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Opting for online courses By GINA KINSLOWGlasgow Daily Times In fact, the number of online courses offered by WKU have increased every year, she said.
This semester Western is offering 117 graduate courses and 147 graduate courses online. Students can even earn associate, bachelor and master degrees online. “We do have a few and we’re trying to add more,” Wilson said. Wilson is constantly receiving requests from students for more online courses. “I get requests for business degrees for undergraduates,” she said. There is an effort to get faculty members to put more of the general education requirement classes online, she said. Students take online courses for a variety of reasons. “Typically, what we find with the undergraduate and graduate students who take online courses is that they take them because it frees them up to work more hours, or it frees up the rest of their schedule,” Wilson said. “For graduates, it’s the flexibility and then for nontraditional students, people who have already completed bachelor’s degrees, it’s a lot easier to take online classes because it fits with your child care needs and your job requirements.” Students don’t necessarily have to own a computer in order to take an online class, although owning a computer would make taking the class easier. Those who attend WKU’s Glasgow Campus can come to the resource room there and do their online course work, Dr. Juanita Bayless, director of WKU’s Glasgow Campus, said. “We try to make sure we accommodate those who are using that measure of delivery,” she said. Taking classes online is a national trend, Beth Laves, assistant to the dean of program development in the division of Extended Learning and Outreach. “Interest in online education across the country has grown phenomenally,” she said. Laves pointed out that the University of Phoenix offers almost all of its programs online, and is the leader in offering the most online courses. Regardless of whether a Western students take classes in a regular classroom setting or online, Laves said, the quality of education they receive is the same. 
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