Which master's based on these two choices (Poll)?

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I think it's also worth considering that you naturally took classes counting toward the MS in Human Relations and Business, which suggests you have a more focused/specific interest than the MA in Professional Development degree.

This is a very good point, very insightful   - I did have the option of taking 'any courses' and I did end up at the MS naturally (well, one course swap difference)

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MAPD is a bit generic in nature and sounds that way too.  MSHR&B sounds better, looks better on paper and it shows you have taken specific requirements for the degree program.  If I was deciding on either, I would chose MSHR over MAPD.

Here are the requirements for both degrees, judging by the degree contents, for the MAPD, you can mix/match many of the requirement areas.  For the MSHR, you have specific requirements for each area.  Are you transferring VESI courses into the degree?

I wonder if you can mix/match the MSHR to have the exact courses you would for the MAPD, and ask to have both awarded without doing any extra work, by transferring more ASU Freebie 15 grad credits into the program... So that's 15 extra credits as the "difference" in credits.

I am not, and will not be, transferring in VESI courses; as I have already transferred in the 12 credits max from other schools. My goal is to get a single master's degree, and be done with formal education (although there are bets within my friends and family circle that there is a doctorate in my future). It is simply by luck (or personal interest as carrythenothing suggested) that I ended up with a one course decision away from the MS vs the MA I had planned on. I will graduate with 'a master's degree' this November either way.  But to answer your question - since the MA Professional Development does allow you to take any course(s), aside from the two required (same for all their degrees), technically all of their degree plans could be turned into an MAPD - but I doubt you'd talk any MBA or counseling student into making the switch    And No, you cannot graduate with the two degrees at the same time with the same courses, a second master's must have 18 or 24 new/different credit hours (depending on 2nd degree)