It appears UNC-Chapel Hill has added a number of master's degrees available online through. Disaster Management and several in the area of Public Health that I don't seem to recall seeing before, for anyone that might be interested. Distance Education Inventory[degree_abbr]=M#searchtop
Great great school. I was a summer Tar Heel (1992) and almost transferred from North Carolina Wesleyan to UNC, but it was my senior year and I thought I would lose hours.
Unfortunately, the UNC MS in Disaster Management is just a series of case studies about how Carolina basketball fans dealt with going to the NIT in 2010. Sample courses include: Literature: Harry Son Barnes and The Sports Management Major's Stone Sociology: The Joy of Frick - Roy Williams on Talking Tough Economics: Why Toothless Rednecks Buy UNC T-Shirts at Wal-Mart instead of our bookstore History: The Great Depression - Larry Drew II and the march westward (taken in-residence at UCLA) Arts and Crafts: Advanced Topics in Stadium Decoration (or, Why did we put up a banner just for making the NCAA tournament?) Don't waste your time. GO DUKE!
Interesting that you posted this AU. I have been reading about their DrPh program, which is supposedly the only accredited DrPh in the nation offered through distance learning. While my thoughts have me still leaning toward a grad cert after my master's degree, I still would like to learn more about this program. UNC is an established name (at least in the south), so this program has my attention for sure. UNC - The only accredited online DrPh program in the U.S. Anyone have any thoughts?
Soupbone, UNC has more than just an established name in the South. It is a top-5 public university. Amazing reputation. I was rejected from their MBA program (for what that's worth). Looks like an interesting program and you can't go wrong with UNC-Chapel Hill. I wonder what the price on that DrPh is?
According to the site: In-State Students The tuition for in-state students is currently $378.48 per credit hour. At $378.48 per credit hour, six credit hours per semester and three semesters per year – the tuition for in-state students in each of the first two years is $6,812.64. Out-of-State Students Tuition for out-of-state students is set at $1063.48 per credit hour or $19,142.64 in each of the first two years. That's really not that bad.
I might have to rethink my plan. Luckily, I still have time to analyze my options. This DrPh looks very tempting, and I have already been researching Tulane's DrPh (B&M only).
Well, I've bee reading about the UNC program and there are many stories out there that discuss the difficulty of beng admitted to the program. They require an extensive background in senior-level management in health care. That eliminates me right from the beginning. All of my management experience so far has been in public health planning (mass prophylaxis, etc.). I'll still send in an application, but Tulane or the grad cert look more attractive now for sure.
