Is it possible to get a master's degree online through distance learning?

I want to study English or Linguistics. Which school has the best distance learning for these subjects?

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  1. no i dont think so. since you work with a prof.
  2. It's possible. Check out: Goddard College (David Mamet, William H. Macy and Walter Mosley are all alums) www.goddard.edu Bennington College (Bret Easton Ellis is an alum) Skidmore College www.skidmore.edu Ranto is mistaken and is possibly conflating University of Phoenix style "online" programs with legitimate low residency programs, of which there are MANY.
  3. Of course it is possible. The next question you might want to ask is "Will anyone respect it?" The answer to that one is "No."
  4. you can try looking up distance learning and the field of study. most are tech related, or business. but you may have to find a local school that may just do simply online classes. good luck!
  5. Yes you can. English Lit. is one of the subjects that's ideally suited for online/distance study. You spend most of your time reading literature and writing about it - you don't need a classroom for that. The best distance learning (arguably) is at Oxford and Harvard. Neither offers the full MA online. Some people won't respect it, as Prof Ranto says. But then, some people don't respect a degree from anywhere less than Harvard, Yale, Oxford, et al and we 'mere mortals' don't care so much what they think. Most people haven't graduated from one of the elite colleges. Take a look at UMass http://www.umassonline.net/degrees/MALinguistics.html for an MA in Applied Linguistics. Western New Mexico University http://www.wnmu.edu/VirtualCampus/InterdisciplinaryMasters.htm Has an MA that can include English as the major field. Also look at Northern New Mexico, Texas Tech, and East Carolina University (http://core.ecu.edu/engl/tpc/tekkom/tpc.htm ) CSU-Dominguez Hills has an MA in Humanities online http://www.csudh.edu/HUX/ that can concentrate in English. Oxford teaches English Lit. online. http://onlinecourses.conted.ox.ac.uk/subjects/english.php not a master's program but Oxford is pretty well respected by most people around the world. Harvard teaches English Lit online too. http://www.extension.harvard.edu/2008-09/DistanceEd/offer/ also not a degree (unless you want to visit Boston for a couple courses because these will count in their Master of Liberal Arts degree). Not too many people have a problem with Harvard University - even the extension college. UC-Berkeley does a certificate program in writing online as does UCLA. http://www.unex.berkeley.edu/online/# http://www2.uclaextension.edu/writers/ Most people respect these too. The bottom line is that people who think online/distance education is not reasonably respected are stuck in 1981. The key is to pick a school that is well respected. It's all about the reputation of the school and not whether it was online or classroom.
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  9. Yes, there are several places that offer MA in linguistics or Masters in English through distance learning. You can see a list of linguistics here: http://homemadedegrees.blogspot.com/2008/04/distance-learning-degrees-in.html And for English here: http://homemadedegrees.blogspot.com/2007/09/english-degrees-online.html You can also try: http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&safe=active&client=pub-2977208566521185&channel=2025151480&cof=FORID%3A1%3BGL%3A1%3B&q=%22english+OR+libguistics%22+masters+%22distance+learning%22&btnG=Search
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