Cal State Stanislaus announced a new online MBA program, expected to launch in fall 2012, that will allow students to receive an MBA through a combination of online courses and in-person instruction.
The degrees will reportedly cost the same amount as an MBA earned on-campus at CSU Stanislaus, about $20,000.
Unaccredited learning institutions have offered online MBA degrees in the past, but this will be the first one that is AACSB accredited, allowing it to stand as a viable replacement for students who want the prestige of a “real” degree.
The MBA program is about 70 percent in-person instruction at classes held only on Saturdays, with the remaining 30 percent being online.
Currently, Stan State has no plans to differentiate MBAs earned using the help of online classes from MBAs earned in a more traditional setting but some students don’t agree.
“I don’t think it is fair,” CSULB student Rossetta Ragusa said. “Going to class is work, and they would not have to do it.”
This program comes in the wake of the Cal State University system considering a variety of different online programs.
These included a full-fledged, degree-granting online university dubbed CSU Online, a master’s degree-granting university, which would also offer an “executive” master’s of business administration degree at a “premium” price, and, CSU Quick Start, a program focused on California high school students.
But, before the university can move forward with the initiative or even consider the options presented by the firm, it has to hire an executive director.
CSU Online is also expected to launch in fall 2012.
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