<p>Anyone part of the Northwestern Univ School of Continuing or heard much about it? What are your thoughts about it - reputation wise and what’s the application process like?</p>
<p>Not sure, but I think that it is an extension school for non-traditional students.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m just wondering if it’s on par with UPENN’s CGS and Columbia’s GS programs. Or is it like Harvard’s extension.</p>
<p>My impression is that it is more similiar to Harvard’s extension school since students do not live on campus, although certain programs–especially during the summer break–may allow students to live on campus. I am not, however, a good resource on this topic & am responding to the best of my knowledge in the hope that someone more up to date will join the discussion.</p>
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<p>I took extension courses through UCLA, Berkeley, and Northwestern
before; if my courses were representative, Northwestern’s extension is way above UCLA/Berkeley’s and likely most others. </p>
<p>The one I took at Northwestern was as intense as those offered in other NU schools and taught by a PhD student from Georgetown (in the summer). On the other hand, those taught at UCLA/Berkeley weren’t nearly as demanding. All the ones I took were taught by professionals and none of them had a PhD. Some of them were often a little shaky. For example, my accounting “professor” forgot to carry the solution manual one time and he could manage to get the right answers for just half of the problems assigned. I am talking about Accounting 102 here! Any reasonably good junior/senior can do better than that.</p>
<p>The course at SCS cost about the same as any other NU courses while the ones from UCLA/Berkeley extension were pretty cheap! My guess is that the expensive tuition allows NU to pay the instructors well; this explains why SCS is able to attract and pick instructors of high caliber.</p>
<p>Sam Lee: Exactly what I was looking for! Do you know if job prospects view the degrees the same as if it were a normal NU degree? I know for Harvard Extensions, job prospects can easily tell it apart because their curriculum isn’t the same and won’t view the degree similarily.</p>
<p>ColdWind: All non-traditional program don’t allow students to live on-campus. That’s not to say the degrees obtained through UPENN and Columbia non-traditional programs aren’t held in high regards.</p>
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<p>I am not sure. If you live around that area, you should go visit and talk to them. You should also ask if you will have the same access as other students to the career center services and all the on-campus recruiting jobs you qualify for.</p>
<p>I attended NU SCS for a quarter, and let me tell you that you have access to all facilities and perks as a regular NU student. The tuition is as expensive as regular NU classes and that’s why I have to stop going since my employer stop offering Tuition reimbursement. I was attending the MCS program and most of the students have lost of field experienced and were working for companies like Motorola, ATT, Verizon, Cisco. Social networking is pretty much set when you attend the NU SCS. Now I understand why an expensive school can make a difference, it is not what you learn in class but is who you get to meet when attending classes at NU SCS. I’m planning to go back in the summer and finish the degree. Hope this helps.
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<p>any more thoughts? i’m also interested in the program.</p>
<p>Just received my decision letter and was admitted under the Performance Based Admission.</p>
<p>I have a question: Would it be possible to change it from Fall 2009 to Winter 2010? I want to see if there are better options and/or take more classes locally before I’m set for a challenge.</p>
<p>I can tell you that the SCS building downtown is REALLY nice and also in a great location.</p>
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<p>Call the administrative office. I’m sure this is possible but they’re the best source for answers.</p>
<p>any thoughts on their new online program, mppa? i think courses are comparable to mpa/mpp offer at other schools like sais, ksg, wws, harris. is it likely that in the future northwestern will have a school of public policy?</p>
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<p>I’m not sure if you’re talking about just the SCS, but Northwestern does have a public policy school. SESP: School of Education and Social Policy</p>
<p>^^ School of Education and Social Policy is more geared towards those interested in human development, social policy, learning technologies, and education (K-12). It is generally ranked one of the top education schools in the country.</p>
<p>i’m talking about just the mppa(master of arts in public policy and administration) program. it was moved from the graduate school to scs so it’s not unlikely to move to a more appropriate school should one become available. most top schools have schools of social policy so why can’t northwestern have one? along the same line, johns hopkins just established its own business school after having offered an mba, for quite some times, through its school of continuing studies [Carey</a> Business School Home](<a href=“http://carey.jhu.edu/]Carey”>http://carey.jhu.edu/)</p>