UK MBA TOP UP - Univ of Chichester - MBA Classification

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  1. Lerner

    Lerner Well-Known Member

  2. Lerner

    Lerner Well-Known Member

    Correcting a typo

    not calcification :) - but a Classification
     
  3. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Not sure - but I DO know that U. Chichester has quite a number of co-developed programs with "feeder" schools, like LGS, which cannot award their own degrees. The student gets a diploma and -- off to Chichester for a top-up. I always thought what you got from Chichester was a degree, plain and simple. Now, I'm no longer sure.

    If you look up "University of Chichester on our DI search-thingy, you'll find several threads on U. Chichester and these "feeder" schools. Maybe something in there will clarify -or maybe an email to Chichester.

    PS - A true "calcification" should always be clear - cast in stone! :)
     
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  4. mintaru

    mintaru Active Member

    It is a degree.

    You will find the explanation of what is meant by "classification" on page 18 of this document:
    https://www.chi.ac.uk/app/uploads/2021/09/Academic-Regs-2021-22.pdf

    Here is that part:
     
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  5. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    @mintaru Thanks! Great job! Good to know.
     
  6. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    A dissertation grade of B is better than a grade of A.

    A student who dies can still be awarded the degree. That's nice, I guess.

    I don't understand the original question. Is there some reason to think this is NOT a master's degree? There have been some schools lately who've been awarding something they call a "master's certificate," which creates confusion and is NOT a master's degree. But this ain't that.

    I love the diploma. My Union diploma--from a modern, nontraditional university, has all the fancy calligraphy, wording, etc. that you'd find on most diplomas. And it's huge. But my Leicester diploma--from a well-established, traditional British university--looks like something you'd get at work for completing a fire safety training course. And it's A-4 size. (A little bigger than letter-sized in the US.) And it's orientation is portrait, not landscape.

    Life is weird.
     
  7. Dustin

    Dustin Well-Known Member

    I think the concern is that the degree awarded is listed as "Master of Business Administration (Classification)" which is an odd way to put that. Similar to "Student is awarded Master of Business Administration (Equivalency)" might leave people wondering if you really have an MBA or one that is equivalent to it. Or those degree arrangements where one school delivers the content and the other "validates" it, making it less clear what credential they have and who awarded it.
     
  8. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

    My understanding is that the actual word "Classification" will not appear on the degree. That seems to be just the sample diploma. The appropriate classification would replace that word on the actual diploma—for example, Master of Business Administration (Distinction).
     
  9. Lerner

    Lerner Well-Known Member

    I have a few UK credentials / qualifications all art A-4 portrait size. This appears to be the standard.
    In the past I read about some universities in East EU that award MBA that is actually not a degree so I was confused.
     
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  10. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    This is certainly correct.
     
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  11. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Yes - I've seen those also. Usually from some private "school" that could not award degrees in its own country - so they issue MBA "certificates" as a means of not going to jail. I seem to remember at least one "DBA Certificate" as well. And a University in Poland which marketed distance DBA's - in concert with a Swiss outfit. They shouldn't have. DBA is a degree which does not exist in the Polish academic schema. I think we owe our member tadj for that good info. The school soon stopped the program.

    Yep - you have to keep the radar on, 24/7 these days - but these are definitely legit degrees and thanks to mintaru for his help.
     
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  12. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    I fixed the title. As amusing as I found it, it would probably confuse people who come across it in the archives.
     
  13. mintaru

    mintaru Active Member

    Most European universities use such A-4 diplomas. I'm sure most Europeans think that many US diplomas look strangely old-fashioned. Like something from the 19th century.
     
  14. Dustin

    Dustin Well-Known Member

    Got it, that makes perfect sense. Without that, I don't know where the confusion was coming from.
     
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