Online Engineering Courses - from overseas?
Online Engineering Courses - from overseas?
(OP)
I work aerospace and satellites for the United States Army and Air Force and I am looking at pursuing a degree in Aerospace Engineering/Mechanical Engineering a few years down the road but it looks like with me being out here in the conflict zone and this full-time Army gig there is no way I am going to be able to get a traditional sit-down engineering degree before I ETS from the service. I realize that a program recognized by ABET is the way to go, but I'm limited to online coursework and local night classes back in the States.
I found a degree in Space Studies with American Military University and the Air Force Community College and some Software / IT Engineering classes at a few other places but it still won't be the full deal needed for aerospace, any recommendations on which degree is the best bet to become more competitive in this field with certain certificates or whatnot would be truly appreciated.(Even certain class recommendations would be great, the obvious ones in my mind at this point: electrical theory/circuits, AUTOCAD, physics/calculus, material dynamics....)
Thanks for your time.
I found a degree in Space Studies with American Military University and the Air Force Community College and some Software / IT Engineering classes at a few other places but it still won't be the full deal needed for aerospace, any recommendations on which degree is the best bet to become more competitive in this field with certain certificates or whatnot would be truly appreciated.(Even certain class recommendations would be great, the obvious ones in my mind at this point: electrical theory/circuits, AUTOCAD, physics/calculus, material dynamics....)
Thanks for your time.





RE: Online Engineering Courses - from overseas?
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So take classes in that, just to stay up to speed.
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Greg Locock
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That said, online degrees are getting more popular and while I've had both good and bad experiences, I feel online courses are here to stay. I would say that for the toughest courses having fellow students and the professor/graduate teaching assistants available in person is a real benefit. It takes an extra level of dedication to do as well in an online course. If you have the drive and determination you can do it.
good luck.
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RE: Online Engineering Courses - from overseas?
If you are concerned that you won't be able to afford to go to college effectively full time for a couple of years after you leave the service then you could try and get enough drafting and foundation engineering classes maybe even a relevant Associates and then perhaps work as a drafter/designer/technician while you get your degree.
As mentioned above look at getting the prereqs/first 2 years out of the way if at all possible with distance learning.
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After looking at a couple of online courses, DeVry actually has an electronics engineering course that sends you an O-scope, multimeters, and all sorts of other goodies to try to give you that "in the classroom" feel on the courses. Is a degree in Electronics Engineering Technology from DeVry a waste of time, obviously it is nothing compared to a bigtime traditional college, but does it carry any weight at all?
College money after I'm out isn't going to be an issue with the GI Bill, just trying to get my goals lined up before I am out. Thanks
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I agree with the others....get the core courses out to the way and as Greg says...stay on top of the calculus or it will stay on top of you. Take anything you can get that is from an accredited program and will transfer to an ABET program. There's lots of stuff out there online. Go for it.
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http://distance.und.edu/engineering/
Chris
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If you (or anyone else) is looking to do an accredited Masters in Engineering, UF has a great program:
http://www.ufedge.ufl.edu/
I think the M.S. in engineering could be done "distance". The B.S. needs to be in-house while you are learning the fundamentals.
dt