Getting Your History Degree Online

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In the search for the right college to attain an online history degree, there are several questions that must be addressed when applying for any online degree including an online history degree. Cost is of course a large factor. The cost of degrees varies considerably. There are schools where you can complete a BA degree for half of what the same degree would cost at other schools.

Accreditation is also a hugely important question with an online history degree. Not all accrediting agencies are created equal. Some “accrediting agencies” are not actually accredited themselves and simply are side operations to lend an air of legitimacy to a diploma mill which hands out phony degrees that aren’t worth the money they’re not printed on. Searching Google brings up numerous sites with lists of qualified, real accrediting agencies. A call to your state Board of Education or simply visiting a counselor at a local high school or college can also give you the necessary information. Accreditation is vital.

Alternative colleges are nice but sometimes their degrees are useless. Was a time, all online colleges fell into that category. With the advent of major online colleges, that is rapidly changing. Once called “Distance Learning”, there is an excellent series of “alternative degree” books by John and Mariah Bear that details all the necessary information. John is also an expert on phony accrediting agencies and diploma mills, so his information is gold. His wife, in fact, attained a distance history degree which was partly an online history degree from Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Along with online colleges there are also tests that can be taken to demonstrate a desired level of knowledge in subjects. In fact, an online history degree can be attained simply by taking proctored tests (tests where the student takes it in front of a qualified observer such as those at a local college) though it is generally thought much easier to achieve the degree the traditional “untraditional” way by attending college online.

Knowing one’s requirements and considering the credits/units one has already attained and then informing oneself thoroughly can make the dreamed of online history degree a wonderful reality.