How does an online course work. I was thinking criminal justice.?
Question:
Since the FBI doesn't require a criminal justice degree. I was thinking going to a really good college and broading my education then hopefully a degree in something else and an online criminal justice degree, I could later apply into the FBI.
Would the online degree help or hurt me?
Answer:
Here is a link for you
http://www.mission2educate.org
They have multiple online school research tools that helps you to find the right school.
i was going to do that online course on line also i am suppose to start oct 2nd doing classes for health care but someone told me that it was harder cause you have to check in any time during the hour and you will have someone checking to see if your in class and you have to talk to other people and ask questions and maybe read out loud like school. my sister mother in law said that she had took on line classes and she is still paying for it she said that it hurt her and she got it out. but it may be different with you if you think it will be good for you and you can do it i will go for it but make sure that is what you want to do cause they will bug the crap out of you they do me for about 2 or 3 months and finally they stop calling my butt.
In spite of what some people say, getting an on-line degree from an accredited college or university is a real degree. All kinds of schools, including lots of world-class institutions, are offering distance learning options. There are a lot of choices out there, but I think the most important thing to look for is that the on-line school IS accredited; the degree you get is as close as possible to what you'd end up with if you attended a "brick and mortar" version. I actually did an MBA (Masters of Business Administration) degree with the University of Phoenix On Line, and I know that they offer programs in criminal justice, as well as a number of other subjects, both graduate and undergraduate. The University of Phoenix happens to have traditional campuses as well as a very well known and respected program on-line. I can't speak directly for others programs, but I suspect that if the on-line school is accredited, the experience will be similar. In most instances, your on-line learning will consist of three main components. One is some kind of class participation activity that requires you to read and respond to posts in a discussion thread. Typically there are minimum participation requirements (like you have to post 3 substantive items on any 5 days of the week, or something like that). Often the instructor will post "discussion questions" that everybody must respond to, just to get the ball rolling. Second, you'll normally do work with a small team of students. Here you'll coordinate with other classmates to jointly write papers. Finally, you'll normally have individual assignments that you complete on your own.
There are some advantages and disadvantages with the on-line experience. A major advantage is the flexibility in terms of time. You can normally do what you need to do whenever you want, as opposed to the traditional environment where you need to show up in class at fixed times on fixed days. But a major disadvantage is that the kind of interaction is very, very different on-line than when you're with people face-to-face. In todays highly "electronic" environment, many people don't seem to care, but I personally think that even though on-line interactions can be really excellent, they are not the same as when you're dealing with people in person in a learning environment.
The on-line approach really does require that you be highly self-motivated. The "instructors" are somewhat more like "facilitators" than "professors," so someone who does better having the majority of the information explained to them won't get as much out of the on-line environment. You need to be OK with doing the reading and doing the work largely on your own. But if you are self-motivated, and if you do want to get as much as you can out of it, on-line is REAL school, and you can have an excellent experience with it and learn a lot in the process.
I think that additional education never really hurts, and can only help. I would think that if you control for all other factors, a hiring manager at the FBI might look at a candidate with a criminal justice degree more favorably than one with a degree in a field less associated with what the FBI does.
Hope this helps. Good luck with it and enjoy the learning!
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