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Online design schools? Sessions vs others?

Thomas Phinney

My wife's 19-year-old cousin is looking at taking online training in graphic design and multimedia. She lives in a smallish city (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), and works days, so she and her dad are thinking that would be the best option for her.

They're looking at Sessions (http://www.sessions.edu/) which is an accredited online-only institution, and looks okay. Any other options they should seriously consider? Any good/bad opinions on Sessions?

Note that Sessions has a "tuition sale" for which tomorrow is the last day, so they're trying to make a decision quickly....

Thanks,

T

James Scriven

Thomas I am finishing my degree online with the Academy of Art University. . . I love to online program, they take very good care of their students and its an esay yet challenging curriculum.

If cost is an issue however this school may be a bit on the pricey side.

Cheers

James

Alex Klages

Heh, Regina may be smallish but it's still the capital of SK...

(and it's about 15x the size of the 'city' in which I live...!)

Thomas Phinney

Thanks, James.

Alex: Winkler, Manitoba? Wow, I hadn't even heard of that one until today. But then again, there's always another small town....

Cheers,

T

Alex Klages

Manitoba's kind of funny that way. We have Winnipeg (700 000), Brandon (50 000) and then the list drops off... (there's only just over a million in the entire province). Winkler's about 8500 which qualifies it for city status in Manitoba, but I still don't think it's a city.

If she weren't working days, I'm sure there'd be a halfway decent visual arts/graphic design program somewhere in either the college or university in Regina.

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