students, particularly high school juniors and seniors, for the rigors of college life.  Core courses like English, mathematics, biology, foreign language, history and science are covered during the training programs.  Upon graduation from the high schools students can gain admission to top accredited colleges and universities like Princeton University, Duke University, New York University and Cornell University.

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Taking University Courses Online

October 20, 2011 By 1 Comment

Taking University Courses Online Getting Easier

Taking university courses online has grown in popularity over the last several years perhaps, in part, because employers, students and professors have become increasingly familiar with and accepting of online learning modules.  Both public and private schools administer undergraduate and/or graduate level university courses online, several of the schools also offering free online courseware to degree and non-degree students and other working adults.

Degree and non-degree undergraduate and graduate level courses offered at accredited United States colleges and universities cross disciplines and academic concentrations.  Not only do the courses benefit American students, the courses also make it possible for international students to take courses at schools based in the United States.  According to Inside Higher Education, some postsecondary schools offering open courseware programs are Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon and the University of California at Berkeley.  These courses tend to be self-paced and tests students’ learning by including brief examinations at the end of each section of the course.

Online subjects and courses you can take at accredited institutions of higher education like the University of Phoenix, Indiana University and Columbia University include:

  • Business Administration
  • Political Science
  • Public Administration
  • Accounting
  • Global Business Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship
  • Finance
  • Integrated Supply Chain and Operations Management
  • Information Technology
  • Computer Science
  • Nursing
  • Creative Writing
  • Journalism
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Special Education
  • Environmental Science
  • Health Education
  • Health Administration
  • Industrial Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Engineering
  • Mathematics

About University Courses Online Education Programs

Degree programs offered through Phoenix University online courses and other interactive programs use tools like videotaped professor lectures, audio tapes, webcasts, message boards, online libraries and private discussion forums to educate students.  Solid project and time management skills are needed to excel while taking university courses online.  If students are self-motivated and have the discipline to complete advance reading assignments and laboratory projects without being reminded by classmates or professors, online postsecondary courses might be the tools they’re looking for to gain education/life balance, flexibility and independent study opportunities.

Regardless of where students earn their degrees or take university courses online, they are encouraged to make sure that the school is accredited by organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education.  Some of these national and regional accrediting agencies include the Middle States Commission, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, National Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation and the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission.

Furthermore, university online courses free to employees are provided at individual institutions of higher education.  These courses are also made available to employees at firms operating across a variety of industries due to agreements employers have with university administrators.  For example, employees working at financial services organizations might be able to log into their companies’ intranets, register for and take online accounting and budgeting courses developed by schools like Harvard University.  However, not all university courses online are for working adults and current college students.  Pre-college courses like Columbia University online courses and Indiana University online courses are also available for high school students to enroll in.  Taking these courses can help high school students to accelerate their learning and get a head start on earning college credits.

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Taking Online Courses With Harvard University

October 17, 2011 By 1 Comment

Harvard University Online Learning Programs

Created in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest postsecondary school in the United States.  The university is comprised of twelve degree granting schools.  Headquartered in Massachusetts, Harvard University online and its offline programs enroll more than 20,000 degree seeking university students.  Harvard University online courses are offered through the university’s extension school.

Video, Internet tools like email and audio are used to deliver professor lectures to you and other students taking courses associated with Harvard University online programs.  By using Internet tools you can stay in contact with your professors and classmates.  Specific types of schools and disciplines distance learning courses are offered for students enrolled in Harvard University include:

  • Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Harvard Kennedy School, Executive Education
  • Harvard Medical School (administered through the Department of Continuing Education)
  • Harvard School of Public Health

Enhancing Your Education by Taking Interactive Harvard University Courses

In addition to the above schools and departments, online programs, like seminars and lectures, are offered through Harvard University’s Digital Harvard program.  Some of these courses are free of charge and can be completed at your own pace.  You might need Flash and a Music Player (MP) to access the online courses.  To enhance your learning, a syllabus and notes accompany some of the training programs.  Types of seminars and lectures you can take at Harvard University are:

  • Computer Science: Understanding Computers and the Internet (offered through the Harvard Extension School, this course uses taped lectures to review computer components as well as how the Internet impacts your privacy and the health of your computer)
  • Berkman Center for Internet and Society (research program that takes a look at the cyberspace, including ways to further develop cyberspace)
  • Brigham and Women’s Hospital Live Surgery Webcasts (designed for medical professionals like nurses and physicians, shows webcasts of medical procedures performed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital; patients can also watch and learn from the webcasts)
  • WIDE World (online course teaching educators ways to assess understanding and different student intelligence levels)
  • Continuing Medical Education (covers topics such as aging, behavioral health, lifestyle medicine, neurology, oncology, pathology, psychiatry, cardiovascular medicine and emergency medicine)
  • Chandra X-Ray Observatory (uses interactive tools to explore the cosmos)

After your registration application to take one or more online programs is approved, you’ll need a login and password to access some Harvard University online courses.  Nearly 40 of the school’s online courses are taught by faculty members via lectures.  Other online courses are taught by professors who work at other colleges and universities.

Additionally and although Harvard University online degrees generally combine classroom and distance learning courses, several courses at the postsecondary school have one or more online components.  Not only does the school use its Harvard Business Review courses to help students gain a more balanced education through programs like its Harvard University online MBA (Master’s of Business Administration), the school also makes its Harvard Business Review courses available to working adults through various employer based online learning and development initiatives.  Real life business scenarios, challenges and procedures are examined during the self-paced courses.  To enhance learning at the end of many of the online courses is an interactive question and answer session that you must pass before you’re credited with completing the course.

