The Minnesota School of Business, managed by Globe University, is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools. The school offers several online diploma and degree programs, including an accounting diploma, an associate degree in management accounting, an associate degree in accounting and tax specialist and a bachelor's degree in accounting. Online courses at the Minnesota School of Business are delivered via a web-based course management system which provides students with asynchronous (archived) lectures and learning materials. This structure offers students the flexibility to log in and learn whenever it is most convenient for them. Students also have access online to assignment schedules and student support services.
Minnesota School of Business
5910 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
877-655-7676
msbcollege.edu
Western Governors University (WGU)---accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities---is a non-profit, online college supported by 19 state governors in the United States. The school offers unique, competency-based degree programs in which students graduate by demonstrating acquired skills rather than by accumulating credit hours. WGU offers a Bachelor of Science in accounting online program which covers the following areas of study: general accounting, marketing principles and business communications, organizational management, problem solving, finance, business law and ethics, quantitative analysis, quantitative literacy and information technology. WGU offers asynchronous online learning materials, including lectures, assignments, research resources and support services. In addition, students have access to discussion forums through which students and instructors can communicate about learning issues.
Western Governors University
4001 South 700 East, Suite 700
Salt Lake City, UT 84107-2533
801-274-3280
wgu.edu/business/accounting_bachelor_degree
Capella University, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is an online university which is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The university offers several online accounting degree programs, including a Bachelor of Science in accounting, a Master of Business Administration in accounting, and a Ph.D. in accounting. All of Capella University's online degree programs offer distance courses via a centralized management system. All lectures are set on an asynchronous schedule, which allows students to log in and view learning materials whenever and wherever they choose. For core accounting courses, both undergraduate and graduate students are provided with course-specific discussion forums through which students collaborate on accounting projects and discuss with instructors various educational issues.
Capella University
Capella Tower
225 South 6th Street, 9th Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55402
1-888-227-2736
capella.edu/default.aspx