CMU MSA degree

[natshar]

Courses must either be recommended by ACE for graduate credit or graduate level courses taken at a regionally accredited institution.

Yes but that is only referring to "Graduate Transfer Credit" which doesn't include NCCRS. NCCRS would fall under "prior learning credit". 

"Graduate Transfer Credit" and "Prior Learning Credit" are two different things and evaluated and categorized separately. 50% of the degree can be transfer credit. But prior learning credit is limited to 12 credits and you have it evaluated by a specific office. I do find it interesting that they lump ACE into the graduate transfer credits category.

Graduate transfer credit and prior learning credit are evaluated separately by different departments and are two different things. Prior learning credit includes credit from work experience, professional certifications and more. So NCCRS could be considered for credit evaluation. Not for sure, but it isn't ruled out yet. Also the MSA is on the NCCRS page: http://www.nationalccrs.org/college-univ...university

And I guess the transfer credit wouldn't be random but the degree is broad enough they allow for many different concentrations options.

Either way this degree isn't good as I thought. But still interesting for a masters degree to encourage students to use prior learning experiences to finish the degree quicker. 

Thanks for pointing out stuff I missed. I still think this is a unique degree option. But I don't know if it is worth it for most situations though.