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Peruvian Universities Offering Distance Learning Bachelor Degrees in Peru

By Naturegirl321 @SharonTEFLTips
Distance learning is a new concept in Peru. In the US it's been around for ages. I remember looking at my dad's old comic books and they had adverts for correspondence courses in order to finish high school and get your high school diploma. High school diplomas are now the bare minimum needed for jobs. Most places ask for a bachelor degree, if not a master.
Background to Bachelor Degrees in Peru
In Peru there are two levels of bachelor's degrees. You get your bachiller and your titlulo. The first means you've finished all the courses. The second means you've done a capstone course: such as an intensive course, internship, or thesis.
3 Universities in Peru
Peruvian Universities Offering Distance Learning Bachelor Degrees in PeruPeru has three universities that I know of that offer distance learning, but even then it's not completely possible to do if you don't have someone in Peru to help you. My husband is going through Garcilaso de la Vega University and he had to go there in order to apply and spent a couple months trying to get credits transferred and whatnot. At the beginning in 2011 he had to have relatives physically go to the university and pick up the books and post them to him.
  • Garcilaso de la Vega University: 3 semestres a year. You should be able to finish in about 3 years. Affordable.
 
 Peruvian Universities Offering Distance Learning Bachelor Degrees in Peru
  • Los Angeles Chimbote University: Should be affordable. Not that well-known of a university.

    Peruvian Universities Offering Distance Learning Bachelor Degrees in Peru
  • San Ignacio Loyola University: Pretty expensive. Aimed towards rich people or those whose companies will pay.


Info about Garcilaso de la Vega University
Now most professors put the info online. However, it's still not that organised. Even a month into most semestres not all the professors have told you what work is expected to you. And if they tell you it's vague. They'll tell you to write a paper or do research but will have no word or page limit. Which to me is just plain nuts. Same goes for his thesis. He has no idea how long it has to be.In order to get your diploma for either your bachiller or your titulo you also have to physically go to the university and fill out tramites and wait a couple months. The kicker? If you want to do your titulo at another university, which is common enough in Peru, you have to wait until you have your diploma in hand. Idiotic.
Passing your thesis is another gray area. Not only do you have to rent the space where you give the thesis, but you also have to pay the profs for their time. It seems like they'd be pretty likely to fail you since then you'd have to hire them again. Shades of gray and bribery: remind me why I left Peru in the first place.
Conclusion
Hopefully there will be more universities that offer BA degrees and they'll organize their info better so that you don't physically have to go there to get stuff done.

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