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Engineering Classes

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Mead
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So I'm taking this fall quarter of school off to decide what I really want to do before I invest in going to school full time for it. Anyway, I'm interested in taking some engineering classes, anyone know some legit online ones? Online would be ideal because A) I live in Wyoming. B) I need to be working.

If you guys know about any, or have any suggestions that would be awesome. All I've turned up so far is like DeVry stuff and I don't knwo how legit that is. Should I just go to school and try it out? Sorry for the wall of text...
Aug 3 2009 9:12PM
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Arabian.
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I'm sure you could get your Calc 1 and 2 out of the way, along with your basic Bio and even your writing classes.
Aug 3 2009 9:26PM
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Mead
Posts: 285 - Karma: 42
I've taken calc 1,2 , and gen chem...some basic physics but nothing too crazy...should've said that
Aug 3 2009 9:46PM
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Pman13a
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i honestly dont think i could do online classes, to easy not to do stuff, and you dont get someone actually teaching you and helping you out with problems, which you definitely need in engineering classes
Aug 3 2009 10:01PM
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An10a_Eng
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there is no such thing as a legit online class, especially in engineering
Aug 3 2009 10:10PM
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Lt.Dan
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agreed,  and I'm not sure if most colleges will even accept credit from online universities,  you could ,however try to learn as much as you possibly can from online courses and then take CLEPs at an actual college,  costs money though
Aug 3 2009 10:33PM
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45.
Posts: 3164 - Karma: 170
if anything try and familiarize with a lot of drafting software... such as AutoCAD, Inventor, Solid Works, and Pro-E. That will give you a SOLID head start, you need to know how these programs work
Aug 3 2009 11:00PM
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moonofendor
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dude don't take a semester off. no one knows what they want to do when they go to college. just go in with an open mind and take a whole bunch of different classes.
taking a semester off can make you think you don't need a higher education, and then it's much harder going back.
oh and most online courses and crap. don't bother with that.
Aug 3 2009 11:20PM
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troublemaker3
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going to college will get your brain going, and determining what you want to do will come soon after.

first year of school is generally classes that will tranfer to any degree anyway

Aug 3 2009 11:26PM
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