Master in Computer Information Technology at NAU (Competency based, 3k per 6 months)

[posabsolute]

Hey guys,

I just wanted to let you guys know that I have been accepted into the Northern Arizona University MCIT program following my recently acquired BSBA. Like many of you, I wasn't sure if my lack of GPA would affect my "marketability", but it seems it didn't in this case. http://catalog.nau.edu/Catalog/details?p...gYear=1718

The MCIT is interesting for many reasons:
1. Competency-based
2. For each course, you receive a grade
2. 3k$ every 6 months
3. 3 specializations: Project Management, Information Assurance, Application development


They call it Personalized Learning, it's a bit different than WGU format where you only take 1 exam per course.

In this system, you have a list of competencies per course (2 to 5).
a Competency at the master level requires:

2 paper (8 to 10 pages)
1 mastery assignment (generally a project)

Because of the way the program is set up, finishing a course at the graduate level give you an A. So if you finish this program, you will have a GPA of 4.0. I anticipate it will be much, much slower than WGU of course. I'm a bit afraid I'm just not in the right mindset anymore, I use to study for 1 hour in the morning, 1 hour for lunch, 2-3 hours at night when I was doing the BSBA, drilling down study.com courses, it's been a while and it was truly a grind that I'm not sure I will be able to maintain this time.

But Is it really a better investment than WGU master in information technology? I don't know, but for me:
* the program looks much more interesting
* Better university name
* 4.0 GPA afterward

[bluebooger]

post link to program

[jsd]

Oh wow... I didn't know NAU was doing any graduate programs now. Before I started at WGU i was looking at their undergrad degrees, and that's all they had at that point.

Please keep us posted on your experience! I am definitely interested in this program.

bluebooger: the link is in his original post http://catalog.nau.edu/Catalog/details?p...gYear=1718

[bluebooger]

not in interested in the Core Curriculum at all
but the mobile courses look interesting

[allvia]

Do you have the link for this tuition and fee structure? I'm just not finding anything related to this program specifically when I choose the Tuition and Cost list on the navigation sidebar.

[posabsolute]

Yeah, nothing is clear for the MCIT, even if you ask their online support, when I did they didn't know it existed,

This explains a bit the structure:
http://pl.nau.edu/WhyPL.aspx

The way it works is this: 3,000$ every 6 months, lump sum (no payment per month).

[mvk]

Look interesting time for more digging

http://pl.nau.edu/Tuition.aspx

You pay a flat rate for unlimited access to Personalized Learning’s online lessons for six months. No application fees. No course or lab fees. No textbook costs.

[mednat]

I'd be interested to know when the other specializations come out as well.  I was considering taking some mobile app dev courses independently, but if i can wrap it up in a degree even better!