I believe that I may have discovered - completely by accident - the most expensive undergraduate class, offered on-line at Ohio University. It is Health 230 - Medical Terminology, for which the university wants $1,270 for the 2 (two!) credit course - a whopping $635 per credit.
As I posted on another thread, I need one more credit at OU in order to meet the residency requirement of the RN-BSN program. I can take any 200-level or above class to satisfy the requirement and I wanted to try and take one of the nursing special topics courses. Unfortunately, the only special topics course open during either summer session is an NCLEX review course. Nearly all of the other classes I looked at were 4 credit courses and most of the 3 credit ones required a proctored exam, which is very difficult for me to arrange. So I registered for Medical Terminology which, since it is a 2 credit course, I figured couldn't be more than a couple of hundred dollars.
. . . I was going to apply to UTA as well, but I have read and spoken with people that all said they are very reluctant (or won't do it altogether) to accept previous university work so I hesitate to spend another hundred bucks or so out of pocket if it sounds like OU will be a good fit. . . .
Sorry to derail this thread so much, but did you find a class that would work Chuckster? I was looking at the list online, but I am not sure which ones you already have credit for.
My experience with the school in Texas that you mention was very negative. They would not give me credit for Intro to Psych because the course wasn't called "Intro to Psych" - that despite the fact that I provided a letter from the assistant dean of the Psych dept (who also sent a copy of the catalog description) stating precisely what the course was - it was actually far more comprehensive than the UT-A intro course. Ironically, they had no problem with Developmental, Behavioral and Abnormal. They also would not give me credit for basic English for some unknown reason. I am far from alone in this and in my opinion, you are wise to look elsewhere. The U Wyoming folks were very nice when I contacted them but frankly, I'm very glad I stuck with OU.
To show you how accommodating OU is, my advisor told me that I could take any elective offered in the AOI program, even though I already had credit for all of the (fine arts, cross-cultural, English, etc) requirements and would be duplicating something they had already given credit for. I actually chose IART 117, simply because it starts this week and I can get the class out of the way quickly. It's the same per credit price as the nursing courses, about $620 for a 4 credit course vs nearly $1,300 for a 2 credit course outside of the AOI program. Thanks for asking.
chuckster, ADN, BSN, RN, EMT-B
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To show you how accommodating OU is, my advisor told me that I could take any elective offered in the AOI program, even though I already had credit for all of the (fine arts, cross-cultural, English, etc) requirements and would be duplicating something they had already given credit for. I actually chose IART 117, simply because it starts this week and I can get the class out of the way quickly. It's the same per credit price as the nursing courses, about $620 for a 4 credit course vs nearly $1,300 for a 2 credit course outside of the AOI program. Thanks for asking.