Where Can I Find Accredited Online Physics with Algebra Courses?

[member 428835]

Hi PF!

I have a twin brother in the military who is trying to take physics with algebra online (for military purposes he is unable to commute to a University). I thought this course would be easy to find since nearly every school offers calculus online. I haven't been able to find any schools that are widely accredited (for example, University of Phoenix online is not accepted at most Universities evidently).

Does anyone here know of a US university or CC that offers this?

Thanks so much!

Josh

 

[jedishrfu]

Have you checked Khan's Academy courses?

khanacademy.org

and for math

mathispower4u.com

or are you looking for credit courses like Coursera?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coursera

https://www.coursera.org

or MIT online courses (not sure about credit)?

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

https://www.edx.org

With respect the Univ of Phoenix and Coursera , are for-profit schools.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Phoenix

Recently, there's a controversy growing over for-profit schools and veterans using the GI bill to pay for a substandard education.

 

[bcrowell]

A physics course will include a lab, and the lab requires lots of expensive and specialized equipment. That's why my school, and presumably others, has never tried to offer a purely online physics course.

@jedishrfu : The OP was asking specifically about courses from accredited schools, so I don't think Khan Academy, etc., are going to work.

 

[mechpeac]

I agree that the biggest problem is the need for the lab portion of the course.

 

[jedishrfu]

A physics course will include a lab, and the lab requires lots of expensive and specialized equipment. That's why my school, and presumably others, has never tried to offer a purely online physics course.

@jedishrfu : The OP was asking specifically about courses from accredited schools, so I don't think Khan Academy, etc., are going to work.

Thanks, yeah, I saw that in his post and asked about it in my response.

I figured that maybe they were looking for anything to study though.

 

[member 428835]

Thank you all for a response. He does need a credited course since he is planning to attend a sonography program after he is out of the military, and one of the prerequisites to admission is a basic physics course.

Thanks again for the responses!