I have received an offer from the University of Dallas Irving's new 30 credit hour MBA program. I have 7 years of work experience in software development. I am concerned about the delivery mode of this program as they run on ground/online/part/full time all at once. Not sure how the students keep pace with sessions in this self paced program. Also their cost is high - whopping $67K for a 30 credit hour plan with no specialization and expected to end in 5 terms. I am wondering if this kind of program would be any good for the professionals planning for studies on a students visa.
University of Dallas Irving Campus
Posted Jul 20, 2013 06:11
Posted Jul 24, 2013 14:51
Wow. What a strikingly unappetizing program: http://udallas.edu/cob/programs/mba.html
Posted Jul 24, 2013 21:57
hmm, I am not surprised at your response Duncan.....I have really failed to find a real excitement in this program after trying hard to find any.
The thing is I have missed some of my admission deadlines waiting for a better school and left with a few sub par options now. don't want to get back to work this year and really want to join a value adding MBA program. This sense of urgency is making me post on FindMBA forum for candid reviews on some regionally ranked B-school options.
The thing is I have missed some of my admission deadlines waiting for a better school and left with a few sub par options now. don't want to get back to work this year and really want to join a value adding MBA program. This sense of urgency is making me post on FindMBA forum for candid reviews on some regionally ranked B-school options.
Posted Jul 24, 2013 23:49
I am concerned about the delivery mode of this program as they run on ground/online/part/full time all at once. Not sure how the students keep pace with sessions in this self paced program. Also their cost is high - whopping $67K for a 30 credit hour plan with no specialization and expected to end in 5 terms.
I think all of you are missing the fact that the University of Dallas is the #2 university in all of Texas (U.S. News and World Reports) and #120 of all universities in America (Fiske's). Furthermore, UD's business school is AACSB accredited and less than 5% of business colleges and universities in the entire world have this accreditation. Employers only want employees who have gone to a school with this accreditation.
To believe that this program runs on ground/online/part time/full time "all at once" is ridiculous. The university is offering you choices... You get to choose what is most convenient for you. And there are many plans with specializations. There is no mixed mode to this program unless you choose one. Students "keep pace" because they are high caliber and actually understand the type of university that they are attending.
Get your facts straight.
P.S. It's called IRVING. Not Irvine.
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I think all of you are missing the fact that the University of Dallas is the #2 university in all of Texas (U.S. News and World Reports) and #120 of all universities in America (Fiske's). Furthermore, UD's business school is AACSB accredited and less than 5% of business colleges and universities in the entire world have this accreditation. Employers only want employees who have gone to a school with this accreditation.
To believe that this program runs on ground/online/part time/full time "all at once" is ridiculous. The university is offering you choices... You get to choose what is most convenient for you. And there are many plans with specializations. There is no mixed mode to this program unless you choose one. Students "keep pace" because they are high caliber and actually understand the type of university that they are attending.
Get your facts straight.
P.S. It's called IRVING. Not Irvine.
Posted Jul 25, 2013 05:48
Thanks kriordan for pointing a correction that was important.
AACSB accreditation is probably the first thing anyone would look out in an MBA program, however it is definitely not the only thing. Hence no bonus points for AACSB accreditation, its a min requirement.
AACSB accreditation is probably the first thing anyone would look out in an MBA program, however it is definitely not the only thing. Hence no bonus points for AACSB accreditation, its a min requirement.
Posted Jul 25, 2013 11:22
I think kriordan is missing something out. The mixed modes and flexible timing of the UD degree mean that there will not be a cohort experience. Many classes will have both full and part-time students moving at different paces. That certainly makes the learning experience worse.
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