Choosing a department

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by angela, Dec 10, 2003.

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  1. angela

    angela New Member

    A lot of universities seem to have a faculty that houses business/commercial courses (e.g. accountng, economics etc), and either within the faculty or alongtside it, a business school, that teaches courses (often only post-grad) in a number of similar areas. The rest of the faculty that is not within the business school may even have areas called "business management".

    At masters level, the choice is often between doing the MBA offerred by the business chool and the Masters offered by the rest of the faculty, although things are somtimes complicated by the business school also offerring specliasit MSc's. However, the choice of where to study is often pretty clear, and the attractiveness of the MBA is often boosted by accredations like AMBA and Equis.

    At the doctorate level, things are more complicated, since both will offer supervision, often in a very similar fashion. So what is the way one should choose between a PhD offerred by the (say) Commerce Faculty and one offerred by the business school? Ultimately the degree is conferred by the same university. Sometimes the business school has a more distinct vibe, but often the faculty have deeper skills....

    Help, please! Thanks A
     
  2. oxpecker

    oxpecker New Member

    Find out which individuals can best supervise research in your desired area(s) of interest. That may make the choice of department straightforward.
     
  3. Han

    Han New Member

    I looked into a degree in "Technology Management", which was not in the business department. The business department was AACSB accredited, but the technology department was not.

    Make sure that the reconigition and accredition is the same and what you want in the program in which you are getting the degree.

    I had to specifically ask, otherwise it looked like it was accredited.
     
  4. angela

    angela New Member

    thanks

    thanks for the input. It looks like you really have to spend some time talking to the people at the instituation, not merely decide that the university is the right one and apply!

    I'm interested that within the university it comes down to the best supervisor (given of course that the accreditations, degree name etc are all the same and are fine). I would have thought that some would argue to alays try to do a business related degree through the business school, and put pressure on them to source the best supervisor from elsewhere (if need be) in the university, simply because buseinss schools sell themselves better.
     

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