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  • Capella just announced a new BS Psychology Degree program today

    Just thought I'd let you know that Capella announced its new Bachelor of Science in Psychology degree program, today. The program is designed around the American Psychological Association (APA) Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major. Here's some additional info. if your interested in learning more ...
    Posted to Capella University (Forum) by sfuern on November 19, 2009
  • What Mentality Are YOU in??

    As an employee of a statewide nonprofit agency, I am exposed to a lot of people who are low income, unemployed, and on welfare...what we strive to do is give them exposure to career and GED training, and hope to the community.  A lot of the clients that visit are of the minority, have many children, and most are unemployed; for some of the ...
    Posted to My Capella University Experience (Weblog) by JaynaB on August 27, 2009
  • 50% Summer Quarter Mark: At 2nd Base...

    If I have never said it before, I'm going to say it now, child I am tired!!! This quarter was no joke, I stayed up till about 2a.m. and I had to get up at 6:30 a.m. to get ready for work.  I'm still in the processes of doing my annotated outline for my survey of research methodology course and turning in my initial postings for my ...
    Posted to My Capella University Experience (Weblog) by JaynaB on August 13, 2009
  • Get "For Real" about your Research Projects: Capella Teachers Expect Scholarship!

    As a Masters Learner, researched is preached 80% of the time.  All projects and research papers must be treated with scholarship.  No horsefooting around at CapellaU.  I am sorry, if you want a challenge in your life, Capella will certainly hover it over your head.  But one thing I do love about the research process they give ...
    Posted to My Capella University Experience (Weblog) by JaynaB on August 12, 2009
  • An Online Learner's Obstacle: Time Management & The Question of the Day!

    When I come across a day or days (like 2 days ago), that I feel a little unmotivated or undriven to study or start on an assignment, I usually read Capella alumni accomplishments or watch podcasts of past graduations.  One of the videos that Capella U has on their student site is one dedicated to online learners on the strategies to complete ...
    Posted to My Capella University Experience (Weblog) by JaynaB on August 10, 2009
  • Online School Rankings: Capella University Marks...

    Online Education Database has a rankings list of online colleges and universities that are regionally accredited established this year (2009).  Capella University stood at #23 out of 44 online universities that were measured.  The experimenter based information on acceptance rates, financial aid, student-faculty ratio, ...
    Posted to My Capella University Experience (Weblog) by JaynaB on August 6, 2009
  • "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss"

    In the hip hop industry, it is perceived that "a boss" is a highly reputable entity in "the hood", he is mostly identified by the one with the most bling, women, cars, and lots and lots of cash.  "A boss" is a common term that most hip hop and rap singers use to describe their superiority and ...
    Posted to My Capella University Experience (Weblog) by JaynaB on August 2, 2009
  • Acceleration & Haste are Not Cousins: For all Quarter System Learners

    8 weeks....10 weeks, I can be done in 1 or 2 or even 3 years!!! Whew, fast isn't it?  That's one plus that draws prospective online students, is the "quickness" of the degrees.  "Get in and get out" may be your thinking.  But during your academic journey, are you learning anything???? Online universities ...
    Posted to My Capella University Experience (Weblog) by JaynaB on August 1, 2009
  • "Full Load Syndrome" Meltdown: Help me please!

    My father always told me that procrastination is the thief of time.  We prolong and prolong only to get overwhelmed by pressure to turn in things.  Then it’s unsurprising when we know it’s not our best work.  Procrastination steals the time that you could have used to complete class related tasks.  ...
    Posted to My Capella University Experience (Weblog) by JaynaB on July 31, 2009
  • JaynaB a.k.a "PPConsultant", hello to all

    Hey guys, just wanted to re-introduce myself to everyone.  Everyone knows I'm "PPConsultant" on this site, a pic of me with my daughter's sunshine hat (look in the CapellaU forum to see me). I also have a new Capella Blog here on Elearners.com, very excited to be here  But I wanted to say hello to everyone and this is ...
    Posted to Getting to Know You (Forum) by JaynaB on July 30, 2009
  • Capella University 2009-2010 Course Catalog

    Welcome to Capella University. Many of our learners initially choose Capella University because they seek an accredited, online university that does not require them to study in a given place at a set time. But after one course, their reasons for attending Capella University change. Our learners talk about the quality and energy of the learning ...
    Posted to Capella University (FileGallery) by JonM on July 24, 2009
  • Kaplan or Capella?

