Doctor of Management - 3 credit research project

I found an interesting 60 credit Doctor of Management program offered by a regionally accredited Baptist school. The program only requires a 3 credit research project. Cost is 772 per credit at Wayland Baptist university.
http://catalog.wbu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=9&poid=3370&returnto=792&_ga=2.100520793.619889487.1615222886-1492431232.1615222886

 

I doubt the number of credits matters. Prob most students will repeat that course because they won't finish their project in a single term.

 

If there are 2 terms a year (and I'm making an assumption here), it's a 5 year program. You can transfer 40 credits out of 60 (two thirds), and there are 3 Comps Exams (in Terms 4, 7, 9). It does note that "Failure to complete a project will require the student to retake that course. This project will ensure that the program outcomes are successfully met" but it sounds like it's a traditional capstone.

 

I agree just an interesting find.

 

Yes! Very interesting. Sorry, I didn't mean to imply it was a bad find. For someone looking for an RA Doctorate who is less concerned with whether It's a PhD/EdD/DMgmt, who is looking for something less expensive - especially with transfer credit or who is ABD, it could be a good option.

 

"Courses are offered in 8-week terms throughout the calendar year."

That's like 5-6 sub-terms a year (5-6 courses). So, it would take less than 5 years. Maybe 3.5 years.

 

That structure reminds me of a common approach to the SJD research requirement. The student can research and write a dissertation as in the usual Ph.D. program or write three publishable law review articles. The SJD is mostly a cash cow for law schools and targeted at foreign legal scholars so I don't suppose anyone much cares about the quality of the average law review article.

 

I believe the SJD is more than a cash cow. Yes, you did say mostly, which means not always the case. A J.D. is usually sufficient to be a law professor. However, someone who wants to teach in a criminal justice program will need to have a Ph.D. or equivalent. An SJD would be an equivalent because there's a dissertation component and possibly a requirement to publish.

 

Are there a lot of CJ Professors with the SJD though? I ask because a Google search for "I hold an SJD" returns just 7 results (all practicing lawyers or law professors), while "I have an SJD" even less - 5 results, of which at least one appears to be a work of fiction.

 

Good question. Personally, I only know of two - Dr. Sanaz Alasti, one of my professors at Lamar University, and Dr. John Cencich, professor/administrator at California University of Pennsylvania.

 

I think most CJ professors have Ph.D. degrees in CJ or a closely related academic subject. Very few American professors of anything have the JSD and those that do often got it as foreigners. Consider this: not only is the degree vanishingly rare among American law professors, those who seek it will find themselves supervised by professors who themselves don't have it. Law schools DO like to see their associate professors hold a dissertation doctorate but the Ph.D. field generally won't be law.

 

In years past when I looked at this issue, I was surprised how many JSD programs weren't open to American legal scholars. That's not so true anymore, cash is yet cash, but foreign legal scholars remain the target. Notice how few programs offer financial assistance.

 

Common wisdom, by the way, is that American law schools don't care if their hires even have LL.M. degrees. What they WANT is a J.D. from one of three, maybe four schools with tip-top class rank and a few publications. The schools? Yale, Harvard, and Stanford produce about 2/3 of all new law school associate professors. The fourth will vary. Maybe Chicago or Columbia.