Post-graduate degree holders?

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Debating on getting a Macc or an MBA. Anyone have any suggestions. I am definitely going to sit for my CPA exam, which either will allow me to do. At this time, im thinking the MBA will open a few more doors depending on the concentration.
 
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TennVOLS93 said:
Debating on getting a Macc or an MBA. Anyone have any suggestions. I am definitely going to sit for my CPA exam, which either will allow me to do. At this time, im thinking the MBA will open a few more doors depending on the concentration.
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A few factors to consider:
1. What do you want to do with your degree? If you are planning on joining a firm, the macc will probably help you out more than the MBA. If you want to work in corporate, I personally prefer to hire CPA + MBA because of the more rounded curricula.
2. Where are you looking to get the degree from? The macc is not as dependent on prestige of school as an MBA can, and therefore you have more options in terms of location and cost. Top tier MBA will pay off in the long run but may saddle you with a ton of debt.
3. Are you sure you can pass the CPA? If you can't pass the exam, the macc will not be worth as much, depending on what you want to do, because a lot of accounting doors will be shut by the lack of a CPA.

Just my $.02. I have an MBA, my wife has a MAcc.
 
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kamarvel said:
A few factors to consider:
1. What do you want to do with your degree? If you are planning on joining a firm, the macc will probably help you out more than the MBA. If you want to work in corporate, I personally prefer to hire CPA + MBA because of the more rounded curricula.
2. Where are you looking to get the degree from? The macc is not as dependent on prestige of school as an MBA can, and therefore you have more options in terms of location and cost. Top tier MBA will pay off in the long run but may saddle you with a ton of debt.
3. Are you sure you can pass the CPA? If you can't pass the exam, the macc will not be worth as much, depending on what you want to do, because a lot of accounting doors will be shut by the lack of a CPA.

Just my $.02. I have an MBA, my wife has a MAcc.
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As someone who works in a Big 4 firm, this is exactly right. If you want to get in with a Big 4 or regional firm, a MBA will not do much for you.
 
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YorkVol said:
I tried for the first, but couldn't figure out how to finish my thesis at Ranger school.
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Thesis writing is so time consuming. I was originally trying to hit the minimum mark of 50 pages for mine but wound up with 73. On the bright side, when I attempt my PhD, dissertation writing shouldn't be as bad.
 
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YorkVol said:
Hopefully Beta, I need one fixed.
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Unfortunately, I couldn't afford the BetaMax course. But that is fine. I was always taught to specialize in one field and be the best at it. Some people may call me a one trick pony, but I prefer "the best damned VCR repairman in Southwest Blount County (east of the railroad tracks yet north of old man Pickens farm)".
 
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Master's in Geography from UT. :loco:
Ph.D. in Geography from LSU :question:

My advice: If you know you want an advanced degree and you know what you will do with it, then go for it. But if you are going to grad school because you don't know what else to do with your life right now ... don't do that. There's too much of life to be lived out there. :zeitung_lesen:
 
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kamarvel said:
A few factors to consider:
1. What do you want to do with your degree? If you are planning on joining a firm, the macc will probably help you out more than the MBA. If you want to work in corporate, I personally prefer to hire CPA + MBA because of the more rounded curricula.
2. Where are you looking to get the degree from? The macc is not as dependent on prestige of school as an MBA can, and therefore you have more options in terms of location and cost. Top tier MBA will pay off in the long run but may saddle you with a ton of debt.
3. Are you sure you can pass the CPA? If you can't pass the exam, the macc will not be worth as much, depending on what you want to do, because a lot of accounting doors will be shut by the lack of a CPA.

Just my $.02. I have an MBA, my wife has a MAcc.
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Thank you for the response. I hope to pass the CPA exam and possibly work for a firm doing external auditing, or possibly internal auditing/controller type rolls at UT battelle or Y-12. Not saying this is my only desire but to a point of what I want to do. I was thinking possibly the executive MBA from UT? I need to get more real world requirements. My masters will most certainly come from a school in the Eastern Tennessee area such as UT or Tennessee tech. I was considering the MBA as an insurance plan if I was to get burnt out on accounting later on in life. I dont know, I finish my bachelors next spring so I have some time to think.
 
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SergeantVol said:
Thesis writing is so time consuming. I was originally trying to hit the minimum mark of 50 pages for mine but wound up with 73. On the bright side, when I attempt my PhD, dissertation writing shouldn't be as bad.
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Many of the most prestigious programs in my discipline, Anthropology, do not require completion of a thesis. In those instances, the M.A. is conferred upon completion of doctoral preliminary exams. For persons then confronted with the task of writing a 300-400 page dissertation, it can be a daunting process if they never produced a research paper longer than, say, 30 pages. Production of a Master's Thesis really is good preparation for climbing the higher mountain of the Ph.D. Dissertation.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
Many of the most prestigious programs in my discipline, Anthropology, do not require completion of a thesis. In those instances, the M.A. is conferred upon completion of doctoral preliminary exams. For persons then confronted with the task of writing a 300-400 page dissertation, it can be a daunting process if they never produced a research paper longer than, say, 30 pages. Production of a Master's Thesis really is good preparation for climbing the higher mountain of the Ph.D. Dissertation.
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Thanks for the tip! I do not look forward to dissertation writing but understand it is a necessary evil for attaining a PhD. I am actually torn between two areas that I want to study for a PhD program. Due to the nature of my work, I wanted to get a PhD in National Security Studies. I have also been toying with the idea of a PhD in Pre-Modern European History. I hope one day to teach at a university.
 
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Strangely, that caption reminds me of something that a wildlife and fisheries science professor at UT said long ago: "When you get your Bachelor's degree, you think you know everything. If you acquire a Master's Degree, you realize that you don't know as much as you thought you did. And, if you persevere and obtain a Ph.D., you will ultimately come to the conclusion that you really don't know much of anything at all." That statement is oh so true. With the acquisition of higher-level learning and increased specialization, you finally obtain the breadth of knowledge and perspective to ask insightful questions for which you do not possess answers.
 
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SergeantVol said:
Thanks for the tip! I do not look forward to dissertation writing but understand it is a necessary evil for attaining a PhD. I am actually torn between two areas that I want to study for a PhD program. Due to the nature of my work, I wanted to get a PhD in National Security Studies. I have also been toying with the idea of a PhD in Pre-Modern European History. I hope one day to teach at a university.
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In the process of actually writing the dissertation, the real challenge will be deciding what to include and what to leave on the cutting room floor, so to speak. I haven't finished mine yet, but, after ca. 315 pages, I can tell you that, for me, the process of constructing a meaningful and coherent narrative is analogous to boiling a mountain of data down to an exceedingly thick "soup," one in which a page of text may literally represent a synthesis of ten pages of data.
 
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Doctorate (Ph.D) in Marketing.

For those of you that want to teach (career) at the collegiate level you should definitely get the PhD or equivalent. Pay differentials are substantial.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
In the process of actually writing the dissertation, the real challenge will be deciding what to include and what to leave on the cutting room floor, so to speak. I haven't finished mine yet, but, after ca. 315 pages, I can tell you that, for me, the process of constructing a meaningful and coherent narrative is analogous to boiling a mountain of data down to an exceedingly thick "soup," one in which a page of text may literally represent a synthesis of ten pages of data.
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Put your committee to work - feed them chapters and let them tell you if it's enough or needs more. I've gone down the rabbit hole and the best advice is to get the people that matter to give you feedback along the way to avoid the tendency to cover everything.

In my field, the newish approach is to write 3 related essay/studies that are closer to publication length as opposed to one opus.
 
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