University of Washington (Seattle) reputation?

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  1. YSM

    YSM New Member

    Hi, everyone,

    I am thinking of enrolling in Project Management Certificate Program offered by University of Washington (Seattle). Program description is just superb - practically every detail of content/structure/learning processes is covered!

    I have already checked various rankings... though quite agree, that for DL programs it is general reputation of the U that matters...

    Any advice/experience with this particular University or its Program/s?

    Thanks in advance,
    YSM
     
  2. boydston

    boydston New Member

    Ah... the University of Washington is a top-tier research university.
     
  3. Anthony Pina

    Anthony Pina Active Member

    The University of Washington is a very highly regarded university with many excellent academic programs.
     
  4. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    Pacific 10 schools are generally considered "Public Ivies," as also are Big 10 schools.
     
  5. Michael Lloyd

    Michael Lloyd New Member

    I have a BSc and MSc from the U of W, and my wife took that very same Project Management certificate. She was happy with the course, and the UW enjoys a pretty good reputation.
     
  6. scotty

    scotty New Member

    Re: Re: University of Washington (Seattle) reputation?

    But is it the Seattle campus that is a top-tier research university in the UW system? For example, UT-Knoxville is a fine school, but I wouldn't put UT-Chatanooga or UT-Martin at the same level. UMass Lowell is nowhere near the school UMass Amherst is, either. Which UW campus is considered top-tier?
     
  7. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    Re: Re: Re: University of Washington (Seattle) reputation?

    Seattle is the prestigious research school. Bothell and Tacoma are small branch campuses that cater to the working adult student.
     
  8. little fauss

    little fauss New Member

    Re: Re: University of Washington (Seattle) reputation?

    I love you, man! Why? I went to one of those Pac 10 "Public Ivies" for law school. This is the first time I've heard anyone use that term with regard to that conference. Thanks!

    The only place where I disagree vehemently is when you gave the lowly-regarded, low standard Big 10 the same distinction. Why should we take a conference seriously for academics when they can't even add up to 11? How many schools are in the Big "10"? :D And we also kick their butts in football!
     
  9. little fauss

    little fauss New Member

    Re: Re: Re: University of Washington (Seattle) reputation?

    Careful, you're going to incur the administrator's wrath for that one!
     
  10. spmoran

    spmoran Member

    The UW is the big dog out here, and everything that has been said about the school in this thread is accurate. They have a number of certificate programs available online. Just beware that in many of the programs, the courses are non-credit and non-transferrable. I'm not sure about yours, but the certificate in object oriented design and analysis that I like is non-credit. That's the only thing that has stopped me from starting it. But if I decide to relax and not go right into grad school, I may take this program.
     
  11. BillDayson

    BillDayson New Member

    Re: Re: Re: University of Washington (Seattle) reputation?

    Is there a UW system?

    My understanding of Washington is that there's UW in Seattle and Wazoo in Pullman, which are both large research universities. UW is kind of like UC Berkeley (it offers bigtime programs in a tremendous number of fields), while WSU is like UC Davis, a general university that grew from strong agricultural school roots. UW is stronger in the humanities, and both UW and WSU emphasize the sciences and engineering.

    Washington also has three master's universities similar to California State Universities: Western Washington U., Central Washington U. and Eastern Washington U. These have a pretty strong reputation on the west coast and offer good bachelors and masters programs. (There was a Hawaii degree-mill operating as Northern Washington U., but Jeffrey Brunton sent them packing, I think.) Lastly there's Evergreen State College in Olympia, a liberal arts college with lots of non-traditional ideas. (One is that students take one class all morning or afternoon in order to really get into it, immersion-style.)

    There's only one. I guess that there are satellite locations, but they don't have independent identity or accreditation as far as I know. They are just remote class sites of the main campus.
     
  12. spmoran

    spmoran Member

    No, they aren't just remote locations. Each of the branch campuses awards their own degrees. I cannot tell you whether the diploma says "Tacoma" or "Bothell" on them, but the websites refer to UWT and UWB degrees.
     
  13. cogent

    cogent New Member

    Bear Down, Arizona!

    As an Arizona Wildcat who bleeds red and blue, I salute you! Yes, Washington is also a good school (looks down and kicks the dirt, all shy like). haha.

    Sings a bit of our fight song...

    Bear Down, Arizona
    Bear Down, Red and Blue
    Bear Down, Arizona
    Beat the sh#$ out of ASU! rah rah!

    (tears come to eyes...)
     
  14. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    According to the website, the degrees of the Tacoma campus simply say "University of Washington." I'd have to imagine that the same would be true of the Bothell campus' degrees.
     
  15. boydston

    boydston New Member

    Re: Bear Down, Arizona!

    The sissy kitties are always crying about something -- probably got forked.
     
  16. scotty

    scotty New Member

    Re: Re: Re: Re: University of Washington (Seattle) reputation?

    No offense meant...I have a UMass Lowell grad certificate myself. ;) I just don't think that any rankings consider Lowell a top-tier school, while Amherst generally makes the cut.

    So if you get a degree from the Tacoma campus, you can put just "University of Washington" on your resume? What do you say when an interviewer asks you what campus you went to? Will it sound less impressive to say "Tacoma" instead of "Seattle?" Will it look as if you were trying to pull a fast one on the hiring manager by leaving out the "Tacoma" part? If you do put "University of Washington, Tacoma" on your resume, will it be less impressive than a competing resume with "Seattle" on it, all else being equal?
     
  17. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: University of Washington (Seattle) reputation?

    Personally, depending on the campus I graduated from, I would put on my resume:

    University of Washingtom, Bothell, WA

    OR

    University of Washington, Seattle, WA

    OR

    University of Washington, Tacoma, WA

    but that's just me. University of Washington - Tacoma would probably sound less impressive than University of Washington - Seattle.
     
  18. spmoran

    spmoran Member

    I see no reason not to just list "The University of Washington".
     
  19. scotty

    scotty New Member

    But that is the whole problem, spmoran. Not all of the UW campuses are of the same quality...at least according to tier rankings. Otherwise, they'd all be sitting in consecutive spots in the top tier. As it is, they are not even in the same tier. So, when you are sitting in an interview and the hiring manager says, "Ah, I see you went to UW...I did too! I was in Kappa Delta and we had a house on Massey street just around the corner from Pizza Petes...you ever eat at Pizza Petes? We look about the same age, so I must have seen you there. Go Huskies!" what exactly do you say then, assuming you went to the Bothell campus? You certainly can't go along with it as if you went to the Seattle campus. I'm not slamming Bothell or Tacoma, by any means (I have no idea what the UW system is like...I've never even been to Washington) but if I list a degree without mentioning the campus and it turns out I did not go to the flagship campus, do you see how the interviewer might perceive me? Putting "MBA, University of Michigan" on a resume when you went to the Flint campus might be construed as fudging a bit, if you know what I mean. That is the whole reason flagship campuses usually charge much higher tuitions and are much more selective in admissions...they have built a solid reputation for quality. The unfortunate truth is that hiring managers often look for graduates from the best schools for obvious reasons. I put UMass Lowell on my resume and have no problem whatsoever with it...though I realise that the Amherst moniker would get me more attention.
     
  20. spmoran

    spmoran Member

    I say "Rah!" and use standard interviewing techniques to let the interviewer wear himself out over that. If one has earned a degree at UWT or UWB, then they probably know something about the Seattle campus. They are only 20 miles apart. They may have even eaten at Pizza Petes. Anyway, this question is to be handled just like any other sensitive interview question. At no point did you ask if it were UWT or UWB, and it is not necessary to volunteer that information.

    My two cents.
     

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