<p>Has anyone taking any online chem classes? I have never taken an online class except for a hybrid class (Computer 101 was a joke). I need to take inorganic chem 2 over the summer and I can take online or a normal class with a teacher who has terrible reviews. You go in for labs. How do most work. You just read the book and teach yourself?</p>
<p>Be careful with online courses. Some schools, businesses and graduate schools will not accept credit for chemistry classes that do not have a lab component to them… Just take the course and tough it out. An online course is a gamble right now.</p>
<p>Just make sure it is accredited with a real agency. Those IIT/U of phoenix for profit colleges are unaccredited and any classes or degrees from there won’t be worth jack. As of today, most online degrees don’t carry nearly as much credibility as a degree from a brick and mortar university even a bottom tier one.</p>
<p>I am not trying to get an online degree or anything just one chem class from a community college that i have around 30 other hours at. I know it will transfer over to Clemson (my engineering adviser said it would). There is also a lab component that you go to the school for. The main thing I was wondering is how difficult the class will be compared to a traditional lecture course. I have never taken an online class.</p>
<p>If this helps, I took chem 2 online during the summer from my home institution while I was in my hometown with my family over the summer and taking physics 2 with lab at the local community college. It was very nice because with video lectures you could repeat it as many times as you needed. I just had to make the drive twice a week to do the lab part. It was a bit tiring having to be in one city in the morning for a lab and another for a night class, but I ended up with an A in physics 2 and an A+ in chem 2. If you’re good at motivating yourself to study enough without a classroom environment, I’d say taking it online is pretty nice.</p>