Amberton has recanted...half way at least...

[daniellevine]

They are allowing their graduate certificates to be included in their degrees. The one degree that I find that it really works with is the Professional Development degree, because 30 out of 36 credits can be made up of ANY graduate course. They accept 12 transfer credits, which is what I thought I was able to transfer. They allow 9 graduate credits per term to be taken, unless you come down to only have 12 credits left. This is the case for me. Well, with them transferring 6 credits instead, all I have to do was 30 credits. I technically finished my Bachelors degree with Excelsior in October. I completed 9 credits fall semester that began in September and ended in November. That was a 10 week term. I am doing 9 more credits right now that ends in a couple of weeks. This term was an 8 week term. Then I will be taking 12 credits in March which is a 10 week term that will end May 21st. So from receiving my Bachelors in October to my Masters in May is 7 months. I initially didn't realize this until someone pointed it out to me.

My advise to anyone looking to create their own Masters degree is to go with Ambertons MA in Professional Development degree. You can INCLUDE TWO graduate certificates within the degree, being 12 credits each. Although if 12 credits are transferred then only one graduate certificate can be done. They have 2 required courses that take up 6 credits. This would give you 3 in 1 or 2 in 1. However, first make sure that the conferral date is before the date that you take any transferable graduate courses. I HIGHLY suggest to transfer the 12 graduate credits that they allow. To save you TREMENDOUSLY in time and cost. I would take courses from VESi and send them to Morningside College. They are very cheap and can be completed in 2 weeks.

Wow... THANKS for all of that information. I am finishing my B.S. at Excelsior, and I've been in close contact with Amberton. The only concern I had was your post from awhile back (I pulled it off a board search.) I am really leaning towards Amberton as an RA school that is also very, very inexpensive and gets lots of 5-star reviews online.

Are you saying it would be best to do a 2 in 1, and also transfer in the 12 credits? That is, one certificate and an MA, rather than two certificates (since then you can't transfer in the 12)? What do you mean by conferral date?

Also, what is VESi? I've been looking for cheap graduate credit for a long time now. I just googled it. Do you need to be a teacher in order to receive credit? Thanks for the help; i's really appreciated!