>> Harvard Extension requires 9 each 4 credit courses + thesis. However, the thesis can take 1-2 years, and the semesters are full 16 weeks. www.harvard.edu
Check out Cal State Dominguez Hills, I was looking at them recently, and I believe they had 30cr Masters
The norm is 30-credits WITH a thesis but the newfangled thing Ted mentioned is the masters that are 36-credits without a thesis. There are more and more non-thesis masters popping up all over. I think the OP might be asking about a 30-credit non-thesis masters, however.
http://www.capitol-college.edu/academics/graduate-academics/internet-engineering what do you guys thinks about this program? I know home networking, and worked as a computer technician for many years, but would this be a good program?
Grand Canyon University has a few 30 credit masters and all of AIU Online's master degree programs are 30 credits www.gcu.edu http://www.aiuonline.edu/
It depends on the PhD program you're trying to get in to and the nature of it. 1. If you're in a social discipline and aiming at a top level school, yes it does. 2. If you're in a professional discipline not so much. There are such things as terminal masters programs. As with everything, the harder the path you choose to walk, the more utility you'll get with it if your intentions change at some point along the way. The key is making sure that your path is the one you want to walk and be alright with for the long term. There's a tendency to look at degrees as keys to locks. They're also measures of a person's tenacity, drive and intentions.
I think I'd really probe Capitol about the content of the program before jumping two feet in. A lot of the content can be gotten from professional certification via Cisco, Red Hat and Microsoft at less cost unless they've got some decent career services or project work that reinforces the content. Personally, I'd combine experience with some certifications and the program offered here: http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/school-of-information-systems-and-management/information-technology-msit/curriculum/information-security-assurance/index.aspx It'll probably hammer out to about 11-12 courses, less if you work the credit system.
That's what I'm currently trying to decide right now. I won't derail this thread but I'm looking at a terminal masters (MPS) or law school. My concern is that the MPS will stop me from a doctorate. I'm not saying I want a doctorate but I would like to keep that option available (if I decide against law school).
Well what I can absolutely tell you is that taking a terminal masters won't absolutely prevent you from moving on to a doctorate. If you're a good candidate but not the best candidate, you'll be given options if you apply to a good doctoral program. Example: A person recently applied to a doctoral program in cognitive psychology at a low tier one/high tier two school. (the same school she got both her undergrad and masters from) She had a terminal masters in psychology but had 10+ years high level research experience with the right mentors. She was declined but offered entrance to the non-terminal masters program with an offer to evaluate her doctoral candidacy a significant way through the program. So what I'd suggest to you is to do what your heart likes best. You'll not be preventing the doctorate from happening at worst you'll simply be adding a year or two of work to your plate if you choose to go that way. If you're good, you're good and you will achieve what you deserve to achieve. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the topic of law school, if you're intending to become a lawyer then do it. If you're intending to be a law professor, the point's moot as you'll still need post-JD work to be considered competitive for anything but the lowest-tiered law schools. You'll need a LLM and or SJD afterwards.