    Hello All, I have a question.  I have currently been taking online classes since 2006.  I started with Colorado Technical University (CTU), and went for an ASIT degree.  I obtained it in June of last year (08).  I became enfatuated with the Networking side of IT while there so I started looking into schools that offered ...
  • The Walden vs Capella Dilemma

    In the first post of many about my Doctoral experience at Walden University, I suppose we can start at the beginning.  Today, I will break down the decision process that I went through and why I chose Walden over Capella. First, I would like to say that I spoke to some people at Capella during the process of enrolling in a doctoral ...
    Posted to Earning My Doctorate Online (Weblog) by WheelCipher on July 2, 2009
  • School Psychology or Organizational Psychology? PHD?

    At this present moment, I am finishing up my last 5 classes at Capella University(I'm taking 3 classes for summer quarter and 2 for my last quarter, am I insane, probably...lol).  My masters will be in Counseling Studies and right now I am working for a nonprofit organization.  In the summer quarter of next year, '10, I ...
  • Good BS IT degree program?

    Hello, all! I'm currently attending Capella University for my BS in Computer Science, but I'm less than impressed with their setup. It's extremely difficult to cram everything in each week, it's pretty expensive ($1700 per quarter - financial aid only pays for part of it), and it's hard to figure out what each assignment ...
  • 2007 School of Undergraduate Studies

    Welcome to Capella University. Many of our learners initially choose Capella University because they seek an accredited, online university that does not require them to study in a given place at a set time. But after one course, their reasons for attending Capella University change. Our learners talk about the quality and energy of the learning ...
    Posted to Capella University (FileGallery) by victoria on March 24, 2008
  • 2007 University Guide to Graduate Programs

    Many of our learners initially choose Capella University because they seek an accredited, online university that does not require them to study in a given place at a set time. But after one course, their reasons for attending Capella University change. Our learners talk about the quality and energy of the learning experience at Capella. What they ...
    Posted to Capella University (FileGallery) by victoria on March 24, 2008
  • Capella University Graduate Course Descriptions

    The following course list is correct as of the date this catalog was prepared. These descriptions indicate the general content and topics typically covered in the course. Capella University retains the right to withdraw, modify, or add courses to the existing list without prior notice.More About Capella UniversityOriginally founded in 1993, ...
    Posted to Capella University (FileGallery) by victoria on March 24, 2008
  • Capella University Undergraduate Course Descriptions

    The following course list is correct as of the date this catalog was prepared. These descriptions indicate the general content and topics typically covered in the course. Capella University retains the right to withdraw, modify, or add courses to the existing list without prior notice.More About Capella UniversityOriginally founded in 1993, ...
    Posted to Capella University (FileGallery) by victoria on March 24, 2008
  • Ph.D & Distance Learning

    A FEW WORDS ABOUT DISSERTATIONS AND DISTANCE LEARNING The most rigorous part of the dissertation includes theMethods Section Study Design Research questions and hypothesis formulation  Development of instrumentation Describing the independent and dependent variables Writing the data analysis plan Performing a Power Analysis to ...
  • "Capella is rising -- and profitable -- star in online learning"

    Capella is rising -- and profitable -- star in online learning by Art Hughes, Minnesota Public Radio June 12, 2007 Minneapolis-based Capella University has long battled perceptions that online, for-profit institutions provide a sub-par education. Educators from traditional institutions typically turn up their ...
  • Selecting Courses

    What a frustrating experience the last two or three days have been.  I am in the process of trying to plan out my courses for this next quarter, but it is difficult to select how I want to take the classes because the materials provided for the course requirements conflict.  I have three documents: a degree completion plan (sent by my ...
    Posted to My Capella University Experience (Weblog) by Nicoline on May 31, 2007
  • Book and Course Materials

    Online learning offers a plethora of new obstacles, opportunities, advantages, and disadvantages from the traditional classroom setting.  Each quarter I have to purchase textbooks, while overseas this was a little more challenging than being stateside; however, with the online environment you can never be absolutely sure. For my second 6 ...
    Posted to My Capella University Experience (Weblog) by Nicoline on May 28, 2007
  • Re: This is a wonderful site

    You're welcome, that's what we're all here for ... but actually I was saying something just a wee bit different. I couldn't agree more that a degree completed online is comparable to a degree completed traditionally. However, it's just a small note that both Capella and Jones happen to be completely virtual institutions, ...
    Posted to Getting to Know You (Forum) by helenh on May 13, 2007
  • Finding Your Classroom Voice

    Having completed my first Masters program online in December 2006, I have not had as much of a problem finding my voice in my first MBA course; however, the general discomfort and trepidation that comes with starting something new or stepping outside, one's comfort zone has plagued a good portion of my work in this first course.  In an ...
    Posted to My Capella University Experience (Weblog) by Nicoline on February 14, 2007
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