System Design and Development
http://www.capella.edu/schools_programs/business_technology/masters/system_design_programming.aspx
Level: Masters
Language: English
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Masters in Curriculum and Instruction
March 4, 2008
Resources were current and research based. Our county is moving forward with adopting and implementing the new standards for the 21st Century and I am a leader due to my recent coursework. My entire practicum and portfolio are based on evidences of work I completed during my coursework for the ...
MS - System Design and Programming
January 22, 2008
I'm in my 5th class in the Systems Design and Programming curriculum. I find the course work emphasizes individual research with properly referenced papers. The programming classes are challenging and also encourage a high level of motiviation and research. My project this semester is to implement a client-server architecture using ...
Capella is Exceptional
May 18, 2007
Capella University is by the most exceptional University online that I have found. They are very upfront about their policies and have never done anything reguarding my degree without my consent. I attended my undergrad at the University of Illinois, which by in large, was great, however, the staff at ...
Good Online University
April 7, 2007
The value comes from the real world experience of the instructors and the "adult" students. Most in the Ph.D. program have brick and mortar graduate and undergraduate degrees and extensive experience in their fields. All I know who have graduated where alike to use their degrees to advance.
Avoid at all costs
December 28, 2006
Capella University is nothing more than an online money-making scam. There is good reason for online-degree programs to be looked down upon by others and the so-called “education” you pay prime dollars to buy from Capella certainly explains why so many consider all online “universities” to be substandard. For example, ...
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Anon April 10, 2007 at 7:17 a.m.
Joe doesn't seem to care if Capella hires charlatans such as Diane Stottlemyer. A simple Google search reveals that she not only bought and used fake degrees from a known diploma mill but that Capella University knew about her and still kept her on. A real university would never tolerate such unethical behavior. In fact, others have been fired from positions because they bought fake degrees from the same school she did.
Anon April 11, 2007 at 7:28 p.m.
According to the national news media, Capella University University's Financial Aid Director, Tim Lehmann, has just been placed on leave for accepting kickbacks from a student loan company.
Lawsuit Against Capella DISMISSED December 17, 2007 at 8:09 a.m.
Lawsuit against Capella DISMISSED
The person who goes by 'Joe' and 'Anon' in this forum is the same man who's lawsuit against Capella was dismissed on 11/19/2007.
According to Capella's site:
All charges brought against Capella University by a former learner were dismissed on Monday, November 19, 2007, in United States District Court for the Central District of California. The court found that Capella did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act and provided adequate accommodations to Jeffry La Marca. Capella has consistently denied Mr. La Marca’s allegations.
In fact, the court found that:
1. LaMarca is not disabled under the ADA.
2. Even if LaMarca was disabled under the ADA, Capella granted reasonable accommodations.
3. Capella did not engage in retaliation by locking out LaMarca from Capella's courserooms due to LaMarca's abusive behavior.
In fact, the judge found that: "Plaintiff's comments were abusive, harassing, and inappropriate for any public environment, let alone the functional equivalent of a classroom..."
Dec 17 2007
Lawsuit Against Capella DISMISSED December 17, 2007 at 8:13 a.m.
***Correction***
The person who's lawsuit was dismissed goes by 'Anon' in this forum and NOT 'Joe'. My bad.
Rob January 26, 2008 at 8:13 p.m.
I have attended Capella for nearly two years (and I have just changed my specilization which means I will be there another year). I am working on my Masters and overall Capella is not bad.
Pros. They are upfront about your financial obligations. Their counselors seem knowlagable about the different degrees and specializations. The material is appropreate to the program. I have never purchased a book to findout that I had the wrong book, and Capella has never made a mistake when they told me what text I needed for class (I am sure that it does happen from time to time, the world is an inperfect place). I always have known what was expected of me in nearly every class (I can think of 2 times when this was not the case). The learner support team has always been helpful and timely getting back to me on any problem. When I had an issue with a grade I received in a class I was allowed to protest the grade no questions asked. I have never been discriminated against (others claim that there is discrimination at Capella but I have not seen this happen in my experiance).
Cons: Capella did not rule in my favor regarding the grade I protested (the teacher didn't know what he was doing and only lasted one semester before he left (was fired - whatever really happended). The course path and details about the finished deliverable for a number of classes has been foggy at best. I have gone up to the last week not really knowing what my deliverable was going to look like or even what is was suppose to be (in a couple cases only). Doing everything via the internet is tough no matter what school you go to. You can't walk into class and say to your instructor (I didn't understand this or that can you show me) because this is not a traditional class setting. I have had a hard time dealing with this reality, but I guess it all depends on your aptitude (you yourself might learn better long distance, I learn better hands on with special attention from the teacher when I need help). You have to realize that a long distance course is just that - long distance. If you plan for this reality things will go better for you in the long run.
There have been rumors of kick backs and the like, from schools who talk their students into enrolling with Capella, but as far as I know all this is speculation. I will tell you this, I had signed up with two other schools and was looking at a third at the time I signed with Capella. I signed with Capella because they were the most honest of the four schools I was considering at the time. The other institutions lied to me about finances and their expectations of me.
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Joe April 2, 2007 at 10:28 a.m.
"Capella University is nothing more than an online money-making scam"
- I disagree. "Capella University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), www.ncahlc.org" (http://www.capella.edu/about_capella/acc...). The University holds professional accredition. "the American Counseling Association's Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) has accredited Capella's mental health counseling and marital, couple and family counseling/therapy specializations in the School of Human Services"
(http://www.capella.edu/about_capella/acc...).
- "Capella hires and retains “instructors” who have literally bought their graduate “degrees” from diploma mills. That’s right, Capella University knowingly subjects their students (which they call “learners”) to unethical “instructors” who have purchased fake degrees". Faculty members who teach at Capella are graduates of regionally accredited universities. The faculty member in question has a regionally accredited masters degree, and qualifies for the position. There are Regionally Accredited brick and mortar universities across the US that are staffed with graduate level faculty holding unaccredited degrees. This is of concern.
- "Students with disabilities are also subjected to gross incompetence as evidenced by not only lawsuits that are pending against the University for their failure to accommidate such students but also by the fact that their disabilities services director apparently has never taught. Not only that, but she seemingly has no background, whatsoever, in disabilities services prior to working at Capella" The former student suing the university for disability accomidation has extensive experience in education technology. This person currently works as a technology administrator and has done very well at Capella. Capella University has fully refunded this persons tuition and accomidated the student before the lawsuit. However, this student has refused to cash the check. It is my understanding that this student has purchased real estate and it is in desperate need to pay off the debt. I believe that the lawyers are hoping to pressure capella by spreading negative info about the university. Hence the above post.