Decided on NCU for a PhD in Business Administration

[ryoder]

I am taking the Business Research Methods course as slow as I can. I have just under 3 weeks left and then start my next computer science course.
This research methods course is a little out of my comfort zone as I am really creating the beginning of my dissertation proposal.

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So I was looking into NCU and it sounds like a pretty good problem but I just got to say: What is up with the ncu.edu website design?? That has to be the ugliest .edu website I have ever seen. It looks like they took a $50 web template and changed the text on it. I don’t understand why a company that I’m sure makes plenty of cash can’t produce a website that gives the impression that it is a legitimate website.

[contactmail]

So I was looking into NCU and it sounds like a pretty good problem but I just got to say: What is up with the ncu.edu website design?? That has to be the ugliest .edu website I have ever seen. It looks like they took a $50 web template and changed the text on it. I don’t understand why a company that I’m sure makes plenty of cash can’t produce a website that gives the impression that it is a legitimate website.

Well NCU must have read my post (or more likely it was a coincidence) but they just redesigned WOW the website and it looks MUCH better.

[ryoder]

Yeah I felt the same way. But wait till you login to the learner site. Its ghastly.

[ryoder]

An update.
I have been in the PhD for a while now and have finished 10 courses. This is about the half-way mark but the real work begins at the 2/3 mark so I don't know if I can really call this half way yet.
I have one more class and I will be awarded the CAGS Business. Its a 6 course certificate sequence that is made up of doctoral level courses.
After I finish that class I will have to reapply to resume the PhD. For that I will wait until next year when my tuition reimbursement is replenished.

Here is my progress so far.

Section Code Name Start Date End Date Grade Note
Elective ECM7000 E-Commerce 12/19/11 A Counts toward CAGS but not PhD

Foundations (12 cr)
BTM7101 Foundations of Doctoral Study in Business 02/27/12 A
MGT7019 Business Ethics 02/27/12 A
SKS7000 Strategic Knowledge Studies 03/19/12 A
BTM8104 Statistics I 05/21/12 A

Research Core Part one (3cr)
BTM8102 Biz Research Methodology 07/30/12 A

Specialization (15cr)
CS7006 Adv Networking Tech 06/04/12 A
CS7009 Adv Topics in MIS 09/10/12 11/05/12 A
CS7005 Complex Database Mgmt Sys 11/19/12 12/31/12 A- 5 week completion time
CS7014 Software Engineering 01/07/13 03/03/13 A 4 week completion time
CS7015 Distributed Computing 03/10/13 04/14/13 NA 4 week completion time and Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS Awarded)

Taking a substantial break before reenrolling in the PhD toward the end of the year to maximize reimbursement.

Research Core (15cr)
BTM8108 Qualitative Research Design 07/01/14 08/26/14
BTM8107 Statistics II 09/09/14 10/21/14
BTM8106 Quantitative Research Design 11/04/14 12/30/14
BTM8109 Planning Dissertation Research 01/13/15 03/10/15
CMP9500 Doctoral Comprehensive Examination 03/24/15 05/19/15

Dissertation (12 cr)
DIS9501 Dissertation Research 06/02/15 07/28/15
DIS9502 Dissertation Research 08/11/15 10/06/15
DIS9503 Dissertation Research 10/20/15 12/15/15
DIS9504 Dissertation Research 12/29/15 02/23/16