New student?

I started in July

I'm finally posting after lurking for awhile.

I started my MS in Organization & Management at Capella in July.


Gary

BS Wayland
MPA Univ of Oklahoma

 

Re: me too, sort of...

I don't see much difference between the two and I'm not sure others will. I would go for whichever helps you finish sooner. No matter where you go, you could do the M.L.S. at Fort Hays. Ah yes, the advantage of going with regionally accredited schools.


Tom Nixon

 

Re: me too, sort of...

Well, Food Science is a pretty esoteric major that isn't offered by Excelsior, so if you want/need that program then Fort Hays gets the obvious nod.

Other than that, I think Tom has it right that not many people will care about the difference. If you're looking for a degree as a ticket to graduate school (at Fort Hays or anywhere else), either option would be a good choice. As Tom mentioned, that's one of the great things about having a regionally accredited degree.

Go with whatever program suits your budget & needs the best.

 

I signed up for the Doctor of Astronomy program offered at James Cook U. in Australia. Starting in Sept. My wife thinks I am crazy


John

 

Is she wrong?

We went to the Downing Planetarium (CSU Fresno) to look at Mars tonight with the kids. Very cool!


Tom Nixon

 

Last February I began the PhD program in Social Work at the University of the Free State (South Africa). They haven't kicked me out yet so I guess I'm doing OK so far.
Jack

 

Variation on the poll theme!

Two days ago I began a new distance education programme - but to write it as faculty, not to study it as a student. For completeness of the Degreeinfo band of brothers and sisters I thought this should be logged in from me on this thread.

The DL programme is the electronic on-line part of our existing DL programme called "Influence", an elective course for the EBS MBA.
This involves writing a book length set of materials in support of the Influence printed text. It will go on-line on 1 January 2004, assuming it passes our peer review. "Influence" attracts at present about 250 MBA students a year.

As soon as this project is completed (to get it underway I came off the Internet and Degreeinfo for the first two weeks) I commence writing "Strategic Negotiation", an Elective course for our new DBA degree which starts in October, 2004. I will complete that project by February 2004 and then move to writing the on-line component for August 2004. With every new course we also write two practice final examinations plus solutions, and gradually (12 months) write 10 final examinations (five years worth) for real use, plus solutions.

Thus, a short snap shot of the DL course activity of a faculty member of EBS. Writing DL courses is much different from studying them, not harder but different. One presumption is that the author know the subject well, where for a student that is the expected output of taking the course. Writing a DL course, at least as we envisage them, is different from writing an ordinary textbook.

The DL course Text must be self-sufficient and complete so that a distance student can work through it and complete it without any need to contact (should they not wish to) EBS except to be examined. The on-line component is available for those who prefer contact (we do not believe you should tell adults how to study) with more cases, more exercises, more essays, all past exam papers with solutions, the printed text in HTML and a faculty web board for contacting the professorial (not adjunct) faculty.

To some extent time for this work has been squeezed by my writing and completing a book: "Adam Smith and his Lost Legacy", which is not part of a degree programme (it's what faculty do after a certain age).