Seton Hall University : MA Strategic Communication&Leadership Reviews
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Anonymous
(Graduate) on August 22, 2009
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Seton Hall MASCL Program
Finishing up the MASCL program and, quite frankly, a bit sad that it soon will be over. What a great experience. Professors were outstanding, subject matter was relevant and useful, and I am proud to have completed a program that saw 5 of my classmates drop over an 18 month period. If you are looking for a "creampuff" graduate degree, move on, this isn't for you. If you are looking to be engaged, learn excellent material that you will use professionally immediately, and don't mind spending about 15 hours a week (on average) on your studies, this is the program for you.
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Fagibi
(In Progress) on August 10, 2007
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surprise of my life
Attending school on line was the greatest surprise of my life. I had sworn that I would not venture doing any school work on line. But guess what, I will be completing my MASCL in September, 2007. I can not believe that I am making it through because of all the challenges, assignments, readings, but the professors are lovely people, Dr. Karl, Prof. Loyd, Dr. Dool, Msgr. Mahon, they worked really hard to get me on board. Thanks you all. Please, if you are scare like me, you can make it, and do not pass up this opportunity of your lifetime. You would not need to worry about driving to school because you will learn time management, discipline of the self, self-leadership, team work, etc. Good luck and please go for it here at SEtonworldwide.
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Gayle.barge
(Graduate) on June 28, 2007
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Seton Hall's MASCL Program Demands Excellence
Selecting the right academic program is one of the most important and potentially laborious experiences one can undertake. Clearly there is a certain amount of consternation because to be honest, you don't want to make the wrong choice. Marketing materials and PR buzz are often promotional tools of lackluster programs that over promise and under deliver. If there is a constructive criticism of MASCL, it is probably that they don't do enough self-promotion. While that is admirable on some fronts, on others it opens up the possibility of being short changed and lost in the pool of "also rans." Seton Hall’s MASCL program is one of the premier distance learning programs in academia. The following brief provides a review of a program that I regard as one of the most significant personal and professional learning experiences imaginable - the MASCL program at Seton Hall University.
Seton Hall University's commitment to excellence, servant leadership and global achievement spans over 150 years, with the momentum building at every turn. Selecting this program after over 5 years of research and due diligence was indeed one of the most significant and on point decisions of my life. The depth and breadth of theory and practicality of immediate application is priceless. Specifically focused on participation, team work and collaborative learning, the MASCL program is not for those who think they can sit on the sidelines and coast through. It is a program that demands excellence, mandating that each member of the Learning Team not only challenge conventional learning theorems but also through deliberative dialogue, change the envelope versus pushing the same piece of paper. The end result is the opportunity to design an invigorating environment where others can flourish outside the box.
My cognitive acumen was enhanced; my spirit and conscience as a leader and change agent are bolstered. Thanks to MASCL I have an even more pronounced commitment to redefine the ethical landscape in any organization with which I am affiliated. Learning from and sharing life experiences with the members of a tremendously gifted Learning Team was one of the greatest values of the MASCL experience. This program delivers more than it promises. Anyone who gives their selves the gift of a master's degree in Strategic Communication and Leadership from Seton Hall University is to be commended for making one of the most informed decisions of his or her lifetime.
My journey continues as a life long learner thanks to MASCL. This fall I enter doctoral studies in Organization Change confident that the platform for success that originated at SHU and MASCL will most certainly under gird my academic and leadership sojourn.
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Darci_bushey
(Graduate) on June 28, 2007
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SHU MASCL
As a graduate of Seton Hall's MASCL program (May 2006), I found this program to be of immense value to my life, personally and professionally. What I liked most: cohort program allowed me to really connect with my classmates over the 20-month time period; residency time to interact with professors and classmates makes the program more personalized and it gave me a sense of pride about attending a top-notch college while walking the historical, beautiful campus; and last, the professors - they were teachers, coaches, friends, and when need be, motivators to keep going! This is a challenging program but I found it to be well worth the effort of juggling a career, my personal life, and the course work.
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Cerjan
(Graduate) on June 27, 2007
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Outstanding Program - Great University
The Master of Arts in Strategic Communication and Leadership at Seton Hall University (SHU) is an intensive, highly interactive, leadership development program that provides professionals the opportunity to expand their capabilities and become a highly effective leader. A fast paced curriculum enables you to understand and operate at a strategic level while enhancing your organization and your personal effectiveness. As a 21 year Army Soldier, the program allowed me to continue to serve, deploy overseas, interact with my team / professors, learn and enhance my personal and professional life.
