Is Online Learning Right For You?
Don't live in the Houghton area? That's OK! Online learning at Michigan Tech, which provides greater flexibility, can fit around your busy schedule wherever you are. With proper planning, the convenience of online learning allows you to upgrade or change your career path.
Excelling as an online student, just as it is with being an in-person student, means conscientiously making a plan for success.
Online learning is not easier learning. That is, Michigan Tech online students, regardless of their program, receive the same rigorous education, at the same pace, along the same path as campus students.
In fact, online courses can require as much if not more time than in-person courses. Plan to spend a minimum of three-four hours of work per week per credit hour. On some weeks, you may have more or less work.
For the most part, just as in in-person classes, how you do in an online course is up to you. Being a good student takes time, dedication, and hard work.