What college has a masters degree with two 18 hour concentrations?

And here is the history of Western New Mexico University's www.wnmu.edu online graduate offerings in Criminal Justice from Fall 2007 to Spring 2009.

CJUS 516 Border Issues (Spring 2009)
CJUS 517 Frontier Law Enforcement (Fall 2007, Fall 2008)
CJUS 532 American Crime Policy (Fall 2008)
CJUS 541 Organized Crime (Spring 2009)
CJUS 547 Homeland Security (Summer 2008)
CJUS 567 Drug Wars (Spring 2008)
CJUS 580 Administrative Law (Fall 2008)
CJUS 580 Border Issues (Spring 2008)
CJUS 580 Crime & Punishment in American History (Spring 2008)
CJUS 580 Criminal Justice in Indian Country (Spring 2009)

 

If WNMU allows non-degree students to take single courses, I'm taking that one some day, just for personal interest.

 

And here is the history of WNMU's online graduate offerings in English from Spring 2007 to Spring 2009.

ENGL 500 Studies in Poetry (Summer 2008)
ENGL 501 Studies in Ancient & Mediaeval Literature (Spring 2009)
ENGL 510 Advanced Creative Writing (Fall 2007, Summer 2008)
ENGL 511 The American Novel (Spring 2009)
ENGL 515 Life & Literature of New Mexico (Spring 2009)
ENGL 518 Studies in English Literature (Fall 2008)
ENGL 519 Advanced Composition (Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009)
ENGL 520 Studies in American Literature (Spring 2007, Fall 2008)
ENGL 525 Studies in the Short Story (Fall 2008)
ENGL 569 Writing for Professionals (Fall 2008)
ENGL 580 Chicano Literature & Critical Theory (Spring 2008)
ENGL 580 Nature Writing (Spring 2009)

 

From www.wnmu.edu/VirtualCampus/OnlineFAQ.htm:

Can I take a course or two and then decide if I want to enter the program, and if I continue, can I apply those initial credits toward my degree?

The University allows you to take up to 6 credits without being admitted to the Graduate Division. Whether or not those credits apply toward your degree is based on approval by the faculty advisors in your chosen fields of study.

 

CJUS 517 Frontier Law Enforcement (Fall 2007, Fall 2008)

Exam question: "What was used to enforce justice in the frontier?"

Response: "Bottle of Jack, a Colt Peacemaker and the gallows."

 

Thanks Ted!

Ahhh...the good old days!

 

In the '90s, I often used to drive past the crumbling remains of that type of justice as I made trips between Alamogordo, NM and El Paso, TX. In between the two is the small town of Orogrande which has the structure of a gallows still sitting near the main road.

 

Orogrande, the home of the crazy ex chef....nice widespot in the road. I haven't been that way since the '90s.

http://www.petermanseye.com/passions/food/310-the-new-rock-stars

"One of the greatest cultural boundaries is not between Serbians and Croats, nor between Sunnis and Shiites... it is beween waitresses and short order cooks 'at the window'. And that reminds me of a small rural diner in Orogrande, New Mexico, out in the desert near Fort Bliss and White Sands: one waitress, one cook (the owner). I asked for a menu and was told the owner 'wasn't cooking that today'; she went on to tell me what he was cooking today. I ordered. A few minutes later, a camera crew came in to document the place (sheer coincidence) and was ejected by the owner who came out of the kitchen long enough to tell them to clear out; 'If you come in my diner, you ask ME for permission to shoot!' Apologies didn't cut it; they left. And then some poor deluded soul entered, went to a darker area and sat down. The lieutenant colonel sitting next to me in fatigues said, 'He's in trouble!' 'Why?' 'You don't sit over there when this section is open... that is the closed section!' Sure enough, out stormed the owner to eject the troublemaker. It seems he decides some days to close the place, too, and would simply come out of the kitchen and announce, 'I'm closing up... everybody get out'. And they would.

How did he stay in business? Well, I had one of the best hamburgers this side of heaven!

The regulars (and I chatted with two of them) said that if you 'followed the rules' you would never eat this well anywhere else. I was inclined to agree as I very, very quietly walked out the door back into the baking heat."


I don't remember the guy's name but he had pictures of some very famous people up on the walls. I wish I could remember the retort when a young Army sergeant asked for lettuce and tomato, it was priceless.

Thanks for bringing up the memory.

 

And here is the history of MIS online graduate course offerings at WNMU from Spring 2007 to Spring 2009.

CMPS 501 Introduction to Information Security (Fall 2008)
CMPS 505 MIS for Managers (Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Fall 2008)
CMPS 515 Advanced Concepts of Databases (Spring 2008)
CMPS 567 Information Systems Networking (Spring 2009)
CMPS 580 Project Management Tools & Techniques (Summer 2008)

 

And here is the history of online psychology graduate offerings at WNMU.

PSY 505 Psychology of Learning (Summer 2006, Summer 2007, Fall 2007, Fall 2008)
PSY 512 Psychopathology (Summer 2007, Summer 2008)
PSY 525 Theories of Personality (Summer 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009)
PSY 530 Psychology of Gender (Spring 2009)
PSY 580 Workshop: Positive Psychology (Summer 2008)
PSY 580 Workshop: Psychology & Spirituality (Spring 2009)

 

Will he write a thesis for both concentrations, test for both, or write one thesis and take one comprehensive final? Did your colleague get to choose?

 

Good info. Thank you.

 

He is choosing to write two theses - he loves to write (BA in English).

Shawn

 

Does that mean he will need 42 credits to graduate? 15 credits via courses and 6 credits from the thesis in each area of concentration?

 

I said:

Concerning the MA in Interdisciplinary Studies, I am interested in English (18 hours) and Education (18 hours). Will I have to write a thesis for each concentration, OR take a comprehensive final for each concentration, OR write a thesis for one concentration and take a comprehensive final for the other area of concentration?

WNMU said:

Thanks for your inquiry.
The exit requirements for the online MAIS program are determined by the individual academic departments. However, in the case of ENGL/EDUC, you would be required to take a comprehensive exam that would include questions from each of the two disciplines, as well as a question that combined the two.
A thesis is an option, but it is rarely selected by our students.
Katherine

Katherine Warren
Virtual Campus
Western New Mexico University
575.538.6549

 

Per WNMU, SPED classes count as part of the EDU concentration in the MAIS program. I am strongly leaning toward doing the MAIS with EDU/ENG concentrations.