>It's easy to imagine an undergraduate education in engineering or mathematics being delivered and certified completely through the internet. Mathematics, yes.

>It's easy to imagine an undergraduate education in engineering or mathematics being delivered and certified completely through the internet. Mathematics, yes. Engineering, no. Am I one of the outliers that feels labs are essential to solidify what you've learned that week in class? Sure you can learn EE basics such as mesh analysis, but when you start to venture into logic design courses where software alone won't cut it things get tricky. For the majority of people, debugging a robot in even the most introductory courses would be a nightmare without an experienced person or even someone to look over it with.. How about chemistry students. Good luck setting up a lab at home. How ME classes dealing with material properties and testing? There are plenty of courses that do work out well online, but some cannot simply stand alone.