RA MBA or MS Management w/ no groupwork?

Hi there. I am currently enrolled in Excelsior College and will graduate with my AS in Liberal Studies in March 06. I am mostly taking CLEPs, DANTES, and ECE examinations to fullfill my credit requirements. That said, what colleges/ universities do you know of that award MBAs or MS in Management degrees that DO NOT require groupwork? They must be RA and completely online.

Thanks!

Rhonda

 

Hi,

I completed my MBA through Baker College https://carina.baker.edu/PGMSOLG?DEPT=ONL and it is totally online and have several different concentrations. Classes are only 6 weeks in length, and they offer 4 semesters per year. Out of 11 classes I took there, I only had one class that had group work and this was a total of 4 people in the group and we had to do a research paper together.

It was a good program and I recommend it. As of last month, the tuition for MBA is $270 per credit hour and all classes are 4 credit hours, except the final portfolio class. It is also RA.

 

Thanks...Which concentration did you get your MBA in?

 

Teri,

How much time on balance did you need to put in each week for your 6 week courses?

Also what learning activities did you have? Tests, quizzes, research papers?

 

Excelsior offers an MBA as well as the many others without a group assignment. I know TUI and NCU offer MBA's without group assignments.

 

I concentrated in IT.

All classes at Baker required a research paper roughly 10-15 pages, but varied by instructor and class. Some classes that I was more familiar with was easier then others where I knew little, so the time commitment varied. I would take a guess and say I spent an average of 10 hours per week, more toward the last two weeks since the paper was due. Of the 11 classes I took, I only had two that actually had tests, but they were all open-book, no proctored tests on any of my classes; Baker doesn't require proctored exams. All of the classes seemed to follow the same format:

Weekly discussion questions
Weekly problems, if it was accounting or finance
Weekly homework, which could consist of an article review
Weekly discussion board - Baker uses Blackboard and you have to post 5 out of 7 days each week - but it can be at anytime
Weekly "what I learned this week"

The short 6 week courses, were nice because if you didn't particularly care for a class, it was over before you knew it! But then it is a full semester crammed into 6 weeks.

 

Take a look at Regis University www.mbaregis.com

 

Thanks Teri, looks like Baker is a good program with much to recommend it. The 6 week courses are attractive but I wondered how hectic that type of schedule tends to get.

 

It seemed it would get a little crazy the last week of class because of the paper due. What was also nice is the weeks at Baker run from Thursday thru Wednesday, and I believe they do this since many have the weekends off and can use this time to complete assignments.

I think I just got so used to the schedule that after a few semesters it didn't phase me anymore. Also each week is like a "mini-course" in and of itself because it is self-contained. It kept me on track, the only area that spills over of course is the research paper.

Like any school Baker has their quirks, but all in all, I was very pleased with the school and the program. They are very very quick about answering emails in the initial admissions process as well as all the way through the entire program, which for me was a plus since this was my first "stab" at online learning.

 

From what I've been able to discern based on research (and I'm sure DesElms would agree with me), St. Josephs College of Maine’s MBA program would almost fit your criteria. The only drawback is a two week residency requirement, which sounds like it could be a worthwhile endeavor in itself. Amberton University's M.S. in Management Science would also meet your criteria. Admissions counselors from both schools have told me that group work isn’t a requirement.

I've been looking for graduate options myself in both of these areas myself, so your thread has been very helpful.