Getting into WGU MBA

[Synicaal]

Been awhile since I was there so there could be changes but my experience was truly self paced. They consider most masters as 2 year programs even though you can work much faster. So "sufficient academic progress" must be made in every semester. This generally means you divide the number of hours in a program by 4 semesters. Fir the MBA that means 33/4 or about 8-9 credits per semester. If you fail to meet that in a given semester they will most likely just have your advisor make you aware and encourage you to get caught up. Thing is, I got to select (with their advice) what class would come next. Not a single class took more than 6 or so weeks and I would just plan things out so that hard classes paired with easy classes so I always hit my mark. Heck I was in such a hurry to get going that my advisor sent me the rubric for two classes before my official start date and on day one I submitted the first assignments.

I also took a few months off in the middle so I could hit my employer reimbursement....I was going too fast.

I am pretty sure the accounting Masters is only a year long process. I have no issues thinking If I could complete this in two semesters but personally I think I would do a smaller portion of the classes these are the classes it lists


Edit : The breakdown in the course outline has it as 3 courses per term with 1 course in term 4. There is no reason this should take 4 terms lol.

Advanced Financial Accounting
Management Communication
Advanced Managerial Accounting
Advanced Auditing
Financial Management
Advanced Tax Concepts
Fraud and Forensic Accounting
Strategic Management
Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting
Accounting Research

I don't see an issue with doing 4 courses in term one and then 6 in term two. However I still haven't decided on what I want to do. I feel like half of those classes would be easy so I could probably do like 6/7 the first then have a slower second term.

[rebel100]

I agree, every experience I've ever heard of indicates that a 1 year time frame is manageable for all of WGU's Masters. The only exception being if your trying to line up a third party such as a teaching or nursing internship. It is really hard to get folks to understand that the competency model, unhinged from traditional time frames opens up great possibility.