Texas A&M Corpus Christi MBA ($13K, AACSB)

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  1. Dustin

    Dustin Well-Known Member

    https://online.tamucc.edu/degrees/business/mba/general/

    Apply By: 6/18/21
    Start Class: 7/5/21

    $50 application fee

    "Take advantage of our flexible, 100% online format with 7-week courses and several start dates a year. You can start when it’s most convenient for you, and earn your Online MBA while you continue working."

    "Courses may be subject to proctoring exams up to $75 plus late fees."

    "All students will be charged a supplementary fee of $213.14 per 3 credit hours or $322.00 per 6 credit hours each term." I'm not sure what that means.

    For someone who needs a cheap AACSB MBA, this might be a good option. It's been mentioned in passing but never had its own thread here.
     
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  2. JoshD

    JoshD Well-Known Member

    I have never understood the exam proctoring for online programs. I know the idea is to maintain academic integrity however, if the professors made their own exams, there would be no need for proctoring.

    My professors at Fuqua allow open notes and open book on exams/finals but tell us that we better know the material because it is applied versus theory. They create their own exams and expect us to apply any theory we learned to case-based questions and there are no notes/book information to answer it for you.
     
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  3. Dustin

    Dustin Well-Known Member

    I can see some element of proctoring just to make sure that you didn't sit someone else in front of the computer, but yes in general it's a hassle. I did ProctorU once in my undergrad out of necessity but much preferred to write my proctored exams at my local college. Eastern uses video proctoring so it's recorded but not live, and Quantic is open book without proctoring.
     
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  4. Vonnegut

    Vonnegut Well-Known Member

    It’s a way for the program to have more control of the revenue it generates, cover unfounded program costs, or to replace state subsidies in some circumstances. It’s not common, but increasingly occurring with some online graduate programs with public universities.
     
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  5. Vonnegut

    Vonnegut Well-Known Member

    Custom generated exams do not eliminate the concerns that lead to proctoring.
     
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  6. Dustin

    Dustin Well-Known Member

    After re-reading it, I think I get it now. It's like a per-term fee outside of the per-course fee, so if you take 2 courses a term you'll pay $1,275.77 x 2 + $322 = $2873.54. So over 5 terms you would actually pay $14,367.70 or over 10 terms $14,889.10.
     
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  7. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

    Instructors could just require students to take their exams using the Respondus lockdown browser. I've had to use it as part of my Blackboard training for the University of the Virgin Islands. It locks down everything on your computer once you open the browser. It can also video record you.

    Lamar and Liberty didn't require proctoring. They were open book/open notes. At Liberty, there weren't many tests/exams. For those that had tests, there were writing portions involved. The most rigorous proctoring I experienced was at Don Bosco. I would give them a 360-degree view of my room, show my ID then grant access to my screen while watching me on the webcam for the exam duration.

    Respondus

     
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  8. Dustin

    Dustin Well-Known Member

    Respondus is what Eastern uses. Your Don Bosco experience is identical to my ProctorU experience.
     
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  9. thepurplethread

    thepurplethread New Member

    Hi Dustin,

    What has your experience been like with using Respondus Lockdown for your proctored exams? I am currently considering Eastern University and another school that uses Respondus, so I'd love to hear your personal experience. I refuse to consider any programs that use ProctorU. I'm not comfortable with that whole 360 view of your room, nor with the idea of being watched by a live proctor. It's not that I have anything to hide, it's just strange and I think it would make me more nervous than necessary. I have no problem with being just being recorded and then having the video flagged later if they see something that warrants it, which has been my understanding of Respondus. I'm also following your thread regarding the courses you're taking in your MSDS program. Thanks for providing so much detail. It has been extremely helpful.
     
  10. Dustin

    Dustin Well-Known Member

    Hi there,

    Eastern actually stopped using Respondus last term as they were having too many technical issues. So, that might factor into your calculation if you decide to attend Eastern. As is, they were only using it for the lower courses, but now they don't even use it for those.

    I personally didn't run into any issues with Respondus. It's kind of like ProctorU in that it starts with you recording a video of your surroundings (I would take my laptop and spin around in my chair for 20 seconds) and testing the camera and microphone then it lets you into the exam, but if your eyes are not looking at the screen, it will pop up an alert. I found it only did that when my whole face was averted, like when I dropped my pen and leaned down to pick it up so my full face was off the camera. Looking to the left or right didn't trigger the alert, neither did writing on the paper in front of my laptop, where my eyes were not looking at the screen but my face was still visible.

    The system flags anything unusual for the Prof to review later, but as far as I know they've not needed to look at anyone's video because the system does a pretty good job of recognizing when you're just taking the exam. When it flags, it provides an exact timestamp so that the Prof doesn't have to watch your whole exam, they can just jump to the part that was flagged.

    I did one ProctorU exam at a previous school and hated it, so I feel your pain.

    Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.
     
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  11. thepurplethread

    thepurplethread New Member

    Thanks so much! I appreciate the detailed response. So just to clarify, since Eastern has stopped using Respondus have they replaced it with a different proctoring system, or are they foregoing it all together for the time being?

    I am leaning more and more towards Eastern. Being self paced but still having some structure like 7 week terms is very appealing.
     
  12. Dustin

    Dustin Well-Known Member

    No proctoring is in place at this time. The first 2 courses (520 and 550) are 100% exam-based. Beyond that, courses include CodeGrade assignments which are auto-graded, and some manually graded assignments. The machine learning and database courses (660, 670, 680) lean heavily on the manually graded assignments, to the tune of like 85% of the grade being manually graded.
     

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