Just for grins I was looking at faculty lists of various schools. I do find more California Coast degrees than I expected. In nearly ALL cases it was a CCU Ph.D. combined with RA undergrad & graduate degrees. (How much weight was on the RA degrees vs. the CCU doctorate? No idea ... but they were listed in the faculty listing of more RA schools than I would have guessed.) Anyway: There are exceptions to every rule such as this which I found early this morning: ------------ This entry is as a faculty list of "Our lady of the lake" college. Odd? Donald Cowick, M.D. ........................................... Adjunct Professor, Arts and Sciences B.S., California Coast University M.B.A., California Coast University M.D., Louisiana State University Medical Center -------- I'm not finding it odd as a faculty entry for "Our Lady", but I find it odd that the CCU degree holder got into Louisiana State U. with both an undergrad and a graduate degree from CCU. Thoughts?
EllisZ finds it odd "that the CCU degree holder got into Louisiana State U. with both an undergrad and a graduate degree from CCU." Well actually it would seem that Cowick got his M.D. in 1965, long before California Coast was founded. (http://www.lsumc.edu/Catalog/2000/MedicineAtNewOrleans/FacultyRoster/FacultyRosterC.htm) So now the question is why he would choose to list the CCU degrees, rather than whatever else he had that got him into medical school.
Thanks for the clarification. (But it's still odd!) Maybe he's a "non-conformist" and he's trying to make a statement about DL ??? <GRIN>
Most med schools only require 3 years of undergrad before matriculation, and this was a more popular option in the past. My guess is that he never finished his legitimate undergrad degree.
Perhaps is MD is from UK where it could be a first degree (BM upgraded to MD after completion of internship).
That should have read: Perhaps this MD is similar to some from UK where it could be a first degree (BM upgraded to MD after completion of internship). (**##!! E-mail)