Is it Safe to Take Online Calculus Courses from For-Profit Schools?

[NotGauss]

Hello all!
I am currently looking to take some online mathematics course from an accredited college, more accurately the Calculus series...Calc I,II, and III. I want my courses to transfer to a brick and mortar state school when I am capable of enrolling full time in school. I worry about take classes from the advertised schools as they are for profit schools and I worry about the transferring of credits later on. Any insight on the issue would be greatly appreciative.

Thanks for your time and help

 

[jedishrfu]

My suggestion would be to check with the schools you might attend to see what online courses they might accept. Sometimes you can test out of a course (no credit) so that you can take a tougher course where it's a prerequisite. As an example you test out of Calc 1 so you can take Calc 2.

For topic refresh you can look at khans academy or mathispower4u for short video tutorials on math from high school to first year college.

 

[Student100]

Why for profit? There are some community colleges that offer online calculus courses. You should check and see if the CC you plan to attend at a later date offers such a course. That would ensure the course is at least some what compareable to the brick and mortar course offered at the same institution.

Although I generally don't recommend online courses at all. If this is your only option though, it's better than Phoenix or something.