PUG has removed some master's degree programs from ExcelTrack

[walruspanda]

Interesting, seems like a program in progress, it's expensive and harder to complete terms with it being at 6 weeks I think for grad.  If it is extended to 10 weeks like undergrad, it'll be more cost effective for students.  Hopefully the price doesn't jump that much if it goes to 10 week sessions or terms.

Just to clarify, PUG has made it official that terms are going to 10 weeks for everyone who's currently on six-week sessions. Here's the email I got:

"Dear student,

"The Purdue Global School of Business and Information Technology 6-week E track calendar is being discontinued after the 2404E session (starting May 15, 2024) and all students currently enrolled in programs on E track who have not yet graduated will complete their programs on the 10-week C track calendar, starting with the 2403C term on July 3, 2024. This transition will not cause any delays in your studies and does not require any action from you.

"This transition will allow you to graduate sooner by taking two classes every 10 weeks instead of every 12 weeks, you’ll see a minor savings on term-by-term resource fees, and if you’re in a multidisciplinary program you won’t need to switch tracks at a later date, as all other graduate programs are now on the 10-week calendar."

Tuition wasn't announced in that email. The undergrad 10-week ExcelTrack terms are $2500, and the Masters in Nursing 10-week ExcelTrack terms are $3200, so I'd assume somewhere in that range. Currently it's $1700 for a 6-week session.

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I'm currently enrolled in the MS Excel Track program for Cybersecurity. I spoke with my advisor about if the program was discontinued and she said that the option is still available but there is a discussion on extending the terms to 10 weeks.

I know of a student who started MS Cybersecurity Exceltrack on the current term (February 14th), so as of then they were still allowing students to register. But there doesn't seem to be a way for any student to register for MSIT or MS Cybersecurity ExcelTrack any more, so my assumption is that they're winding the programs down -- basically allowing current students to continue, but not taking in any more. 

That said, in this case I don't have any special knowledge, I'm just inferring based on the changes that PUG has made to their website.

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10 weeks would work better from a grading standpoint. I've had to hound my advisor 3 times already to get my papers graded :|

Yeah, PUG's BSIT was bad on that front, but the MSIT is worse. Grading has been glacial. I'm just glad my advisor was willing to open up many classes for me at once, so that way I always had a different class to work on in the days until the next module in the first class was opened.