UMASS Global MAOL

[Vle045]

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As stated before it would be great to heard from someone in the program. Once you enroll into one of the Grad programs your feedback would be awesome, fantastic, and useful. Meanwhile.

I couldn’t agree more!  It is really not helpful when someone wants to be dismissive and condescending because you may be interested in something that doesn’t line up with their own choices.   

Your post did pique my interest in the program.  I spent a little time poking around on the website.  The “tracks” may seem a little bit limited as they appear to mostly be geared toward transferring something that you already have.  If that is not what you need, I don’t think that means you can’t still find a path that fits your goals.

If you are interested in Project Management, their PM track isn’t horrible either.  You can take that Project management certificate through Coursera.  https://www.coursera.org/professional-ce...management   The nice thing with this part is that you can plan it out how you want.  I don’t think it is truly at your own pace like other Coursera courses, but you can sign up for each course when you want and the cost will be the same. It’s just about $3,000.  It kind of works out nicely in a way because you can focus on this at a regular pace… but then CBE the rest, if you can do the other courses faster.

I would be interested in understanding more about the track that lets you transfer in other types of credits.  I think they mean other professional certifications, not simply other graduate credits, but I am not sure.

[Courcelles]

The same weight on the market? I wouldn’t be sure of that. UMass-Amherst is an R1 institution and, according to The Times, one of the top 250 universities in the world. Even the other three physical campuses, Lowell, Boston, and Dartmouth are all R2 schools.

Not saying there’s anything wrong with UMass Global, but it isn’t a research university, and it certainly isn’t Amherst.

[jb0433]

The same weight on the market?  I wouldn’t be sure of that.  UMass-Amherst is an R1 institution and, according to The Times, one of the top 250 universities in the world.  Even the other three physical campuses, Lowell, Boston, and Dartmouth are all R2 schools.  

Not saying there’s anything wrong with UMass Global, but it isn’t a research university, and it certainly isn’t Amherst.

Please let me know when your employer ask if your Degree come from a R1 or R2 institution. I will be more than happy to consider this information.

[rachel83az]

I kind of doubt the average HR person knows the difference between different UMass campuses. Same with other consolidated schools. Like, IIRC, University of California - LA and University of California - Berkely are completely different schools. But does the average non-Californian know that? Probably not.

[Jonathan Whatley]

Another example of the difference, there are employers who specifically recruit at UMass Amherst who don't undertake comparable recruitment activities at UMass Lowell for instance, let alone at UMass Global.

[Courcelles]

I kind of doubt the average HR person knows the difference between different UMass campuses. Same with other consolidated schools. Like, IIRC, University of California - LA and University of California - Berkely are completely different schools. But does the average non-Californian know that? Probably not.

I suspect they do, if only because of sports and both being PAC-12 institutions.

[rachel83az]

I kind of doubt the average HR person knows the difference between different UMass campuses. Same with other consolidated schools. Like, IIRC, University of California - LA and University of California - Berkely are completely different schools. But does the average non-Californian know that? Probably not.

I suspect they do, if only because of sports and both being PAC-12 institutions.

There are a LOT of people who don't know about or care about sports, especially college sports. So, yes, there may be some that know. But I still say that the average person probably doesn't.

[Pats20]

I kind of doubt the average HR person knows the difference between different UMass campuses. Same with other consolidated schools. Like, IIRC, University of California - LA and University of California - Berkely are completely different schools. But does the average non-Californian know that? Probably not.

I’m not sure about how much recruiters know. But I’d say using Berkeley and UCLA probably isn’t the best example considering they’re both a  5-10 ranked university in the world.

[Vle045]

OMG PEOPLE! Way to derail a thread. Unbelievable. I swear some of you are just ridiculous. WTH?

[ss20ts]

"Spoke to who though?" Obviously an academic advisors, coaches, and others at UMass. 

"If you want a true UMass degree then you need to take a UMass online degree from one of the UMass campuses." What does that even mean? Regardless of the format or the delivery the degree will weight the same on the market. Not like this is a lvy league School. 

As stated before it would be great to heard from someone in the program. Once you enroll into one of the Grad programs your feedback would be awesome, fantastic, and useful. Meanwhile.

I asked who you spoke with because many online schools hire outside third party companies to recruit students. Quite often they are not very knowledgable about what actually takes place in the individual courses. 

UMass Global is not the same as UMass. It's exactly the same as Purdue Global is not Purdue. Depending on where you live the difference between UMass Global and UMass could be an issue with employment. 

I suggested looking on other forums because no one on here has gone to Brandman/UMass Global. I did seriously look into Brandman while they were converting to UMass Global and didn't like some info the actual admissions department shared with me.