Fort Hays Getting kinda Squirrely!

The Master of Liberal Studies program is definitely having problems! In this program you work on a core of classes consisting of 10 hours while your particular concentration makes up the other 21 hours.
I just finished up the second of the four required courses and boy oh boy was it a nightmare! In this class they had an instructor who never taught a class at Fort Hays and used Graduate assistants to grade the work, coupled with this, 50% of our graded work came rolling back in during the last two weeks of class and by the looks of things in Blackboard, 10-12 of about 50 students received "C's" because of them passing the drop date awaiting their graded work....some of the scorching emails...ouch!

With the MLS via distance learning seemingly the flagship of Fort Hays, why on earth would they assemble such a volatile mixture together? Here you have a "bread and butter" program for a university, that allows an untested and untried lazy-assed professor to let graduate assistants hand out C's (essentially a death blow for graduate students) like M&M's to students who have a lot of time money and above all effort invested into a program!
Seemingly they are determined to shut the doors on a school that essentially has nothing to offer campus students other than it's remote location.
Man oh man, did somebody loose track in the oversight department! This professor should have been tested, in lower course levels before being unleashed on grad students. This kinda stuff in not leaving me with a warm fuzzy feeling about Fort Hays, I'm still early in the program, but what is awaiting on me around the bend with this outfit? I would hate to have 20 plus hours in a program and wham-o a few C's come rolling in one semester!
While I enjoyed a few history classes and those Department proffs are top notch, its that other core area that has too churn so many students through that they essentially dropped the ball in oversight! I believe money is really starting too drive this organization, and I think I'm beginning to see the eye-balls of Fort Hays roll back into their heads on a cash feeding frenzy!

If anyone was thinking of Fort Hays, I would seriously-seriously reconsider, until they can remedy such bone-headed mistakes a person is only tap dancing in an academic mine field!
California State University Domiguez Hills is looking better every day!
Best, Gavin

 

Duly noted. You know, every so often I get this pothos for a history-ish master's and I think about Fort Hays. Most places do not shine in across-the-board generic core courses, but these sound bigger'n squirrels. More like prairie dogs.

 

Uncle you are too much!

 

I had thought about Fort Hays' Master in Liberal Studies program...when I told the advisors of my area of concentration(s); Climatological & Geological Sciences, they were willing to work with me on the transfer credits.

Though the biggest problem I had was with the advisor in the department that was assigned to me (based on the area of concentration)...which was Geoscience Dept.

This individual was pushing me to take a series of GIS courses (Geographical Informational Systems) in the main concentrated studies.
I told him that I do not plan to work in the research field, and only plan to utilize my knowledge to teach academics. Which there is not a huge demand for teachers in the High School and Community College level for GIS courses.

I said I would be willing to take one (1) GIS course...but nothing beyond that.
He got upset and said this would have to be a requirement.

Which I fired back telling him that the MLS program is set up for those individual student wanting to "create" their own concentrations and studies. He ended the call after that.

Later I found out it was the chair of the "Geography" department not the Geological/Geosciences dept., and was told that they are desperate for graduate students to enroll in their GIS program/courses.

That is why I am not going with Fort Hays...they seemed to screwed up over their...and they want to things their way - not yours (or even want to listen).

Their lost - not mine!

 

Big, mean, carnivorous prairie dogs...

 

Nobycane,
I dont blame you one bit! I just received and email from the department head about my concerns and essentially he said:
Thank you for your concerns [yack, yack, yack]with an organization as large as ours [poop happens]... however you raised some valid points and I will look into all matters...and get back with you on the 20-21st of January. Hope you have a wonderful holiday season.

Well this cat was more than likely the individual who hired that proff, and for certain the individual who assembled the course!
So basically, at best, I will receive a watered down, face saving response why they will continue pushing the party line!

20-21of January??? what happend to "chop-chop"?? Nobycane you made the right choice! Apparently FHSU is reaching a saturation point in haughty positions.
Best, Gavin