Keller Graduate School of Management Master of Network and Communications Management

Hello! I have done some searches on the Keller School of Management on the board and many are dated threads, so I wanted to ask some opinions. I really like the curriculum for this degree and the flexiblity of being able to attend school and go online as I am close to many locations in the Chicago area. BTW - MONEY IS NO ISSUE!!! So I do not care if it is expensive, not at all.

1. I was reading that the online classes are almost unreasonable when it comes to the amount of writing and assignments, etc that need to be turned in every week (even compared to respectable, B&M RA Masters Programs)

Is this true? Would I be better off attending Keller on campus? (I have gone to schools before where the campus programs were much more reasonable than the requirements for the same course online, which would be rediculous)

2. Are they an 8 week, 10 week, or 12 week long class school?

4. If I take one class at a time, would it be considered full time? Many are saying 2 or more classes at a time is a rediculous amount of work, especially doing online courses.

5. DO THEY ACCEPT NATIONALLY ACCREDITTED BACHELORS DEGREES?

6. If they do not, do you guys have any recommendations for schools that accept nationally accreditted degrees for a Regionally accreditted Masters program???



THANK YOU SO MUCH!

 

TTT (To the top)

 

Hello -- I attended Keller's MBA program both on campus (West Hills, CA) and online some time ago and found the quality of instruction to be very good. Student services were excellent. Tuition was expensive and course assignments were unreasonably too much. Our classes were 8 weeks long back then. If you're enrolling, and if the system is still the same, I suggest that you do the on-campus courses, as the workload is a bit lighter than the online courses (plus you benefit from no sessions if holidays happen to fall on a school day -- there's "make-up" work, of course). If you do the online courses, you're better off quitting your job and spending your time just reading and writing assignments day in and day out.

 

Add'l info: They accept only those with degrees from RA (or RA-candidate) schools. If you really want to apply with an NA bachelor's degree, you might want to try visiting the school and ask to be the exception (their admissions people are quite helpful with applicants). The curriculum is great and the professors try to make each course as comprehensive as possible, so you'll cover a lot of areas and learn a great deal (although you do have to give up your life as you know it). It's great that cost isn't a problem for you.

 

Thanks for the help man!

I do not think I could take the course load working full time in a 24/7 Network Operations Center.

I am definitely learning much more from certifications and on the job training right now that would be useful with this company and others than the subject matter I would pick up in the Masters Program itself (I do not want to go into management). I am mainly looking for the Masters Program giving me a boost when it comes to competing with other engineering associates and outside applicants when it comes to applying for higher up engineering positions.

So I am really just looking for the boost a masters could make in my career at this time.

I will keep searching!

 

Good luck on your plans!