I started working towards my Masters in C.S. early last year and after poking around a bit I landed on NCSU's (North Carolina State) online degree program. So far I've only had two professors but both of them have been Phd students and their levels of involvement in the course are quite different.
The online program however, has definitely exceeded my expectations. The courses are real courses, but also offered online. The lectures are all on CD in RealMedia format, a BBS is available for posting questions and all HW are submitted via the web.
Tests are "real" [closed note, closed book, closed internet] tests [in response to someone else's post about tests not being real] (for those who can't attend campus to take the real ones) and require getting a proctor registered with the University.
So far it has been a worthwhile experience. I wouldn't want to get a full Masters via an online degree since I believe that half of a person's education isn't what they learn, but who they meet and interact with along the way, but as a method of finishing off some pre-requisite courses it's great....
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I started working towards my Masters in C.S. early last year and after poking around a bit I landed on NCSU's (North Carolina State) online degree program. So far I've only had two professors but both of them have been Phd students and their levels of involvement in the course are quite different.
The online program however, has definitely exceeded my expectations. The courses are real courses, but also offered online. The lectures are all on CD in RealMedia format, a BBS is available for posting questions and all HW are submitted via the web.
Tests are "real" [closed note, closed book, closed internet] tests [in response to someone else's post about tests not being real] (for those who can't attend campus to take the real ones) and require getting a proctor registered with the University.
So far it has been a worthwhile experience. I wouldn't want to get a full Masters via an online degree since I believe that half of a person's education isn't what they learn, but who they meet and interact with along the way, but as a method of finishing off some pre-requisite courses it's great....
-J