Any accelerated online engineering bachelors out there?

[jobojoe285]

Someone I know is thinking of career changing into an engineering career (I think electrical, so the program would be computer or electrical engineering). Their concern is not wanting to spend 4 years doing a "standard/classic" degree, so I've been trying to help and see if there's any accelerated programs like WGU, etc. I found some online degrees in this but they seem to be standard university where you must complete in 4 years, but can be done online.

Anyone know if there's anything that can be accelerated (provided the person can learn quickly, etc.)?

[bjcheung77]

Without knowing the budget, how the student studies, their commitments, etc, it's pretty hard to gauge what program may be a good fit. Most programs that allow transfer credits would be the ones you would look for, the bulk of them will be in Engineering Technology and similar undergrad degrees and not a full Engineering degree. Have you asked if the person is looking for ABET accredited programs? If so, review their website for approved online programs...

[ss20ts]

Do you already have a degree? Any credits?

[jobojoe285]

Just trying to find out what the options are, how much each program would cost, etc. I guess we're trying to compile a list off all available options (budget not mattering at this moment).

They have a bachelor & master degree in architecture.

For ABET, to confirm, checking ABET's website for programs that they approved / whitelisted, and based on that I would find universities?

[ss20ts]

Once again:

DO YOU HAVE A DEGREE ALREADY? DO YOU HAVE ANY CREDITS??

If you don't answer our questions we cannot help you.

[Hotdogman1]

Once again:

DO YOU HAVE A DEGREE ALREADY? DO YOU HAVE ANY CREDITS??

If you don't answer our questions we cannot help you.

I think you misread jobojoe285's post. They are asking for a friend and the friend has a "bachelor & master degree in architecture."

I'm not aware of any accelerated electronic engineering programs. In fact, I don't think accelerated EE programs exist because they tend to require a lot of math courses (Calculus 1 2 3, linear, etc). I have a friend that did ASU's online EE program and it took him about 3 years. I was curious since these types of degrees usually require practical lab experience, apparently some courses uses software like Matlab while some required physical components like FPGA boards and kits (Analog Discovery Kit 2).

[ss20ts]

Still need to know what classes they have. Usually it's best if the friend joins the forum.

https://www.excelsior.edu/program/bachel...echnology/

https://asuonline.asu.edu/online-degree-...gineering/

https://asuonline.asu.edu/online-degree-...stems-bse/

https://asuonline.asu.edu/online-degree-...ement-bse/

https://www.wgu.edu/online-it-degrees/co...nscriptPop

[Jonathan Whatley]

ABET maintains a list of programs it accredits that are available 100% online. Some are in engineering, some in other fields such as engineering technology. National University reports that its BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering is the only 100% online ABET-accredited program in the US in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Liberty University has a newly ABET BS in Civil Engineering mostly online with short on-campus visits. Liberty is notably friendly to transfer and alt credit. University of Alabama has an ABET BS in Mechanical Engineering mostly online with short on-campus visits.

If a program that is NOT ABET accredited but is likely to be transfer and alt credit friendly would work, you might look at the American Public University System BE in Electrical Engineering.

My understanding is that it isn't uncommon for an engineer to train in one branch of engineering at the bachelor's level then transition to another branch of engineering through work experience possibly combined with further study.

Transfer and alt credit friendliness is mostly relevant here to accelerating the non-engineering parts of the degree. None of these programs will likely be advertised as accelerated, but they may be, somewhat, accelerable.

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi has a competency-based BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology mostly online with short on-campus visits. It's designed for entrants with a related associate's degree. Unlike the CBE programs we discuss most here, tuition is per-credit not per-semester. It looks like it's a little accelerable by taking a heavy course load.

[bjcheung77]

If ABET is not required, then you can search for Masters programs, bypassing the Bachelors requirement, and do a search from institutions that already have ABET but may not have applied for their other programs. An example is ECPI, they have Bachelors that have ABET, but their Masters in Metatronics-Systems Engineering isn't ABET...

[ifomonay]

Since they already did a Bachelor of Science, I think they could consider going straight to MSEE at CU Boulder through Coursera. No application or transcripts as they are performance-based. Any prerequisite knowledge can be picked up on Youtube, or various other websites. They can get an electrical engineering degree in just one year.