http://www.ulsystem.net/assets/docs/...MARCH 2014.pdfOriginally Posted by GermDawg
Tech's proposal to recombine the Schools of Art and Architecture (they were one unit until 1995) starts at page 4.
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http://www.ulsystem.net/assets/docs/...MARCH 2014.pdf
Tech's proposal to recombine the Schools of Art and Architecture (they were one unit until 1995) starts at page 4.
This seems like a really GOOD move to me.
What the hell is a Graduate Certificate? ULL has three proposed, Accounting, Business Admin, and Professional Writing, is that between a Bachelors and Masters degree?
I guess it's like one of those eMBA.
Nyet.
An eMBA is a degree. A graduate certificate is not a degree; it's more akin to a professional certification.
But professional certification is by a professional organization, like I have a PMP cert from the Project Management Institute. What does a cert from a university get you, I've never heard of it before and can't imagine it adds too much value to your resume.
Germ:
Such "professional certifications" have been around a long time. I hold one in Environmental Management from LSU. Yes, I said it, LSU-BR. Goes back so far I accomplished most of it via the old correspondence courses. Yes, thru the US Mail! Also hold professional certificates from Univ of Toledo and the Univ of Houston, accomplished now thru on-line courses.
Many (most? ALL!?) universities are offering such certificates, or will be, as a means to tap into another market. Those who do not need, or do not want, a degree (or another degree) but want college credit in a specific field. Is another revenue-driver for universities.
Moreover, some employers require employees to get continuing education credits as a part of their employment.
AND...at least in Louisiana, there are state grant monies available to corporations to encourage employees to complete these sorts of continuing ed programs.
After reading the docket and requests from Dr. Guice, I took it as a positive thing that The University is being proactive to consolidate a couple of areas just because it's the right thing to do business-wise. At least to me, it didn't have the ominous feel of some recent announcements from a couple of our fellow ULS institutions.
Last edited by ChuckK3; 04-01-2014 at 12:07 PM.
I always suspected you were a true PMP.
Like cars, houses, degrees, or widgets .... the value of a professional certification or graduate certificate is determined by what the market will pay for it.
(But dont dismiss it just because you were previously unfamiliar.)
To those of you I PM'd, watch for an announcement, probably next week.
A graduate certificate is typically around 18 hours. It just straight classwork.
Most Masters degrees run between 33 - 60 hours with either a thesis or intensive comps at the end.
What does it mean when an engineer says he has a JV?
On a related note, Grambling's President Frank Pogue has decided to resign effective June 30th.
Was at a function last night and talk was "the purge has begun."
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