Boston University’s 139th commencement ceremonies featured thousands of graduates, tens of thousands of guests, wisdom from the chairman of a billion-dollar corporation, one half-Vulcan — and, of course, hundreds of degree recipients who completed their studies entirely online through BU’s Office of Distance Education. Representing colleges all across campus, and countries all across the globe, […]
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Advice For Students, By A Student
Midway through his latest course in Metropolitan College’s Master of Science in Computer Information Systems online program — IT Security Policies and Procedures, to be precise — Shawn McElhinney delivered to his classmates a different sort of Valentine back on February 14th. An experienced member of BU’s online community, who has now completed nine classes […]
BU Online’s Top 10 of 2011
Today we launch our first term of 2012 here at Boston University Online — beginning a year in which we’ll celebrate our 10th anniversary, and hopefully continue to build on our reputation as one of the nation’s leaders in distance education. Before we move forward to a entirely new annum, however, we thought we’d take […]
CIS Student Seeks Thrill of the Chase
Like many of those enrolled in Boston University’s Distance Education programs, Rob Riskin fits his studies into his free time. He loads his lectures on to his iPad, digs into his reading, and begins to tackle his homework. It’s a typical studying scene. Although the setting is anything but. This past May, Riskin packed up […]
National Distance Learning Week: The BU Online Student Experience
Place holder for ndlw_09_student_03 Watch this video of students sharing their perspective on the BU online experience. Scroll down the page to see more!