The program is not built on archaic theories, dusty textbooks or outdated instruction. SHU uses current technology, events and each students experience to emphasize learning and how leaders can become more effective while operating at a strategic level. SHU also accepts military Tuition Assistance and was understanding of the often bureaucratic military process for completing the paperwork.
There are three on-campus residencies; short but intensive Friday to Sunday sessions. This is where your cohort team begins to bond. Each period provides time to talk to other teams in mid and final stage. These weekends are critical for you and your learning. The first residency works on your presentation abilities and provides feedback from peers, professors and corporate speaking coaches to enhance your skills.
The program has five modules, each approximately twelve weeks long. A combination of reading, online threads, individual and group projects keep the module extremely busy. I put in 40 hours of work per week on each module. This may cause alarm for many, it’s a graduate course and your professors and peers expect you to operate at that level.
Mid-residency after Module 3 focuses on group presentations, a taped studio session, peer feedback and a press conference. This time helps to reinforce and strengthen your team’s relationship and motivation to work through the next two modules and towards graduation.
The final two modules focus on your personal strategic communications plan, team project and presentation. Your team is operating at a higher, more productive level, and you can see the difference in both your professional and personal life.
Your final residency is one of the most intense weekends of your life and the program. The time is dedicated to rehearsals of your presentation, refinements and final presentation. The weekend concludes with an amazing dinner and an emotional graduation on campus at the chapel.
The professors and adjunct professors at SHU are the most professional, insightful and talented people I have ever met. Always challenging, never easy, extremely compassionate/passionate, each one of these professionals made you want to learn.
You have to want the challenge, be motivated and want to be a better leader that can operate at a strategic level.
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Rfrodgers
(In Progress) on June 26, 2007
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MASCL: The Best Investment In Graduate Education.
In my humble opinion, Seton Hall University's MASCL online program (SetonWorldWide)is the best investment in graduate education one can make!
In today’s global and diverse workplace, organizations are full of major challenges, but solutions are at a premium. One such answer is the MASCL program (Master of Arts in Strategic Communication & Leadership). This intense journey of learning serves as a roadmap of discovery for key competencies in effective leadership and enhancing communication skill sets. Just as essential, it also has prepared me to continuously ‘look in the mirror’ at my own development, potential and perspective as a modern leader. The 21st century learning environment of the online classroom proved to be a valuable team-based curriculum.
At first, this highly interactive platform may seem a bit intimidating, but relax – the exciting journey you are about to embark upon will be propelled by the online experience and simply put, will serve as the ride of your educational life! The academic experts/instructional team is top drawer and exceptional; the materials and assignments provide the latest weapons and armor in effective leadership and communication strategy.
In short, the rest is up to you. Besides mastering a highly specialized learning discipline, your effective leadership will be making a positive difference and lasting impact for the future of your organization.
That’s not all - you will be stoking the flames of self-awareness, ambition and commitment for a lifetime…I highly recommend the ride!
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Hlnd4
(Graduate) on June 26, 2007
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Howard Steiger, M.A.
If you are looking for a challenging opportunity to balance career, family, and continuing education, MASCL is a great candidate. Globalization of industry and the intense pace of technological advancement have created the environment where a modern MBA does not address the true concerns of business with the current economic business models. MASCL is able to balance the need for leadership and communication.
As I prepare a SMART action plan review for my team of twenty-four direct reports, MASCL has made a difference. Every module focused on increasing the bottom line for a company with real case studies from The Harvard Business Review, papers from former graduates, guest lectures, and the assignments directly correlated to real world examples. This happens while the threaded discussions balance the virtual learning environment as to touch many other examples from your Learning Team’s composition and the Instructional Teams feedback.
As a mainframe programmer and web designer, I was conscious of wasting time in communication and leadership. However, MASCL delivered a course work that made applying the theoretical and conceptual with day-to-day business. I am able to apply the learning directly to my business objectives increasing productivity and especially moral. Yet, there is so much more.
Every Learning Team is able to build on the experiences of the previous, and the Instructional Team is able to harness the inertia into a morphed academic itinerary that is organic in nature. This creates a learning environment that can blend the virtual classroom with the residencies, and capture the true reason for education, which is to grow as a student. The support of the faculty was phenomenal. One can only want to take it to another level when completed; it is truly a different level of learning.
