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Last Post 10/3/2006 2:39 PM by Terry Kucera

Non-faculty or e-learning?

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10/3/2006 5:47 AM
I'd like to know whether it's possible to become a scientist in this profession at an institution, that is not a faculty or even through an e-learning project.

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10/3/2006 2:39 PM
Hi. I don't know much about this, so someone else may want to say more. I am not sure what you mean by an institution that is not faculty, but I know that distance learning programs are getting to be a bigger and bigger deal. The University of Central Lancashire offers a Bachelors of Science degree in astronomy. Here is their web site. http://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/ There are probably other institutions that offer these too - I only know about this one because I know solar astronomers there. They offer a distance learning class in solar physics. Full fledged scientists generally have advanced degrees, often PhDs. I don't off hand know any way to get one of those in a distance learning program (although as I said, I don't know too much about this). If you are serious about a career in science, especially astronomy, my guess is that you would have to move to live near a university or research facility at some point. hope that helps, Terry