Online Undergrad EE Program at ASU

<p>Good evening everyone,</p>

<p>I have been researching Arizona State University's Online Undergrad Electrical Engineering program and was curious if anyone else had looked into it.</p>

<p>ASU has a very reputable engineering program and the program will be taught by the same faculty as on campus. The tests, etc. will be in the same format as on campus as well.</p>

<p>The courses are laid out so that students take two classes at a time every 8 weeks. So each set of classes is accelerated so that in the end of the semester the student ends up taking 12 to 15 credits. </p>

<p>I'm looking for everyone's general opinion on this. Would majoring in EE online be a wise idea? What type of student do any of you think the school is intending to enroll in this program?</p>

<p>For a little background, I am very good with time management, I will not have to work while in the program, and have always found I study much better in an online format, and that taking 2 courses at a time in a accelerated format seems easier to manage than 4 courses in a non-accelerated format. </p>

<p>Lastly, I cannot afford to commute to the campus 4-5 days a week so the online program seems like a great fit.</p>

<p>Thank you,</p>

<p>Tony</p>

<p>Isn’t it only for masters? I was unaware they have an online bachelors EE. </p>

<p>Can you post a link please? As long as it is accredited its an o.k. solution. </p>

<p>The only difference is you will miss the hands on portions of labs. But there is a lot you can learn at home on your own w/ a microcontroller kit.</p>

<p>I found it at [Electrical</a> Engineering (BSE) | Online Degree Programs | ASU Online](<a href=“Page Not Found 404 | ASU online”>Page Not Found 404 | ASU online)</p>

<p>This looks like a bad idea to me. I am extremely skeptical of an entirely online undergraduate engineering program. As an engineer you are going to be expected to have a certain amount of hands-on experience, and teaching it remotely is problematic both for materials and for the actual teaching. I do not think you will do yourself any favors by enrolling in such a program.</p>

<p>Yeah, for something like EE, I don’t know about an online BSEE program…because of what Cosmicfish said, you need to do the hands-on labs…unless EE labs are purely software usage to design circuits (I am old…we used SPICE).</p>

<p>Computer science as an online degree?..Yes, because you submit programs and the prof/TA runs the program through the IDE.</p>

<p>I’d echo cosmicfish and GLOBALTRAVELER. I don’t think an undergraduate engineering program can be effectively taught online for all the aforementioned reasons.</p>

<p>BS EE without wirewrapping / breadboarding / soldering? where do I sign up?</p>

<p>:) for the wirewrap-challenged (does anyone do wirewrap anymore?)</p>

<p>I’m in a similar situation, except I am working full time for an Electric Cooperative and would like to get a BSEE degree completely online. I didn’t know that ASU offered an online program. </p>

<p>I found that UND has an online EE program that requires you to spend 1-3 weeks on campus each summer to do labs. That sounded like a really good option. Also, Clemson offers an online BSEE program but you have to purchase a kit to do all the labs at home.</p>

<p>I wonder what employers will think of someone with an online engineering degree? I imagine for me at least, it will not look bad since I am working full time in the industry while doing the schooling…</p>