Inflation of requirements for degrees

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by Orgaknight, Jan 13, 2004.

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  1. Orgaknight

    Orgaknight New Member

    Is it me, or did it really require less time and credit/quarter hours to earn a masters or PhD back in the old days say 10 or 20 years ago? Seems I remember that Masters could be earned within 30 credit hours and PhDs could be earned within an additional 30 hours including dissertation. Now I am seeing an Sh*t load of obstacles including expanded requirements between 40 to 60+ additional hours, recency of credit restrictions at 7 years, limited transferability of credit and application of credit earned in similar subjects applying to new requirements.

    I realize that folks gotta make money, but I suspect that many schools have priced themselves out of the market and made themselves inaccessible to all but the better off. Sorry...just venting

    Mark Holtzclaw
    MPA (Public Administration 2003) Florida State University
    MSW (Social Work 1996) Florida State University
    BS (Social Science 1989) Florida State University
    AA (1984) Santa Fe Community College
     
  2. Ike

    Ike New Member


    I am not sure whether anything has changed recently. This Chronicle article suggests that it has always been like that.

    Ike Okonkwo, PhD
     
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  3. RFValve

    RFValve Well-Known Member

    I would say is the contrary. A traditional MBA program was two years full time while you have now the online AIU MBA that can be completed in one year part-time. Same for PhDs, a traditional program was 5 year long while you have NCU and Touro's PhD that can be completed in 3 years part-time.
     
  4. Han

    Han New Member

    It depends on the program... not all have cut time out.
     
  5. chrislarsen

    chrislarsen New Member

    depends on the field

    In the field of Counseling and Psychology it really has expanded. Back in the 1980"s I remember seeing MA programs in psychology and counsleing that could be completed with 45 semester hours. Now, many programs require 60 hours. This is being done to allow graduates to sit for MA level licensure, which is increasingly requiring 60 hours of graduate credit.
     

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