You will bear more responsibility for your courses and learning. Distance students generally have no class schedule, no classmates in town, and therefore must have discipline to complete the course. In some classes online discussion groups may be part of the course, so interaction with other students and the instructor will be part of your course. B For under graduate degree information and course requirements, contact the department at the University offering the degree. Graduate students, after admission to a graduate or undergraduate degree program, students usually are assigned an academic advisor from the department.
Some undergraduate courses require prerequisites.
Consult the University to confirm. Graduate courses often have prerequisites, and it is the student's responsibility to be familiar with necessary prerequisites prior to registration. Some universities may waive prerequisites and allow students to determine whether a course is appropriate for them, based on their own experiences. For help with this, contact the University offering the degree before you enroll. The 1997 Taxpayer Relief Act provides education tax incentives for adults who want to return to school and for parents who are sending or planning to send their children to college.