<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I'm currently in the process of completing my first year in college at the University of Central Florida.
I recently just changed my major to environmental studies and UCF doesn't have a very good program for that in my opinion.
I'm thinking of transferring to Oregon State University and completing the Environmental Studies degree online on their ecampus. I'd prefer doing it online because I can't afford out of state tuition and because I'm planning on moving around a lot in the next couple years.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if Oregon State University is a good school for environmental studies? What about their ecampus program?
Their curriculum looks really good to me but I'd like to talk to someone who knows a little more about it or who has maybe attended Osu ecampus.</p>
<p>I'd like someones advice on transferring because its a huge decision and I don't really know who to talk to about it.</p>
<p>OSU seems like a good school to me but the only thing is that they have proctored online exams for certain classes. Not all lasses have this but quite a few do, about 15 classes for me and each class has 2-3 exams.
I'm not sure if I should be weary of that, or if maybe it's not a big deal.</p>
<p>I have to find my own proctor, I know some librarys do it for free and some don't. I also know there is a website called ProctorU but they charge $30 per test which seems ridiculous to me. I'm worried because I can't afford it if there is a price.</p>
<p>Also, I am really worried because OSU has a lot of math and science requirements for Environmental Studies.
My current school doesn't have a very good environmental studies program but the only math class I need is College Algebra.
OSU requires me to take not only Algebra, but Elementary functions, two terms of Calculus, and two of statistics.
I'm not good at math at all. I'm currently in Intermediate Algebra and I'm actually worried that I won't pass the class. Math just doesn't stick to me.
So I'm not sure what I should do. It also worries me because I cant remember formulas very well, and since I will have a proctor I wont be able to have the formulas right there in case I need them.</p>
<p>I'm even thinking about changing my major again and doing Political Science with a minor in environmental studies because then I wouldn't have to take all those difficult math classes and less of my tests will be proctored.
But I don't know if that's a good decision.
Who could I possibly talk to about this?</p>
<p>I am planning on working with non-profit environmental organizations or government agencies after college. Either that or I want to go to Law School to be an environmental lawyer.
Are these careers that I could do with just a minor in environmental studies? I feel like the Political Science degree would be easier just because there wouldn't be as much math involved and I'm more of a social science type of person.</p>
<p>I would reallly appreciate any advice given to me, I'm kind of at a crossroads right now.
Also, if anybody has gone to OSU for the environmental studies program, I would love to hear some advice on what you think about the program.</p>
<p>Thank you so much.</p>