ThermalRunaway
New Member
Hi everyone,
I've been doing some digging around to try and find a decent electronics course that I can begin studying for this coming September. I already have quite a long list of electronics related qualifications behind me but for academic and career reasons I would like to extend them further so that hopefully I can obtain a degree. I already have most of the skills that the degree would give me, but the actual qualification is necessary to open the right doors for me in the first place.
I've been looking mainly at distance learning courses because I already work full-time and so I'm going to have to juggle work and study around quite a bit. Unfortunately there is very VERY little on offer with regard to electronics for distance learning! In a way I can understand why because from a practical point of view, how would you manage to complete practical assignments without the necessary equipment at home? But from a purely academic point of view I can't see why there should be any problem.
Having found that electronics and distance learning don't really work well together yet, I decided to try and find a university or college which would allow me to study part-time during the evenings. This, you would think, should be relatively easy because afterall, all colleges and universities these days run evening classes don't they? Infact, it seems that evening classes are often a busier time for the colleges than the daytime.
Unfortunately though, I've yet to find a university or college in my area who will run an electronics course in the evenings. They run everything else, from childcare to IT, but the answer is no when it comes to electronics.
There's definately going to be a massive shortage of electronics engineers and technicians in the near future I reckon! I'll keep on searching and see if I can turn up anything.
Brian
I've been doing some digging around to try and find a decent electronics course that I can begin studying for this coming September. I already have quite a long list of electronics related qualifications behind me but for academic and career reasons I would like to extend them further so that hopefully I can obtain a degree. I already have most of the skills that the degree would give me, but the actual qualification is necessary to open the right doors for me in the first place.
I've been looking mainly at distance learning courses because I already work full-time and so I'm going to have to juggle work and study around quite a bit. Unfortunately there is very VERY little on offer with regard to electronics for distance learning! In a way I can understand why because from a practical point of view, how would you manage to complete practical assignments without the necessary equipment at home? But from a purely academic point of view I can't see why there should be any problem.
Having found that electronics and distance learning don't really work well together yet, I decided to try and find a university or college which would allow me to study part-time during the evenings. This, you would think, should be relatively easy because afterall, all colleges and universities these days run evening classes don't they? Infact, it seems that evening classes are often a busier time for the colleges than the daytime.
Unfortunately though, I've yet to find a university or college in my area who will run an electronics course in the evenings. They run everything else, from childcare to IT, but the answer is no when it comes to electronics.
There's definately going to be a massive shortage of electronics engineers and technicians in the near future I reckon! I'll keep on searching and see if I can turn up anything.
Brian