ENEB Master Thread

[SteveFoerster]

This is a copy/paste of one of my posts from the sister board:  For myself, I would have it listed as a PDG or Graduate Diploma instead of a Masters Certificate, I think a Masters Diploma may work as well. I think having the word Masters confuses people... I recall Graduate/Masters certificates are generally 12-18, up to 21 credits and Graduate/Masters diplomas are 24-30 credits.

I am currently doing the Universidad Isabel I as I think of them like MOOC courses such as the ones from coursera, edx, futurelearn, udacity and upgrad... some may be used for a mini credential and ladder up towards a Masters program, but for me, it's just used as a preview/overview of a Masters program, I am using it like a Post-Graduate Diploma. Anyone else think of doing things this way?

This is what I believe and gather these Spanish credentials to be, they're considered equivalent to a Graduate Diploma vs a Masters because it is a set of courses that total roughly 30 credits when translated from 60 ECTS and come without a graduate capstone, project, or thesis. The main difference with a Masters is just that, I am curious if there is an option to change or upgrade these to an "oficial" from the "propio" by just taking the final capstone, project or thesis if the courses are exactly the same. Someone should send a message to Universidad Isabel I and find out, heck, i'll just do that for the sake of knowing...

A few thoughts: If the university awarding it calls it a Master's degree, I don't see any reason not to do so as well. It seems the programs are 60 ECTS each, and that's an academic year, the same as many other Master's degrees. (If I'm missing something here, please let me know.)

That said, I wouldn't blame you for treating it like a set of MOOCs. In fact, since they say you get to see the entire syllabus (by which I believe they mean curriculum) from the start, at the price available through the Groupon I might take them up on it just out of professional interest to take a look at the curricula. 

I'll be interested to hear what Universidad Isabel I says to you. If a "top off" program through them is an option, I agree that would be interesting. 

Although I suppose most Americans would care the most what WES and/or other members of NACES have to say.