ERAU MAS

[av8instyle]

Anyone have or doing this degree. Bottom line - is it worth doing? I get 9 credits for my Military experience so I would have the thing in 8 classes as opposed to 13 or so for an MBA.

I'm racking my brain here. What do you guys think?

 

[Jason_CFI]

I asked the same question a few days ago with no response yet. I guess there are not too many people who have done this degree.

Here was my questionhttp://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15397

Jason

 

[JediNein]

Some of the courses were interesting, but they really needed to be in the classroom (either on campus or at a distance campus), not online. I got so much more out of the students in person than a brief post. Got a few job offers from the in-classroom students, zero interation with the online students. You can hangar fly during the breaks in class, while sending an email to the FAA's enforcement division director just to chat can be a CLM.

If one goes after the online courses, be prepared for 40 hours of video that would make John and Martha King edge-of-the-seat exciting.

The aviation psychology course is a must-take.

Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein

 

[g159av8tor]

I'm half-way done now. My specializations are human factors and airline operations. I got started one day in May 2000 because I'd been out of school for a year and missed it, I like learning, interacting with others and sharing knowledge. Basically, 10%-20% of each class is doing exactly what your're doing now on this board. The rest is a mid-term, paper/project and final.

The degree's worth? Don't really know execpt maybe what you place on it. After my original impulsivity, I reasoned that if I got out of piloting, I'd have an edge in the industry and other valuable knowledge than just flying stuff. PM me if you've got specific questions.

Tailwinds...

 

[Flyguy5432H]

The aviation psychology course is a must-take.

Jedi, kust wondering who the instructor was for the course?

I took that class the summer semester before i graduated the daytona campus, thought it would be a good class. it was taught by a russian woman who was an avionics engineer by trade and not a pilot. thankfully we had 3 of us in the class that were commercial pilots or above that could help her out with the flight stuff as she had many of the non-flight students so messed up it wasn't even funny. many of the questions on the tests were flat out wrong and several tests/quizzes had to be thrown out entirely for being really bad. it basically became a refresher course of flight physiology as thats about all the book had in it.

hopefully the distance learning course was a much better learning environment.

 

[SkywayFO]

So what will it cost?

 

[JediNein]

The psychology course online was taught by a video professor. He was one of the more entertaining ones in terms of changing his voice tone more than once during the course. If I would have taken it at the distance campus, it was taught by a flight surgeon from Edwards AFB.

The content of the courses really vary at the various locations and are very much customized to the students.

Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein

 

[Tim47SIP]

4 classes to go!

I am in the Airline Mgmt and Operations MAS program wich is a dual degree. Cost is 278.00 per credit hour in a classroom or 357.00 per credit hour for distance learning (on-line). Two classes and then the pre research course and GRE. I am getting it to fall back on in case I lose my medical or get really board.
Very difficult to complete while on the road, at least for me. I have also been told to stay away from on-line as the work load is greatly increased and test scores are not as good.
Look at it this way, it cant hurt to have any degree on your resume'.

 

[MarriedToIt]

As a former Riddle records person (and grad) , nine hours of advanced standing for military credit is pretty good. You'd be well on your way. I'd verify with someone in DB or EC records (depending on which campus you attend) if it's all applicable to both degree programs before using that as a decision criteria. It's not official until someone in Daytona Beach (either main campus or extended campus) evaluates you into that program and they don't do that until you apply. Keep in mind as you embark on the endeavor that graduate transfer credit (and ERAU GR credit for that matter) expires after 7 years. Advanced standing for military service also expires after 7 years of the date of separation from military service. You'd be surprised how many people take a break from school and are disappointed to find their older graduate credit has expired.

Some people pursue the MAS out of convenience (great class availability, minimal UG GPA to get in) or else they just want to add the master's degree to the resume regardless of the major. However, most of the people I work with now (Lockheed) who are former UG Riddle students are now diversifying by pursuing non-aviation graduate degrees from other schools or Riddle's MSTM program. The MSTM (technical management) program is strictly classroom and very structured. I only hear good things from people in that program.

It all depends on what you plan on using it for and if the Hiring Manager you sit across from one day even knows what it is. Good luck to you.

 

[festus]

MarriedToIt

I am in the extended campus MAS program. Since you have worked at ERAU and might know -what other jobs or jobs in general would the MA degree provide or qualify an individual for? Or what have you seen other people do with the degree? Thanks for the help!

 

[MarriedToIt]

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