NYIT Ellis College Graduate Certificate Programs

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  1. Dave Wagner

    Dave Wagner Active Member

    I'm wondering if anyone has had any recent experience with NYIT Ellis College and their Graduate Certificate Programs ($625 per unit for 18 units):

    http://ellis.nyit.edu/schools/certificate/business.php

    Specifically, I'm wondering about the accounting graduate certificate relative to Golden Gate University's graduate accounting certificate ($680 per unit for 15 units):

    http://www.ggu.edu/academic_programs/accounting/graduate_certificates

    Of course, if you have heard of a similar accounting certificate, I would appreciate hearing about it.

    Thanks,

    Dave
     
  2. Vincey37

    Vincey37 New Member

    I have taken graduate tax courses at Golden Gate.

    Ellis looks to be more friendly to those without significant accounting background, as it includes Intermediate Accounting in the certificate. Golden Gate considers Intermediate I and II to be undergraduate prerequisite courses.
     
  3. iquagmire

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  4. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    While I don't know anything about program, even if it's a very good one that seems like a very high tuition rate to me.

    -=Steve=-
     
  5. Dave Wagner

    Dave Wagner Active Member

    Thanks. I'm trying to make some decisions about graduate accounting coursework. Since my undergraduate work was in accounting, others seeing it always triggers the question as to whether I'm willing to teach it, which I am. However, most of my graduate coursework is in marketing, research methods, and finance.

    The challenge is that there are several online graduate accounting degree programs, but fewer opportunities to take individual courses or acquire certificates.

    Any other thoughts are welcome.

    Dave
     
  6. humbug101

    humbug101 New Member

    Check out Strayer University also.

    They have three different grad accounting certs.

    Not sure how good they are but are price competitive also.

    Been looking also for something similar.

    BH
     
  7. friartuck

    friartuck New Member

  8. Dave Wagner

    Dave Wagner Active Member

    Good stuff. I'll try to do more searching next week and report back my findings.

    Dave
     
  9. macattack

    macattack New Member

    Are there any graduate certificates in accounting from an AACSB program? Is AACSB necessary for adjunct work?
     
  10. siddielou

    siddielou New Member

    Hi Dave,
    I'm currently an MBA program at Ellis of NYIT and I would encourage you to *NOT* enroll in any program at the school.

    There have been an unbelievable number of problems with financial aid, the bursuar's office, enrollement reps, advisors not having degrees (my first MBA advisior didn't even have an undergrad degree), students have waited nearly a year to get their degrees, and playing fast and loose with wording on degrees and transcripts.

    NYIT outsources all of its Ellis operations out to Ceardean, which recently folded all of their students into the Ellis program. Financial aid won't tell me where they're located but its somewhere in the MT time zone, the advisiors and reps are in Chicago, and the bursars office seems to be somewhere in CT or IL.

    I'm not sure if you can access the student blogs without a student ID but here are a few that highlight the problems students are currently facing:

    http://my.ellis.nyit.edu/myellis/homepage_blog.jsp?blogID=105746&entryID=5350219414&discView=&mode=view&anchor_target=a_4198750874

    http://my.ellis.nyit.edu/myellis/homepage_blog.jsp?mode=view&entryID=1917742986&blogID=28560

    Right now, I can't find the rest - the've been tweaking the system again and its being very slow tonight.

    I'm in the process of applying to new MBA schools and am thankful that I'm getting out now.

    If you won't require finanical aid and don't see yourself needing much in the way of admin support , than Ellis has so far offered me great professors and nice interesting classmates but the hours that I've spent on the phone and email trying to get issuses resolved (not to mention all the Advil I've had to take) and listening to six versions of the same events, often times from the same person, is just not something I would wish upon anyone.

    Good luck!
     
  11. Dave Wagner

    Dave Wagner Active Member

    I think the answers are No and No...

    Dave
     
  12. Dave Wagner

    Dave Wagner Active Member

    Thanks for the cautionary tale. It is appreciated.

    Dave
     
  13. friartuck

    friartuck New Member

  14. macattack

    macattack New Member

  15. macattack

    macattack New Member

    Dave, Golden Gate is not a bad choice. They have a local Seattle "campus" where they teach the tax program. Lots of CPAs at the big accounting firms are taken classes there and online.

    Also, they have some pretty cool courses to choose from.
     
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  18. macattack

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  19. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    Sorry - I was looking at finance
     
  20. Dave Wagner

    Dave Wagner Active Member

    Sorry, Folks... I've been distracted and haven't returned with my round up of information. I'm finding that there are some very good deals on earning graduate accounting credit at local universities; if you are willing to move your molecules around a little, there are other, cheaper options.

    Dave
     

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