So, many folks talk about doing a WGU or South degree and being able to accelerate in order to finish in a year or less. I am going to propose a new topic of discussion.
Namely, the idea of a masters that is "quick" due to having the fewest number of required classes or credits. We all know many professional masters degrees with 50 or more credit hours. But the standard MA or MS is usually 30-36 hours. Roughly 10-12 classes with or without a thesis or comp exam. But let's look at the bleeding edge on the other end of the spectrum.
Marywood University http://www.marywood.edu is a private (RA) Catholic College out east which advertises an "Executive Masters in Non-Profit Leadership and Public Management". It is only 18 hours long (6 classes) and can be done in 2 semesters and claims to be NASPAA accredited. Formerly it had been listed an an 18 hour executive MPA in non-profit administration. The only specific requirement for the "executive" track is to have 5 or more years of work experience, as opposed to their traditional 30 credit hour masters program...
Now I am not wanting this to be a thread on Marywood, but I want to know if there are other accredited (RA or NA) US based masters out there that are "quick" based on total course load.
In other words do you know of other masters degree programs (not certificates) that are fast not because you can accelerate WGU style, but because they are significantly shorter than the expected 30-36 credit hours.
Any Online MPA's at a reasonable price that are also NASPAA (Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs & Administration) accredited (or threads here related to this topic)?
I am unsure if folk here are interested, but the University of Tasmania offers free MOOCs in various subjects. A few of these courses are free of charge such as Living with fire, Children rights and safety, Bushfires, Aged care, Healthcare redesign, Dementia, Traumatic Brain injury, and Multiple Sclerosis.
The free courses don't grant credit, whereas there are some credit short courses starting at 99 AUD.
Hi all! It's me, your least favorite non-degree seeking student.
I leave for OCS in January, which means I need to finish my undergrad journey. For those of you following, I finished the requirements for a bachelor's degree in Poly Sci at Penn State (which, combined with my 204 earned credits resulted in an end to my financial aid) on my PSU transcript last May, and have been working on extra classes to raise my uGPA for future Law School plans. Unfortunately, I got deployed last semester at UMPI and only completed 3 courses, so this is my last chance. For those interested, my courses and grade breakdowns going back to high school (the LSAC is a sadistic organization)
My current uGPA, by my own math, is 3.739. I'm enrolled in one class at penn state to finish a history minor this semester, and will almost certainly get an A in that, raising my uGPA to 3.746
With 9 As at UMPI this semester, my uGPA will be a 3.80. The median at my target school, Columbia law, is a 3.90 and will likely be even higher by the time I apply. The 25th percentile uGPA is a 3.81.
It will take me 51 A's to hit that median score, or about one UMPI course per day. For reference, I work about 40 hours a week, stand duty twice a week on top of that, and am also working on my PT scores for OCS an hour a day and taking swim lessons four times a week. Any advice?
Psychology Major PSY 100: General Psychology - CLEP PSY 205: Lifespan Development - CLEP
PSY 200: Social Psychology - Just the final left on Study
PSY 235: Abnormal Psychology - going to take on Study
PSY 311: Research Methods I - 30% done on Study
PSY 341: Drugs and Behavior - Starts today
PSY 360: Animal Behavior - Starts today
PSY 370: Personality
PSY 374: Vocational Aspects of Disability
PSY 375: Sex and Gender
PSY 380: Principles of Counseling
PSY 382: Substance Abuse Counseling
PSY 446: Psychobiology
PSY 448: Cognitive Psychology
Management Minor Business Communication - Sophia Project Management - Sophia
BUS 260: Leadership - Just the final left on Study
BUS 240: Change Management - Study or UMPI
BUS 321: Human Resource Management - Study or UMPI
BUS 415: Operations Management - Study or UMPI
I think posting updates would greatly help my motivation!
Also, I didn’t think I would get financial aid but I applied anyway because of this forum, and I received a Pell Grant!!! This entire session is paid for!!! I’m so excited, thank you everyone!<3
I recently completed this class and must say that it was unquestionably one of the most challenging experiences I've ever had. The work is incredibly lengthy, and it also requires a high standard of quality. I didn't expect it to be this challenging. My advice to those who need this class is that you'll need a lot of coffee and time to complete it! Don't feel discouraged, but rather set aside extra time to focus on completing this class!
Hi Everyone!
Another family sucess story (after myself and my brother) my sister in law decided to finish her degree. She got an AAS from Pierpont, concentrating in communication, right before Pierpont changed their rules.
Then she moved to UMPI where she got her BLS in Management in one term, just finished last week. She followed a spreadsheet plan I put together for her using the information from this forum.
She is now interested in pursuing a Masters from WGU in HR. So we are researching that together, if anyone has any insight into that program in specific please let me know.
It has been so amazing to have been able to help my family members pursue their degrees! Thank you for everyone in this forum!
I realize most of the things that get posted here relate to business, computers, or maybe healthcare. But I was wondering if anyone knew of any cheap or free options specifically in the humanities or liberal arts?
Hey folks, I recently received a reply about I should open a new thread to share my experience with LTI, I'll just share my experience for those who wants to get 6UD+6LD credit as a reminder.
I registered my Chinese WPT test few days ago and signed in to their ProProctor software 2 hours before my log in window(you can actually take the test like 6 hours before the appointment window), the so-called "readiness agent" will scan your room and they will literally look into every corner of your room. I admit my room is kinda mess, so I switched to my parents' room and the onboarding process was hell. After an hour I was able to log into my test, there was a pretest section to test your keyboard, I just skipped the process and that was my biggest mistake.
When I enter the test, I found my Chinese keyboard was not supported by ProProctor but there indeed is a Simplified Chinese hint on the bottom right corner, so I asked the proctor about the problem, she was like "You should stop the test and ask for technical help."
Then I quit the program and asked their customer service which is soooo annoying, there is indeed a automated bot and if you wanna switch to human representative, you should select the worst answers. If you chose a problem-resolved option, you have to start all over again.
At last I had to send emails to their customer support, and the best part? They re-arranged my exam and promised my input method would surely work.
When I got everything ready on the rearranged date, there was not a single hint telling me how to enter the exam and their customer service were sleeping due to the time difference.
I was totally pissed off and asked them to give me a full refund and because I was in a rush to get the degree, I just ordered a new OPIc before they replied. On the second day they replied with they could not give me a refund due to I already accessed the content of the test. Fortunately, the experience with OPIc was wayyyyy better than WPT and I'm waiting for the final score.
To summarize, if you are a foreigner wants to take the language test, do the OPI or OPIc, the OPIc is just a computer based version of OPI. I would recommend OPI because even if you are not comfortable talking to a real person like I do, the readiness process will also involve talking to a real person. But DO NOT DO WPT or the reading or listening, your keyboard might NOT be compatible with the ProProctor software and it would waste you a lot of time and money, and the listening or reading would not give you 12 credits.
Fall 2 Classes start today! Wish me luck! I'm assigned BUS200 and BUS244 to start my journey.
Looking forward to a successful semester in hopes to finish 9 classes. 9 So I can have time for my Pierpont BOG conferral to submit to change BLS to BAS. Then knock out 1 class next semester and be done and on to the MAOL.
