I did my degree at U of C, but INDIVIDUAL COURSES taken through U of Athabasca are NOT totally worthless, though the degrees themselves might be.
I took supposedly the toughest accounting course in my program through Athabasca; Acct451 as a transfer equivalent of Acct443 and I got an A- which is kind of strange.
It's nice because you can do the stuff whenever you want, and if you are driven enough you can blow through it VERY quick.
I was working in the day while I did some of the course at night.
I got the textbook/paper version of the course, because I don't like staring at the 'puter, it hurts my eyes.
I did a cert. at SAIT that normally takes 1 year of night classes. Instead, I did the correspondence method (paper) and blew through it in a few months. What a joke.
A buddy of mine did Athabasca too, but he did it because he hated the instructor and stated that as his reason on is 'request for a letter of permission'.
With this 'reason', the faculty granted him permission, LOL.
"All these years I thought it was power that brought responsibility. It's not. I was wrong. It's responsibility that brings power. It's knowing what needs to be done that brings strength. And courage." - Peter Parker, Earth X