Pennsylvania State University World Campus

I'm reading a lot of bad reviews, and I can't understand why. What are you all talking about? One person said it wasn't great because of the amount of work it requires (which is a lot), but isn't that how you learn? The world campus is an amazing experience. However, it is a lot of work, and quite expensive (though no where near $1,000 per credit hour(as a matter of fact, it is currently $579 per credit hour)). As others have mentioned, the faculty are very well decorated, and this helps when you have questions about the subject matter, or questions about industry practices and experiences. If you spend a lot of time asking questions that you could have read out of the syllabus, course notes, or emails, then yes, I can imagine that anyone would get a little upset. Remember, this is a distance learning course. There is a lot of reading involved. The World Campus is designed for adult (this being the key word here) learners. Your hand will not be held, you will work, and you will learn. If either of these aren't on your list of things to do while attending college, then don't apply to the World Campus. Instead, hop on over to www.instantdegrees.com. And if, by some amazing feat, you manage to apply to the World Campus and come out knowing less than you did before you went in, then hop on over to www.guinnessworldrecords.com, so they can finally fill in the space they have designated for the world's dumbest individual. This is a great school, and an amazing experience. They work very hard to ensure that the degree quality remains high.

I've taken a few classes and the program definitely needs improved curriculum and instructors. It seems like Penn State doesn't want to invest much in this program. There's only one section of each course. The instructors seem to be bottom of the barrel from the College of IST. They have poor ratings from professor review sites, and rightly so. Many of them speak English as a second language,but aren't very proficient, which makes it difficult to understand them. There are a few good instructors, but not many. The course content has been sub par too. After finishing the courses with A grades, I didn't feel like I actually learned much. The material doesn't seem to have much in-depth knowledge to offer to someone that's already working in the IT field. The use of technology isn't too bad though... the course management system is a bit clunky, but much better than others I've used. They use MediaSite for recording and broadcasting lectures, which worked great for me. Overall, I wish they would put better course content and instructors into this program. I'm looking around at other degree programs before I get too far into this one.