South College DBA

[cc95]

I would like to know how many assignments per class and the required length of each paper.
I assume every assignment is a paper, and we aren't doing PowerPoint presentations.

I'd like to gauge the workload related to the relevance of WGU or UMPI before I enroll in the DBA con IT.

I am currently on my final OA at WGU for my MBA in IT Management and have completed my MAOL from UMPI.

I completed my MBA from WGU 9 years ago, it's similar but requirements at South are more research oriented and there are no proctored exams.

Not every assignment is a paper. Some are electronic presentations using video, text, and speech. Others are infographics. They each build on the previous. There's no uniform length for papers, depends on the assignment - average is 10pgs or less.

Everything cc95 says is true. WGU has opportunity for advancement. South College has 1/10 of the speed chances and 3x as many assignments per course. They are not all papers and the grading for the level of course is much more strict. You can't go in thinking you will finish in one maybe even two terms. Even if you had the skill and knowledge, you will have road blocks like the grading instructor speed. There only so much you can do yourself with the limitations of the doctoral program. I could be wrong but the one in a million guy who speed run wgu program in like 3 weeks will not happen at south college. The disseration alone will take one term but more than likely two for the vast majority of people with dedication to the program. If you think you are special or will do something that no one else can with writing you will fail. I quit my my side hustle, free lancing, and spent every night working on my classes. There room to speed up, don't get me wrong but they also grade you hard on your writing mechanics and flaws in formatting.

Well, for context, I knocked at my MBA in IT Management in 69 days and that only took so long because I took 5-6 weeks off to do my MAOL at UMPI. However that appears to be the norm for most of us.

Last year I did my Pierpont BOG, Excelsior BSc in Liberal Arts, BAS w/4 minors at UMPI plus the AALS business concentration (total of 16 classes within one YourPace session).

I also have my Comp Sci Associates and Bachelors from UoPeople that I finished up last year as well.

January 2024 I had 0 degrees and currently I have 8. 

Plus squeezed in the 5 classes for 100 Million Learners.

People have completed South in two terms, which is my goal but want to measure the workload. 

Thus, I’m looking for very specific numbers what I’m getting myself into at South College, not opinion based responses.

With the pending 4 chapter capstone coming around the corner, which allegedly also uses the existing datasets. It may make the second session quicker without the full hassles of delayed grading.

EDIT: I had a professor at Excelsior that was very critical on my papers. Although I took her advice and passed the class with the 4.0. 

By saying the professors are critical on the writing, is that grammatically, vocab or both.

Do I need to reference my thesaurus while writing?

“ Aghast at the chaos unfolding in the midst of the boardroom, Jonathan hastily scribbled a memorandum while absentmindedly fiddling with the tiny cruet of oil on the table.”

You seem to be an extreme exception to the norm. Maybe you can pull it off, but no one else has any data to support that it can be done that quickly. Some of the specialization tracks also requires 3yrs in the field so you'd have to choose the right one that aligns with your career track.

Good luck and keep us posted!