Free for Texans, $1000 for Non-Texans 6-hour class bundle at East Texas A&M

[FireMedic_Philosopher]

Update....

They removed the fees.
As an out of state student, I am being charged a flat 1,000. That is still a steal for 6 hours of RA grad level credit.

If anyone wants to sign up and can afford the price, I was told each course can fit up to 100 students.

Can you elaborate on this? Do you mean specific majors or programs? ETAMU is regionally accredited and a state institution.

Not sure if understand your question. The CBE offer is 1,000. That amount of money is an amazing bargain for grad tuition. Before the school applied the CBE discount however, the bill on my bursar account was between 4,000 and 5,000.

As for the enrollment comment, the enrollment advisor at TAMUC informed me that they set up the offered courses to enroll up to 100 students per course.

I don't think I said anything regarding TAMUCs accreditation.??

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Anyone who is taking these graduate level classes at ETAMU, how is it going? Can you provide any feedback?

Taking the public admin and emergency management classes... What to say... 

I am not a cop. The classes seem to be written with police in mind, if not meant to be included in a masters in criminal justice. As a result the videos, the readings, and the assignments all relate to law enforcement/police department administration. It would probably be wonderful for a police officer. I however am not a cop and the classes are a bit wearing. Not because they are hard, but just because I have no interest in criminal justice.

As to the courses themselves... easy enough. Roughly 50 pages of reading and maybe an hour of YouTube videos per module. Each module has a pre test and a post test. Pre test 10-25 Q multiple choice. Post test is the same plus a 1-5 page writing assignment, with APA citations.

Maybe 4-5 hours per week, depending on how quick you type papers.

[NotJoeBiden]

I was actually considering those classes, but now hearing as they are more policing and less actual emergency management I think I’ll pass.

It is odd, because you dont even need a college degree to be a cop, so I dont see many taking graduate classes like this.

Hopefully you anyone else who takes them can get something out of them.

[FireMedic_Philosopher]

I was actually considering those classes, but now hearing as they are more policing and less actual emergency management I think I’ll pass.

It is odd, because you dont even need a college degree to be a cop, so I dont see many taking graduate classes like this.

Hopefully you anyone else who takes them can get something out of them.

The emergency management class is still very much emergency management, but thus far seems set up as intro course aimed at a cop who has never experienced what emergency management is. At least the videos and examples thus far relate emergency management to law enforcement.

The public admin course is all law enforcement management ... so far 

Question: as a non-texan, do police officers run your county or state emergency management agencies? Is it for example a bureau in a sheriff's office, or an division within the state police or something?
Just trying to see if there is a reason for the focus.

Otherwise I'm just going to guess the instructor that wrote both courses is a retired cop.

As to your education comment, not exactly the case. For a small town officer, I totally agree. But at many county or state agencies for example you have to be a combat veteran or have a college degree to get hired by the state police. Both the state police and many counties here (IL) are starting to require graduate work to promote to command levels.

[NotJoeBiden]

I was actually considering those classes, but now hearing as they are more policing and less actual emergency management I think I’ll pass.

It is odd, because you dont even need a college degree to be a cop, so I dont see many taking graduate classes like this.

Hopefully you anyone else who takes them can get something out of them.

The emergency management class is still very much emergency management, but thus far seems set up as intro course aimed at a cop who has never experienced what emergency management is. At least the videos and examples thus far relate emergency management to law enforcement.

The public admin course is all law enforcement management ... so far 

Question: as a non-texan, do police officers run your county or state emergency management agencies? Is it for example a bureau in a sheriff's office, or an division within the state police or something?
Just trying to see if there is a reason for the focus.

Otherwise I'm just going to guess the instructor that wrote both courses is a retired cop.

As to your education comment, not exactly the case. For a small town officer, I totally agree. But at many county or state agencies for example you have to be a combat veteran or have a college degree to get hired by the state police. Both the state police and many counties here (IL) are starting to require graduate work to promote to command levels.

Minnesota is the only state that requires any college education to be a police officer.