Undergraduate Distance Learning Degree In Physics ?

Q: Is there any university who does a distance learning degree in physics worldwide?

A: I see from the subject index of Bears' Guide that regionally-accredited degrees in physics have been offered at Charter Oak, Excelsior, Mary Baldwin, Thomas Edison State, and Mary Baldwin, as well some other US schools, and some in Australia, England, and South Africa. I think the problem with a distance learning physics program will be with the lab classes. As far as I know, there is no such thing as a fully DL physics degree program, at least at the undergraduate level. What Thomas Edison, Charter Oak and the other schools that John Bear named do is gather together in one place all the on-campus lab classes that a student might have taken at a variety of different colleges and

universities. But I don't believe that they offer the whole physics curriculum themselves in a distance-ed form. One thing that you could do with these schools is take as many of your general ed classes and supporting non-lab classes (like calculus) as possible by distance ed courses, then transfer them in. That would your reduce your on-campus liability pretty much to your major lab classes. Another outside possibility would be to look for an applied mathematics degree program. Applied math could perhaps be kind of a back door to theoretical physics, but without the lab requirements. For that reason, it might be more distance-ed friendly.