| Trying to decide on a college or university major? | | | | in the areas of history, architecture, mathematics, |
| Need help in a certain subject area? You might want | | | | philosophy, theology, science, technology and values |
| to give free online courses a test drive. Courses | | | | and more. These classes at the University of Notre |
| offered for free allow you to "sit in" and refresh | | | | Dame also include an English course on Reinventing |
| what you've learned or learn something new. | | | | the Fairy Tale, a physics course on nuclear warfare |
| Many colleges and universities, as well as technical | | | | and a math course where calculus is applied in the |
| schools, offer online courses and online degree | | | | business world. |
| programs. Many also rely on websites as part of their | | | | Many no pay programs from the University of Notre |
| traditional campuses. Free distance courses provide | | | | Dame come in the form of text and photographs. |
| those with an Internet connection access to | | | | Students are able to read about instructors. They |
| materials that are part of these programs. | | | | can read lectures and take part in assignments. |
| Dozens of universities offer free distance courses. | | | | With the University of California-Irvine, distance |
| Free courses accessed over the Internet this way | | | | programs include audio narrations, and video lectures |
| don't usually come with academic credit, and they | | | | are provided. Free distance classes from the |
| don't allow for interacting with instructors or students | | | | University of California-Irvine are available in subject |
| for the majority of them. They do, however, provide | | | | areas such as social ecology, humanities, health |
| insight into a variety of subject areas. | | | | science and the physical sciences. Business and |
| Students seeking out these types of classes from | | | | management courses are available in e-marketing and |
| the University of Notre Dame can, through a First | | | | capital markets; education courses address math and |
| Year of Studies course, can learn about adjusting to | | | | science instruction, as well as distance learning. |
| college-level academics. They can choose from | | | | University of California-Irvine also offers access to |
| subject areas that include African, American, Asian, | | | | video lectures that, in the humanities for instance, |
| Latino, gender and peace studies. There are no | | | | include a Pulitzer prize-winning author's lecture on |
| charge courses from University of Notre Dame also | | | | "The Long Road Home from Iraq. |