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Guardsman
post Feb 23 2005, 08:23 PM
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For those of you that may have done this, what's the best way to approach this? I want to do an Electrical Engineering program, but it will be while I am working full time, my job will be 1+ hours each way from home, and I'm in the Air National Guard.

The only schools around me that have BSEE programs are Berkeley, which is about 80 miles away, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, which is about 250 miles away. I'd prefer Cal Poly, because they have a blended BS+MS program, where you can work toward your BS and MS at the same time.

However, the distance is going to be the biggest problem, as the vast majority of the courses are in-residence only.

I will be able to test out of a bunch of the lower-level electronics/electrical courses, as I have been an electronics tech for eleven years, so that should somewhat shorten my total time required.

So, what am I looking at here to do this?

Second question on this subject, is what am I looking at in terms of all the math calsses I will need to take? I know that I will need statistics and calc, but what will I need to take to get there, i.e., algebra, geometry, trig, etc.?

I found out that Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's continuing Ed has online math, from basic to Algebra 2, so I'm going to do those to get my textbook math skills up to where I can test into higher-level math courses.

Thanks again guys.

John
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Guardsman   Engineering school, and working full-time   Feb 23 2005, 08:23 PM
sgarnett   That's how I did it. It took a while, but I su...   Feb 24 2005, 02:14 AM
robz71lm7   Like Sean hinted some of those early classes can c...   Feb 24 2005, 02:23 AM
pknowles   Berkely is a great school. BS/MS programs are a l...   Feb 24 2005, 02:28 AM
35th_Anniversary_AS_Camaro_SS   FWIW I'd be making more money working on the ...   Feb 24 2005, 03:06 AM
z28barnett   QUOTE I will be able to test out of a bunch of the...   Feb 24 2005, 05:32 AM
pknowles   There are alot of hands on engineering jobs, but t...   Feb 24 2005, 01:10 PM
Eugenio_SS   well... consider studying in Canada... even being ...   Feb 25 2005, 01:06 AM
slowTA   I can't recommend trying to complete a four ye...   Feb 25 2005, 02:43 AM
Guardsman   Thanks for the input guys.......good things to thi...   Feb 25 2005, 03:07 PM
robz71lm7   QUOTE (Guardsman @ Feb 25 2005, 10:07 AM)Than...   Feb 25 2005, 04:56 PM
pknowles   QUOTE My father, recently retired after 35 years, ...   Feb 25 2005, 05:09 PM
robz71lm7   QUOTE (pknowles @ Feb 25 2005, 12:09 PM)QUOTE...   Feb 25 2005, 05:40 PM
sgarnett   BTW, an Electrical Engineer who spoke passable Man...   Feb 25 2005, 10:03 PM
bigshoe   Ok, I didnt read everythign above (and that is bec...   Feb 25 2005, 11:17 PM

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