re: LSUS Online MBA Reviews

MKT 701 with Darrat... which one? There are two. M Darrat might provide a little interaction through an open forum, A Darrat will probably not provide any interaction.

I expect they will probably use identical formats, as they definitely use identical rubrics. Setup for A Darrat was... 3 easy weeks (Weeks 1, 2, 6 - 2 discussion forums), 2 intense weeks (weeks 3, 5 -almost 50% of your grade (240/500) will be on the line with a case analysis, test, and discussion forum all due. The other two weeks are moderate with one discussion forum, and either a case analyis (Week 4) or a test (Week 7).

Tests are not cumulative, which is good, but the pacing of the class is really horrible. McLaughlin has the best paced class (every week has very similar levels of moderate work) but no interaction. Meeks has the best interaction (he's one of the few actual teachers that actually... you know... teach) but a seriously heavy workload.

A Darrat doesn't teach, no interaction, bad pacing, and test questions that come out of nowhere. If you're not a good enough writer to consistently get 100's on the writing parts, you likely won't be able to manage an A because you will NEED the writing points to balance out the tests.

M Darrat is currently the subject of a lot of resentment, and I can't give an accurate picture because my experience was the FUBAR ISDS 710 which did a complete 180 halfway through the session. Based on the second half, I'd expect a similar experience to A Darrat.

ISDS 705 can be paired with anything, or even tripled with two other moderate load classes.