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Jmcmcc
(In Progress) on June 25, 2007
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Indispensible, Visionary, Valuable Program
If you care about the future, if you think you understand leadership, if you care enough to build yourself and your organization into something that is better than good, you must take part in this degree program. This program has been at once rigorous and rewarding. It builds on your professional experience, and that of a small class of adult professionals like yourself. I have had no in-class experience at any level of education that was as important as this. This experience makes me ready to take on any organization, anywhere. Further, the MASCL experience inevitably creates an amazingly close-knit group of student colleagues. Many of us, I'm sure, will be friends and mutual admirers for life. For the price of a car payment, this is an investment you will never forget, and never regret. You, your family, your organizations will be the better for it. Call Seton Hall today. Don't wait. Education gets no better than this.
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Alaskagrad2b
(In Progress) on June 25, 2007
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Seton Hall offers an Exceptional Learning Experien
I am a public relations professional living in Anchorage, Alaska. I obtained my Master of Arts in Strategic Communication and Leadership (MASCL) from Seton Hall University (SHU). The program was intensive and challenging. I did check out other universities that had communication degrees that you could achieve with distance learning and found Seton Hall to be the leader.
A big factor in making my decision was the fact that Seton Hall has an extremely well established university (est. 1856) with an excellent reputation. I knew that if I was going to be investing my time, energy and money I did not want a “Johnny come lately” or a “fly-by night” school. I wanted my degree to have significance for decades to come.
The three residency stays in New Jersey are critical. It gave you a chance to bond with your team members and intensified the cohort experience. One of the benefit’s of the cohort experience is that your team members encourage you through the program. You expand your knowledge because of the shared experiences from all of your cohorts professions.
After the first module, a couple of people dropped (perhaps they were looking for an easy degree and after the first residency realized Seton requires you to work very hard and progress to a higher level). After the first module though – we did not lose one team member. Sometimes your cohorts become the wind beneath your wings during this intense time.
We all made it through and graduated in the most beautiful and meaningful graduation ceremony imaginable.
My boss, who is the chairman of the board of our top Alaskan business, Chugach Alaska Corporation, told me that she has seen my professional growth while I was going through the MASCL program at Seton Hall. I felt that I was growing in leaps and bounds, but it was great to hear someone who has perspective on my career give me that feedback.
MASCL Assistant Academic Director Karl M. Soehnlein, Ph.D., is one of the great professors working with this program who challenge you more than you thought you could be challenged. He teaches the first two modules of five modules. This is an excellent way to start off the program.
In the program, besides leadership and communication, you really delve deeply into communication involved in corporate change. In our changing society this knowledge is something that may make you stand out from the rest with your professional colleagues.
If you have more questions on my experience with this program please feel free to email me at alaskagrad2b@yahoo.com.
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Kchyde
(Graduate) on June 25, 2007
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Perfect for all executive upward mobility
This program taught me how to really relate to my upper executive teams and how to anticipate their needs, and thus, how to meet them. I am a Marine Officer, and considered myself a good leader. This program taught me to be a great leader. I learned so much from my fellow classmates because of their high quality and caliber that they are screened for by the Seton Hall Staff. Not only did I learn of great academic acumen, but learned how to form winning teams with a diverse team.
The course is extremely time consuming. If you don't have 2-3 hours everyday to devote, don't enroll. The staff is willing to work with your work schedule, as long as you are showing your quality work ethic. Some of the books were a bit extraneous in their offereings, but because the authors were Seton Hall alumni, or partnered with the school, we used them. Those books and their subsequent lectures were not useless by any means, but could have been left out and I still would have felt like I got my money's worth.
The course is expensive compared to certain MBA's and a few other communications programs, but I have gotten so much use out of this course, and it's continuing support from the alumni program, that I continually consider it to be of great value.
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Anonymous
(Graduate) on June 25, 2007
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MASCL
This is an extremely rigorous program that requires a very high degree of online interaction coupled with the regular use of individual and team written assignments that often overlap each other. The curriculum covers leadership, organizational change, speech writing and presenting, negotiation, diversity, and strategic communication planning. Instructors look for students to create meaningful dialog, forward learning with new thoughts, opinions, and examples, and support their analysis with cited materials. There are three residencies in this program at are held at Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ. At the residencies, students give individual and team presentations which are videotaped and critiqued by instructors and classmates.
This program transforms students into skilled communicators and leaders. If you are looking to stand out and/or move up in your career, this program will be the catalyst.
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