[school, query] prerequisites

[wispfox]

So, I almost certainly need a couple/few of undergrad Psych courses (not the least because the only two I took in college were over 10 years ago). How _does_ one find colleges that will let one take individual courses without being in a degree program?

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[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

the language differs from school to school -- non-matriculated students are often called "special students" or "non degree candidates". In my experience it's more the norm than otherwise for a school to permit non-matriculated students; I know you can take courses at tufts, umass boston, northeastern, and suffolk university (they had an especially weird name for it), and I'm pretty sure you can at BU as well.

Harvard University Extension School has pretty deep offerings in Psychology and is heavily subsidized; I caution you to choose courses offered by regular Harvard faculty; the times I and others have had subpar experiences with the Extension School, it's been with guest faculty. "Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University" is a toss-up for quality. My (extensive) experience with the Extension School has been that the classes and the students are doubleplusgood; however, that experience is in Biology and not Psychology, and I also hear that the quality of the school varies substantially from field to field.

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

Oh, and degree candidates in Harvard Extension can register as special students at Harvard College, but then you have to pay the unsubsidized rate, which is $$$$$.