Florida Tech - Online

I graduated with a 4.0 GPA in the M.S. in Cybersecurity & IT online program. That being said, the program felt like they were copying and pasting a template throughout the entire program. There were 11 courses at 3 units each, making 33 program hours. Each class was 8 weeks long and consisted of a 5-8 discussions, 1 mid term, 1 final, and maybe a project. I would say about 4 courses were challenging and required some time to actually read the course text. Also, some instructors are really on one... Read More with the whole APA formatting and taking grades down for minor errors. One of the frustrating things I had to overcome was the fact that some instructors have a syllabus/ rubric set out that they did not follow for grading. This meant I had to adjust but in the end, its not right. Cindy from Bisk was my advisor, she was great and worked with me. I didn't take any loans for this and I paid out of pocket, so I was adamant about getting my moneys worth. Unfortunately, that was not the case. I would reference the program content closer to what you would find at a Community College; which is not terrible, just not what you'd expect when paying ~$2400 a class. My advice? Go get your piece of paper somewhere else.

It was a great experience throughout those past two years for completing my MBA IT Management. I really thank everyone who has supported me to complete it successfully. Staffs were doing great job supporting students, especially people i know David Abdullah - Enrollment Advisor, Student advisor - Cindy Dilley, and professors. Cindy was amazing, used to call me and giving me directions about the future classes at right time and sending study materials few weeks before the next class and reminded me... Read More about the things i have to do within a specific time period and also replied me with emails or phone calls for my concerns. Also, study materials were adequate for each classes. I really don't know about the names of everyone who work behind the screen of this online program, but i would say they are doing a great job for online students. Also, i believe that FIT management has an important role in their coordination and support among their staffs. It is my first degree from USA and FIT did a great job in completing my degree.

A Master's degree taught at an Associate's degree level for the most part. Out of 8 instructors, there were 3 instructors who were good and seemed to actually care about teaching the classes. Only one taught the class by sharing his desktop and used audio. The rest of them taught directly out of the book i.e. 'read this chapter and do these 5 questions at the end every week'. I can only assume they are friends of the dept chair and only use the position to collect a paycheck. For example, I sent... Read More one professor 6 emails over the course of the 16 week semester and he answered exactly one of them. What part of the fact that this is an online class does he not understand??? Another professor, who I had for two classes unfortunately, just read the textbook publisher's supplied .ppt slides verbatim each week. The Systems Admin class should be renamed "Linux Desktop Commands" because it is absolutely devoid of any information on Windows servers, modern security, data integrity, data centers, installation, backup, troubleshooting, anything related to a network, the list goes on. He teaches out of a dated 10 year old Linux book and the dept chair seems to be OK with it. I have Digital Globe down the street from where I live and I can say with assurance that after obtaining my MSCIS with a GPA of 4.0, I am not equipped to fulfill even the most basic entry level sys admin gig there. Oh well. It looks pretty on my wall!

One star is a gift, but can't save with no stars.Those here ranking poor got it right. Those with positives here are clearly on campus responding to food and facilities, not administration. It should concern anyone considering this outfit they are operating under three names Alliance, Florida Institute of Technology, and Bisk for each student. They discard sensitive documents, my transcripts TWICE. Learned today some are using unsecured servers for transcripts and I suspect payments. The employees... Read More are basically check cashers, cashing paychecks without doing the jobs, like properly filing transcript requests and retrieving transcripts sent to them. It took me having student clearinghouse send out my FIVE transcripts (I have 2 associates, 2 bachelors, and am already working on another Masters besides the MBA specializing in accounting and finance I was expecting to start on with FIT on Monday.) FOUR times for the nitwit to figure out she had to retrieve them when they sent her the notices. The agency paying my tuition has used this place previously, they are a vendor, I suspect this will be the last time. They sent payment on 8/17 and got an email to send the voucher to a different email and did immediately, that person just held on to it. I've been inundated in calls requiring me to cancel meetings, appointments, and delay clients work the calls and emails have been so numerous and time consuming to deal with. To give you an idea, the voucher was sent out a third time with email confirmation received at 9AM this morning, between 11:45AM and 5:19PM I have received no less than FIVE phone calls and TWO emails demanding payment and transcripts, even after telling the first caller I did not want to hear from them ever again. The last call was telling me they found all three copies of the voucher and the transcripts! Got email for orientation notice on Tuesday for orientation on Wednesday, that had me postpone an important meeting, students showed up, host did NOT. Got an email today to show up tonight for orientation, since some last night said it was their second time of no show host, no way were any of us changing our other scheduled commitments for another go. They claim to have sent a welcome kit on 8/9 via Airborn but can provide no tracking number and nothing delivered, I call NEVER SENT. Books not here and first class in Monday, at one point they claimed they were shipped but again, could not provide tracking number. Told them they have until close of business Friday to have my books in my hands or payment WILL be canceled. I'm expecting to lose a whole semester as it is too late to transfer to a school that has its act together. I WILL be sending them a bill for all my time they have wasted with their incompetence and the lost semester again due to their incompetence.

The classes are not consistent. The exams are unnecessarily difficult and confusing. The teachers answer within several days instead of a day. Spent most of my time frustrated. The papers are normal Master's length...when the class has papers. The material was specific, but too much for an exam. You never knew what an exam would contain. Overall everything else was mediocre. Felt like I was going from week to week class to class unmotivated. So, I would say...meh. Middle of the road on everything.... Read More Gets the job done, but meh.