Peruvian Universities That Offer Distance Learning Bachelor Degrees
Distance learning is a new concept in Peru. In the US its been around for ages. I remember looking at my dads 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.
One tip to remember is that speaking Spanish will help you greatly. Youll be treated differently than if you speak English all the time, itll help you assimilate to the culture, and youll be able to communicate easier.
Background to Bachelor Degrees in Peru
In Peru there are two levels of bachelors degrees. You get your bachiller and your titlulo. The first means youve finished all the courses. The second means youve done a capstone course: such as an intensive course, internship, or thesis.
3 Universities in Peru
Peru has three universities that I know of that offer distance learning, but even then its not completely possible to do if you dont 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. Its 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 its vague. Theyll tell you to write a paper or do research but will have no word or page limit. 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 grey 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 theyd be pretty likely to fail you since then youd have to hire them again. Peruvian culture is full of shades of grey and bribery: reminds me why I left Peru in the first place.
- Los Angeles Chimbote University: Should be affordable. Not that well-known of a university.
- San Ignacio Loyola University: Pretty expensive. Aimed towards rich people or those whose companies will pay.
Conclusion
Hopefully there will be more universities that offer BA degrees and theyll organise their info better so that you dont physically have to go there to get stuff done.
