Financial Aid
Distance Calculus courses are taken at Roger Williams University as a non-degree-seeking, non-matriculating student through University College. That status governs which financial aid options apply to you and which do not.
Federal Financial Aid (FAFSA)
Distance Calculus courses are not eligible for federal financial aid (FAFSA, Pell, federal loans, etc.). Federal aid programs require degree-seeking enrollment, and Distance Calculus students are non-matriculating at RWU. This is consistent with how almost all extension-school and certificate-style programs at U.S. universities operate.
Home-Institution Financial Aid
Some students' home colleges or universities allow existing financial aid packages to apply toward approved transfer courses taken outside the home institution. Whether that's possible for you depends entirely on your home school's financial aid policy. Check with the financial aid office at your home institution and ask specifically about transfer-course aid eligibility.
Military Tuition Discount
Active-duty and honorably-discharged U.S. Military students pay a reduced tuition rate of $250 per credit hour (vs. the regular $433/credit hour). Submission of an active Military ID or DD-214 form is required at enrollment. See the Military Students page for details.
Employer Reimbursement
Many employers offer tuition reimbursement as part of professional development benefits. Distance Calculus provides all the documentation employers typically require: course syllabus, official RWU registration, regional accreditation verification, official academic transcript, and itemized tuition receipts. Most employer reimbursement programs require regional accreditation, which Roger Williams University holds via NECHE - see Accreditation.
Payment Plans
If you need to spread tuition payments out, contact us at info@distancecalculus.com to discuss arrangements.
Current Tuition Rates
See Costs & Tuition for the full breakdown of tuition, semester enrollment fees, software costs, and e-textbook costs.
Questions: info@distancecalculus.com or call 1.401.443.9824.
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Distance Calculus - Student Reviews
The only problem with the course is the lack of pen and paper work. This shouldn't come as a crazy surprise with an online course, but there is not much emphasis on symbolic computation. Mathematica or other software does most of the heavy computation for you. The lectures usually show how to solve the problems through paper, but those skills are rarely put into practice. Literacy Sheets act as a way to do some of that (especially with the Calculus II & III course).
All in all, this isn't a huge issue. I just memorize and practice things like double integration, Laplace, ODE solving, matrix diagonalized form, row operations, etc. With a little outside work, this resolves itself. Without Roger WIlliams, I probably would not have been able to take any of these math courses in highschool.
So overall, a great choice for highschool advanced math, especially with transferrable credits.
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