UMPI Master of Science in Business and Master of AI Management Proposals

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A course here and there are fine. I took history of infectious diseases for my BLS. But this is half of your degree. If you look at the curriculum. Half of your degree is your concentration. Your concentration should be something that is going to help you advance your career if it's going to be half of the course work you take. Also you don't need a degree to start a Business. I owned a plumbing company that brought in millions of dollars a year without a degree. Typically Entrepreneurship degrees or concentrations are for people who want to get into or interact with VC companies and that's best done at a top 20 college.

That's your take. That may not be U of M's position. Without small businesses, there's pretty much nothing in Maine. Maine is a very rural state. UMPI's going to focus on Mainers and not the rest of the world as they should. They need to fulfill local and state needs long before anyone else. YourPace isn't just an UMPI program anymore. It now has professors from other U of M campuses. The Chancellor has talked about making this program open to all of the U of M universities but maintaining at UMPI. Could be what's happening now. 

We have seen several small business owners on here get their degree after they've been in business for many years. That doesn't mean they're interested in VC. Plenty of people interested in launching their own business or working to support small businesses aren't interested in teh VC aspect. Everyone isn't looking to create the next Etsy or whatever flavor of the month is happening now.