Thomas Edison State College Offering More Professional Certificates

Uncompensated shill that I am for my alma mater, I thought others here might like to know that TESC has added new professional certificates. I received an email fifteen minutes ago.

From the email:

Our first Professional Certificate in Paralegal Studies class included several graduates. Alumni have also shown interest in Project Management, MBA Essentials, Personal Fitness Training, and Microsoft Certification programs.

At the present time, more than 40 certificate programs are available, with more currently under development. We can also create customized staff development and corporate training programs for groups of employees. ​

FWIW,
Mark

 

Interesting....I wonder if the MBA Essentials certificate would satisfy the prerequisites that most MBA programs require for people with non-business undergrad degrees?

 

Wow

The MBA Essentials certificate looks enticing. Thanks for sharing!

 

I have a hard time swallowing the idea that a certificate earned with only 5 non-credit courses deserves the rather ambitious title of "MBA Essentials". The Tulane "MBA Master Certificate" program distresses me even more: 3 eight-week courses totaling 4 continuing education units, or roughly ONE standard 3-credit hour undergraduate class. To put that in perspective, my MBA program was 48 graduate credits (16 courses), and it's one of the shorter programs out there. Even the absolute shortest MBA programs are 30 hours and require the student to possess an undergraduate degree in business or accounting.

Why the hell should a school be allowed to use a degree title to peddle their non-credit continuing education programs? If TESC created a first aid certificate and called it "MD Essentials", you know the medical community would come down on them like a ton of bricks. If they had a legal seminar called "JD Essentials", the ABA would be shrieking like banshees. Why should this professional degree title not be similarly off-limits?

 

I agree, the MD essentials & JD Essentials would stir things up, however it seems every school on our planet is on some form of the MBA bandwagon...its like a 70's fad when everyone was riding skateboards and smokin' weed.
That's one reason why I didnt pursue an MBA, because I would have been another speck of sand on the beach. Granted your Duke MBA is regarded by many as the best there is, and stands out on the same beach as a sandcastle.

I essentially said "screw it" I'm going to study something I like.

Gavin