Certified employee benefit specialist (CEBS) ACE Credit

Certified employee benefit specialist (CEBS) ACE Credit

According to the website if you complete the program you will earn 30 upper level AND 16 graduate degree credit hours.

http://www.ifebp.org/cebs/ace.asp?studentus

Has anyone completed this designation program and applied it to a degree (undergrad and/or graduate)?

Some undergrad programs allow you to apply grad credits to you BA/BS. Would this designation award you 46 credit hours toward an undergrad degree? Any experiences with this?

 

credit for exams

Interesting it looks like you receive credit for competing examinations, with 8 examinatinos required for certification. THis might be a good way to get credits, and resonably proced also.
Jeremy

 

Thought I'd revive this one to see if anyone has looked into this new program through Boston U.





http://www.mshrm.info/prospective/program_overview.htm [/URL]


I wonder if any other schools have similar programs, perhaps ones not as costly?

 

A CEBS designation is well respected in the industry (employee benefits). The designation is hard to earn and requires a very deep understanding of many types of employee benefit offerings, the compliance laws and regulations, along with the financial impact of these types of offerings. While the credit hours are high, I would say that anyone with the designation deserves every credit hour.

while I do not hold a CEBS designation, I know some folks who do have one. They all worked very hard to gain the designation over a period of years. It isn't like you can just go out and sit the exams and pass. Even with industry experience, they had to study very dilligently to get through.

Myself, I hold PHR and CPP designations. They were worth 6 UL and 13 LL credits respectively according to ACE and as applied at COSC.

 

I was by no means disparaging the work of those who earn the CEBS designation, I'm certain that it involves rigorous study.
I am, however, looking into this program.

My concern is, that the Boston U. degree looks a little like a 'bait & switch' to me. Most professional degrees require 30-36 hours, right? After all of the work it takes to get the CEBS certification, and still have 30 hours to complete before getting the degree seems a little unreasonable IMO. Haven't I seen several schools allow 12 hours of credit transfer for graduate degrees?

If there is another option, I'd be glad to find it.