Can you get the same degree in the same discipline later on at a different school?

And the big question is: Why?

 

Thanks Graves. How ironic that here you are advising me on business related degrees but I'm more interested in your masters in psychology from American Military University. Like you I don't have a bachelor's in psychology as AMU requires for admission. That being the case, how did you satisfy the alternate admissions requirement of 4 foundational psychology courses in 1). Intro Psych, 2). Research Methods in Psych, 3). Stats Methods in Psych and 4). Human Growth/Lifespan Dev.?

 

Hi Ted, do you mean why do I care about this issue? Or why am I doing the non-accredited masters in the first place? If the former, I care about this issue because as "nyvrem" stated earlier, they may invalidate my masters if they found out, or they may "expel [me] as a heretic" if they found out about my earlier non-accredited masters. If the latter, I'm doing the non-accredited masters because it is very affordable, w/ a structured learning curriculum and gives me a formal, tangible goal to work towards. And if I discover I actually don't like this subject matter as much as I thought I would, I could drop it with no harm no foul having only invested minimal $.

 

I don't have any advice for you since you have already received pointed commentary and some good advice throughout this thread. However, I do want to tell you that I get where you're coming from. I've made a career out of a "part-time" venture for most people. If I would've listened to conventional logic I'd now be struggling like so many of my contemporaries. So at the risk of sounding unorthodox, which by the way, distance learning in its infancy was, let me share a quote that I've always taken to heart. "If a wo/man does not keep pace with her/his companions, perhaps it is because s/he hears a different drummer. Let her/him step to the music s/he hears, however measured or far away" -Henry David Thoreau. Changes made to include female readers.

 

decimon, what is the "cheap and easy route" you're referring to? I'd like to explore that route. And yes, I do have that RA degree in business.

 

Graves, thanks for answering my question in the other thread. Sorry I didn't realize you had already answered it when I posted the question in this thread. For those of you interested in Grave's answer, see here: http://www.degreeinfo.com/nursing-medical-related-degrees/28847-tired-comparing-%24-masters-psychology.html

 

Sorry for the delay, I didn't know this was here until now.

Though I have no personal experience with DEAC schools, I would start by looking at Ashworth as you obviously have. As far as I can tell, you would learn as much as you wished to in their courses but without having to meet the highest of standards.

If you wish to try out a new field, to get your feet wet, then you might consider individual undergraduate courses at Ashworth (I think you can do that) that can later be applied to a certificate or degree program. That's likely as cheap and easy as it gets.

Or other DEAC schools allowing individual courses.

 

Depends on how similar, I think. If possessed MBA in IT Management, then try taking normal general MBA or MSc, or MBA in another specialization such as hospitality management, I guess should be fine.

 

I may have missed since I skimmed this like, but for business degrees are offered from RA school via DL. Some of them are cheaper then Ashford. A few that I can think of off the top of my head for an MBA would be APU, Amberton, WIU, and I'm sure there are more. If I remember right those three schools are about $350ish or less per credit hour and all RA. I think Amberton maybe at $250, but I haven't looked in a while. But that's for business. I know for a fact they offer more then just MBAs as well so maybe they have whatever you're looking for.
Or better yet I think someone mentioned getting a certificate. Graduate certificates can be earned and counted towards a degree later if you want to continue at many Universities.

 

There is very little utility to having multiple MBAs even if you mix up the concentrations. MBA transfers are often somewhat limited. So you'd be duplicating a lot of coursework no matter how you cut it.

Then you walk in with a resume that has two, three, four MBAs on it, what story does that tell a potential employer? It doesn't look good. In fact, I'd argue it starts to make you look like you're either lying or are simply unhinged to the point where you are compulsively earning degrees.

After my MBA I'm finished with earning degrees. Maybe I'll tack on a certificate or two as time goes on. I suppose I might decide to earn a doctorate one day. But an associate's, two bachelor's and two master's is quite enough.

 

I'd rather add a DBA to an MBA, or an MPA to an MBA or a MAcc to an MBA, or an MS or something that's differentiated in some way.

 

Read from somewhere here or else where, once you have a master degree, people viewed grad cert as another master, maybe without thesis. Hence, i would rather go for grad cert from harvard extension and etc. , instead of another mba. Unless you are talking about going those programmes with internship in another country that have high chance of getting a job in that country.

 

It's a good idea to differentiate.

But you are still going to hit a diminished return when you hit the market.

If you're a CPA with an MSACC then you can add an MBA but it won't bring you as much value as your MSACC. Being a CPA with a Masters (MBA or MS) is a solid combination. The second Masters might sweeten your resume just a bit. But is 30+ graduate credits worth that minimal edge?

 

Absolutely true, Neuhaus.