Credits earned appear on your ISU transcript. An online course will fit into your schedule. You pick the time and the place for class. Most courses have specific dates when assignments and tests are due. The beginning and ending dates of the courses coincide with ISU semesters.
Online courses take advantage of the speed, storage capacity, and interactivity of the Internet.
Taking a course online gives you a world of information at your finger tips. Links to sites that further illustrate ideas discussed in the course can make independent study online a valuable learning experience. Iowa State University is internationally recognized as an outstanding broad-based university, with excellent programs in the scientific and technical fields, as well as humanities and the arts. Iowa State is one of only 62 major research universities in the United States and Canada named to the prestigious Association of American Universities.