Fall 2021 Session 1 -- What is YOURPace?

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My Fall 2021 YourPace brings me back to UMPI! I have FINALLY been given permission to obtain a second degree after graduating with my BLS. I'm completing the BABA with Marketing Concentration which is one of the new concentrations. I wish they had this when I enrolled last year. I totally would have completed this degree then.

Yay!! Best of luck to you! I’m considering going back and doing the MAOL. Maybe next year.

I was going to do the MAOL but decided a different master's would be more beneficial in my career transition and after watching ashkir's struggles I have decided against it. Ashkir enrolled after my first term at UMPI and he flew through classes like the wind. We would start the same class the same day and he would be done in a few days.....meanwhile it took me over a week or two. He has not been able to get through the MAOL courses nearly as fast as we both expected. He told me this week that people should plan for a minimum of a year to complete the degree. It's a LOT of writing. I've seen PhD programs with much less writing. In one class, he wrote over 200 pages. He's in one now where he's written over 60 pages just for the Milestones and he's only halfway through the Milestones. He still has the Final Assessment. It sounds pretty rough and I LOVE writing. I don't love it that much. LOL I'll be going to WGU in the fall for my MSML and MBA. Then back to work after a few surgeries. Then hopefully onto a part time DBA program. I only know of 1 DBA program that's competency based. It's at Capella. I'm not super excited about Capella, but I am super excited about a competency based DBA. I really enjoy the competency based approach. Surprisingly, it works really well for me.