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Taking Online Courses With Columbia University

October 13, 2011 By 1 Comment

Continuing Your Online Education at Columbia University

Located in New York City, Columbia University has been educating undergraduate and graduate students for more than 250 years.  The school was founded in 1754 (it was formerly named King’s College) and is the fifth oldest college in the United States.  Engineering, general studies and liberal arts are types of areas the school grants certificates and degrees in.  Furthermore, and in addition to campus based programs, the school offers Columbia University online courses.

Seminars and workshops are combined with interactive online tools (e.g. video, webcasts) during Columbia University online degree programs.  Disciplines like the Columbia University online MBA (Master’s of Business Administration) and Medicine are accredited by agencies like the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Interactive online courses available at Columbia University include:

Certificate in Cognition and Technology (provides professional technological development for teachers and other learning and training professionals and specialists)

Certificate in Designing Interactive Multimedia Instruction (trains educators on ways to design multimedia learning tools and modules)

Basic and Clinical Neurosciences (gives review of neurosciences, especially focusing on newer developments in the field)

Dementia, Update for the Practitioner (a continuing education course targeted for medical students like neurologists, psychiatrists and primary care physicians, covers diagnosis and treatment options)

Business and Finance (covers business administration and finance procedures, policies and trends)

Philosophy and Religion (theological and philosophical courses created in partnership with the Jewish Theological Seminary)

Online Courses You Can Take at Columbia University

In addition to the above courses, through its Columbia Interactive program, Columbia University also teaches electronic seminars such as:

  • Art and Understanding
  • Crucible of Pluralism: Religion in Modern America
  • Biography of the AIDS Epidemic: Creating an Oral History Project
  • Schoenberg and Modernism
  • Origins of the First World War
  • Intellectual and Cultural History of the United States
  • America Since 1945
  • America and the Muslim World
  • Nonviolent Power in Action
  • Medical Ecology: Environmental Disturbance and Disease
  • Slavery and Emancipation
  • Small Wonders: The World of Nano-Science
  • History of the City of New York
  • Poverty, Wealth and History in the East End of London

Some online courses at the school are free and do not mandate that you complete prerequisites to take the courses.  You can also complete some electronic seminars in less than eight hours.  For courses that charge tuition, financial aid to take these online courses might be available through your employer or one or more other organizations (e.g. private foundation).  If you’re in the military, check with the university’s admissions or financial aid counselors to see if you qualify for scholarships, grants and other forms of financial aid through the military branch you serve in.

Columbia University online programs (some students may refer to the school as Columbia State University online) are available to you as a teacher at elementary, secondary or postsecondary schools.  You can also benefit from registering to take Columbia University online courses if you plan to (or already) work in career fields like business, engineering, medicine, applied science, philosophy or religion.  Credits that you earn after completing the programs are generally transferrable to other accredited colleges and universities, making it easy for you to continue your education and earn advanced degrees, diplomas and certificates.

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Taking Online Courses With Brown University

October 10, 2011 By 1 Comment

Completing Distance Learning Courses at Brown University

Founded in 1764, Brown University is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and is the seventh oldest postsecondary school in America.  With an enrollment population of nearly 8,000 students as of 2011, the school offers undergraduate and graduate level courses and degree programs.  In addition to its numerous on campus college courses, the school also teaches distance learning courses.  For example, Brown University online has pre-college courses for high school students.  The school also has online courses for students taking more advanced courses.

Some distance learning courses at Brown University online are administered through the school’s Continuing Education department.  Other Brown University online courses are administered through specific departments (e.g. liberal arts, mathematics).  In addition to getting pre-college continuing education certificates, you can earn college degrees like Master’s and Doctorate degrees at the coeducational Ivy League school.  Types of subjects you can earn certificates and degrees in while attending Brown University include:

  • Anthropology
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Chemistry
  • Classics
  • Communications
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer Music and Multimedia
  • Computer Science
  • Cultural Studies
  • Education
  • Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies
  • Engineering
  • English
  • Environmental Studies
  • Finance
  • Foreign Languages
  • Geological Sciences
  • History of Art and Architecture
  • Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Engineering
  • Literature
  • Modern Culture and Media
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Public Affairs and Public Policy
  • Public Humanities
  • Sociology
  • Theatre Arts and Performance Studies

Continuing Education Courses At Brown University

Pre-college and continuing education courses you can take during the summer, fall or spring semesters include:

  • American Consumer Culture
  • Culture and Human Behavior
  • Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
  • Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology
  • Introduction to Human Physiology
  • Introduction to Medicine
  • Introduction to Prehistory and Archeology
  • Medicine and Society
  • Methods to Applied Mathematics
  • Popular Music and the City
  • Principles of Immunology
  • Research Techniques in the Biomedical Fields
  • Sport Physiology
  • Television and American Culture

You can register for one or more pre-college online courses at the school.  As a graduate student, you must complete an online course application, submit your college transcripts Graduate Record Examination (GRE) test results and three letters of recommendation from at least two faculty members and one other professional who’s familiar with your graduate studies.

By enrolling in the postsecondary school’s continuing education programs, you can strengthen your communication skills and become comfortable with virtual classroom settings (settings that have become increasingly popular at secondary and postsecondary schools around the country).  Furthermore, while completing Brown University online degrees you can still have access to career counselors and academic advisors, specialists who can work with you to ensure you’re on track to graduate on time and are earning top scores on your college examinations (e.g. mid-terms, finals).  You can also participate in private online discussion forums with your professors and classmates to receive additional support as you complete your courses.

As one of the oldest colleges in the United States, Brown University campus and Brown University online programs provide a balanced and rigorous education to you, recent high school graduates and adults continuing education students.  While taking the distance learning courses, you and other students can track your academic progress, enjoy studying at a comfortable pace, create a flexible classroom schedule and develop and improve your time and project management skills as you complete the independent study programs.

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