Howdy!
>I just finished my BS in aviation degree at UVSC
Congrats!
>start the MBA program at ERAUs distance education location
In classroom is awesome. Online needs serious improvement.
>What was your background degree before the MBA?
General studies degree from UNO online, concentrations in aviation, management, and math.
>Was it a difficult transition to the business degree?
I got my a$$ kicked. Two courses the first session online was too much. The last semester at UNO I had 26 credits from 4 different universities, 8 substantial research papers, and still made the Dean's List. At ERAU I was also trying to run a flight school and Sept 11th just sucked the time out. November 01 was the only month I spent over 5700 minutes on the cell phone trying to keep students, instructors, and airplanes going. By December it was too late and the term was over.
One course at a time was a good workload in addition to working full time.
>Was it a good experience at ERAU?
Mixed feelings. The Riddle-Runaround™ was a major hassle to get financial aid or registered for courses online. The distance campus didn't have those problems and I got direct numbers instead of the student assistants. I did not like how they backdated their documents. I certainly did not like how they suddenly decided to suddenly stop issuing financial aid for summer sessions (May through August) in the distance programs. That's three sessions that are now unavailable for those not on military TA. I constantly found it hilarious to be awarded aid with large amounts from veteran's assistance and grants, yet not be eligible for either. I loved the three weekends version of the courses. One weekend a month for three months, plenty of time to prepare presentations and papers, and recover from doing so. Both the students and instructors were from the real world and in the middle of starting businesses, closing businesses, designing new and unique things for Skunkworks or
>How long did you take to complete the degree?
Not done yet.
>Anything that might help prepare me for the transition?
Were you planning to work at all? Start working on assignments the night they are assigned. I had a roommate at one college that completed her masters in one year. She would be out for three days, camped out in the college library, just to write one small paper. Get the software "FormatEase" if you are not already proficient in writting term papers in the APA format. Graduate professors can toss an entire paper if one comma is out.
>How was each semesters work load?
Take one class at a time until you find out your workload level. These courses are nothing like UVSC's "complete in a day" courses.
Good luck!
Jedi Nein
