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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?

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.

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Posted by BusinessKnight

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Posted on 12/14/18 at 10:31 am to Menace1069

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When I see "Liberal Arts" on a degree, I don't take it seriously.

That is unfortunate. I don't know about liberal arts degrees at all institutions, but my undergraduate degree was at a liberal arts institution. It was a heck of a lot more rigorous than this near-fraudulent MBA I just earned at LSUS which is basically a junior college level academic challenge or worse. Almost anyone can get in at LSUS, and almost anyone can get a 4.0 with a little effort and good time management.

In my liberal arts undergraduate institution, I was challenged in every class. I was exposed to and learned a great deal that helps me understand the world and people such as history, psychology, biology, chemistry, literature, philosophy, advanced mathematics, law, politics, globalization, cultures, logic, and religion. I learned how to read well, write well, work through issues in discussions and debate, and negotiate well. I developed keen critical thinking skills that continue to serve me well today. It was and continues to be extremely valuable to me as a person, business executive, and leader of people. The MBA at LSUS is so far below it, it is comical. But, hey, you got your letters and everyone thinks you know what you are doing in business. But, you really just figured out how to navigate through a bunch of busy work, learned a little about accounting and economics because you had an actual teacher in those classes, figured out how to BS your way through some online discussion posts and maybe 2 papers, did well-enough on silly test questions, endured hoop-jump professors who have never had a real job in the business world, and did a strategy canvas if you were lucky- and even then you only did one or two sections yourself. Perhaps the most valuable things learned at LSUS are a few Excel functions, how to use Zoom, and the search function in Acrobat. Congratulations.

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