re: LSUS Online MBA Reviews

Folks.

I’ve been so bored this week. I’m sitting here mindlessly right now. I kinda wish they had squeezed in another class.

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This is completely off topic of the LSUS MBA but it just blew my mind. I know most people don't take Liberal Arts very seriously but I find this ridiculous.

I was looking thru the LSUS catalog and stumbled onto their Masters in Liberal Arts program. Ten 3-credit classes sounds on par with other graduate programs, including ours, BUT five of those classes are 3-hr seminars/lectures. A sixth class is a workshop where you work on writing a thesis draft. Another class is simply submitting the written thesis. That class is only graded on a pass/fail basis but I guess fail is too harsh of a word so they call it pass/no credit. So three electives is the only real coursework to get your graduate degree. The first core class in the program is LA701; a 3-hr seminar defending Liberal Arts as being a worth-while education.

Still costs the same as any other Masters degree... just an accredited diploma mill?

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Here's the thing...it's a Liberal Arts degree. When I see "Liberal Arts" on a degree, I don't take it seriously. It's like you're saying "Hey, I'll do the least necessary for a degree." That's why most pro athletes get a degree in Lib Arts or Sports Management. Reason being, there is no real training or exposure to business theories. On the other hand, an MBA from an accredited program is a win. The ACBSP accreditation speaks volumes and if your goal or desire is to teach business courses some day at the collegiate level, many colleges and universities require that your degree be from an ACBSP-accredited institution.

Also, if your goal is simply to say that you have your masters degree, then that might be the program for you. However you may feel awkward when someone presses further and asks what your area of specialty is and your response is "Liberal Arts." Personally, my goal is to have an MBA and the fact that when I finish this program I will have an MBA from an ACBSP-accredited university.