USCA MBA?

Discussion in 'Business and MBA degrees' started by SVSV, Jul 29, 2020.

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  1. Stanislav

    Stanislav Well-Known Member

    I'm not sure how valid this is, but I wouldn't be surprised. I'd chalk it up at the same low-grade anti-American bollocks my adopted Canadian brethren are so fond of. If the alternative is attending night UofT program(me) for $100K, I'd say I would take my chance with a cheaper AACSB program(again, -me. Can't quite translate the whole post in French to satisfy the bilingualism fans).

    -Stan, the FORMER Canadian public servant.
     
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  2. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    This guy here - me - who has lived in Canada for 68 years and passes for Canadian, thinks your post is spot-on, Stanislav. Low-grade anti-whatever bollocks goes two ways, though. We give it and get it back. I think we each have to declare it before lobbing it across the border... but yeah, this is as good a sample as any.

    I could translate the whole post into French - but why bother? I am a fan of bilingualism - I'd like to see it here, but we don't really have that in Canada. We have dual monolingualism. Side by each. The majority of people outside Quebec (barring occasional enclaves here and there) cannot speak French and will never learn. It is too late for most and there is no incentive to do so. A good part of the reason is that it has been badly taught (and started too late) in the schools for generations. It is taught somewhat earlier now, but no better in most instances. The fact that I'm more fluent in French than my children or grandchildren is no fault of theirs. Mine is just a fluke - I liked languages enough to survive the way they were 'taught' - if that is the correct word.

    I am impressed with the number of young people in Quebec - mostly those presently or recently in higher education - who speak very good English indeed. They are truly bilingual. But by and large, the Quebec Government has suppressed English - and all other languages but French, for some years now - legally. Municipal officials have been allowed to actively prevent many English-speaking parents from sending their children to English schools; their Language Police once made a foray into Montreal's Chinatown, bent on ordering removal of all Chinese-language signs. Great comedy movie concept - but a sad reality.

    Quebec has a Bureau of French Language Protection. Where is the Bureau of English Language Protection? Oh yes - right next to the Bureau of Bilingualism Protection. Ha!
     
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  3. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    But despite any longish category of faults - I would not want to live anywhere else in the world. The good far outweighs the bad - for me, at least. Especially in current times.
     
  4. Smartcard

    Smartcard Member

    Does anybody have got experience with this university or their MBA?
     
  5. SVSV

    SVSV New Member

    Just to put a button on this. Finished my MBA. The experience was so-so. This is the school you want if you just want the credential. If you are early in your career and/or joining for the networking aspect of it, I would choose elsewhere. That being said, it was pretty easy to complete. I ended up taking two classes at a time. Half of the students I would say are those that just finished their degree and it was just the seamless next step while the other half were folks who had been working for a long while (10-15 years) and needed a MBA to do whatever next step ie: move up in the ladder, lateral move in company or surprisingly a lot of folks from the healthcare field who needed this to be on the leadership track. Classes were on blackboard and the profs were ok. The number of folks in the classes jumped significantly over my span of time and where they were located changed as well. The only thing is that 2 years ago they easily handled the virtual learning aspect because they were already in it. Now I am sure many other schools have done the pivot and have cleaned up their processes so do your research. Overall, they worked for my purposes but if I was researching today for a program, I don't know if I would have the same result.
     
  6. ArielB

    ArielB Member

    What was the capstone course like? What do you do in it? I want to avoid group projects as much as possible (hate them!) I've been planning on doing a Leadership program, but might do an MBA too just for fun. This is one of the schools I've been looking at.
     
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  7. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Not knocking it - but that's the strangest MBA reason I've heard yet. Saturday night must be pretty dull in your town. Not even karaoke?
     
  8. ArielB

    ArielB Member

    Well, my next career step is into a C-level role (Chief Customer Officer). I've researched and found that most have an MBA. The Leadership degree interests me more, so I still plan to do it, but might as well do an MBA as well. More education can't hurt.
     
  9. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    No, it certainly can't. Neither can more fun, I guess. Seems to be working well for you. Enjoy! :)
     
  10. Rachel83az

    Rachel83az Well-Known Member

    Well, I've been considering doing the ENEB MBA for fun. So ArielB isn't the only one!
     
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  11. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    And at the price, you can even go out and afford to have regular-type fun later. :)

    I'm not knocking the idea
    . Just a little strange to me. I don't have an MBA, but I took some business courses in college and in Uni. I did fine, they weren't terrifying or anything - interesting at times, but NOT what I'd call "fun." Sort of like, if as a kid in Grade 3 or 4, some other kid told me they did long division "for fun" - I'd be mystified.

    Now, for me, many years ago, studying Latin was fun. Now in my old age, learning about fashion is fun. So is playing guitar.

    If an MBA is fun for you and ArielB, as it apparently is - go for it. We all only go around once - get all the fun you can!
     
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  12. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    If I weren't so busy, it would be interesting to find out what all the fuss is about. If I miss studying after I finish the DBA maybe I'll do their International Trade program just for S's and G's.
     
  13. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    It's all G's till somebody S's. :(
     
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  14. Vicki

    Vicki Well-Known Member

    To me, it’s like Saylor Academy with a bunch of papers. Oh, but the quizzes don’t count for crap. The videos seem random and half are in Spanish. So, I guess if you like to write papers, it could be fun. :) I probably won’t finish.
     
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  15. Rachel83az

    Rachel83az Well-Known Member

    I don't like to write papers, but I do like to learn things!
     
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  16. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    I don't like writing papers on topics that don't interest me, but if the assignments allow enough leeway that the papers could also be used in other contexts, I wouldn't mind that.
     
  17. SVSV

    SVSV New Member

    Oh there's group work throughout the program. The stats class has a group project and the capstone does as well. There's a simulation game and there's a presentation which you do as a group but its PowerPoint. I mean I'm not a fan of groupwork these days bc there are some members who do not pull their weight and expect a magical B to happen for them but in the meantime, the rest of the team is ready to revolt. There were a lot of emails sent to the prof that term. However the prof let us hand in assignments late and didn't penalize us. So start the paper trail early if you sense an issue.
    Overall the program was fine. It's not the crispest program but that's quite evident with the cost requested.
     
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  18. ArielB

    ArielB Member

    Thanks, I appreciate the inside info. How math intensive is it? I suck at math (hence being a History major).
     
  19. SVSV

    SVSV New Member

    Some students were nervous about the numbers portion of the program however if you put in the work, the profs seem to let you pass. Again, lots of students didn't have a math nor an accounting background, they simply ran a business and needed to know some basic info. I would say everything is at an intro level and don't choose the finance/accounting specialization if that's not your strength.
     
  20. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    That's what Johnny Depp said.
     

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