The Careers Adviser: What purely online degrees are available? What course is best for IT management?
There are many popular IT courses are available now. Most of the IT graduates, however, prefer pursuing MBA through online moder. This offers great future prospects to them.
Keeping your distance Q. I want to find out what sort of courses are available as online degrees. I believe these may be more affordable. But how can I find out about them? A. It can be difficult tracking down purely online courses as most university websites and course search sites don’t differentiate between online and distance learning, grouping them together as the same thing. Distance learning courses can involve email and the internet, as well as more traditional written and audio-visual methods. Tutorial support is often provided by phone, post or email. Some courses require you to attend occasionally at tutorials, workshops or for exams, meaning they are not completely internet based. The Open University (www.open.ac.uk), the largest distance learning university in the UK, is a good example. Hotcourses has a database of online courses but ideally you need a subject area to be able to search it effectively (see www.hotcourses.com/online-courses). Otherwise one of the most extens
