Hello everyone. I've been posting at the forums on InstantCert while finishing up my bachelor's and found out about this forum. I'm starting to narrow down my options for master's degree and am hoping someone can explain the difference between MAM and MSM. Most master's degrees in management, without the MBA designation, that I've seen online are Master of Science in Management (MSM). However, one of the schools I've been looking at is American Military University and they offer this as a Master of Arts in Management. What's the difference? Thanks.
I don't think there are any wholesale distinctions between MA and MS, other than whatever distinctions may exist within a particular institution or program. For example, I've seen some criminal justice masters programs where the MA requires a thesis and the MS does not, but at some schools it is the other way around.
I'm in agreement with randyp. In the U.S.: “Master of Arts (Magister Artium) and Master of Science (Magister Scientiæ) degrees are the two primary types in most subjects and may be entirely course-based, entirely research-based or (more typically) a mixture." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Science I have seen where both the MS and the MA are both course-and thesis-based. However, if the designation is a professional degree designation (e.g., MAM, MSM, MHRM, MBA, MCJ, MSCJ, MEd /EdM, etc.), these can be awarded through course-based requirements w/o a major culmination thesis requirement. I said "can be" … not absolutely.
