American Health Science University : Certified Nutrionist Reviews

Anonymous (Graduate) on August 20, 2011 (email verified)

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Enhanced My Professional Career I graduated in 2001 with the CN designation. I completed all testing, midterm and finals through a local college proctor, who admisisterd the tests. The program was completed in less than two years and was created for graduate studies. I had a small child at the time, so the convenience of scheduling my curriculum with my lifestyle was very beneficial. I found the program enhanced my culinary and consulting career, as well as my personal choices.

007health (Graduate) on April 23, 2010 (email verified)

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An asset to your credentials The CN program can be used in conjunction with other credentials to broaden a person's scope of practice and bring a level of professionalism to his or her practice. The course work was strenuous, but doable. However, like almost all "book learning", it is not until one practices one's craft, that true learning begins. Thus, the CN program is a worthy endeavor. It brings a level of authenticity to an area that has thus far been "a little out of the box". The good news is that modalities like nutrition are becoming very popular and mainstream medicine is taking notice. Hopefully the insurance industry will begin to loosen their pursestrings and begin to cover nutritional consultations. I would certainly recommend the program to anyone who is interested.

Anonymous (Graduate) on November 26, 2008 (email verified)

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satisfied overall ASHU was a great school. I was one of the students who was TRANSFERED to HCHS during my final semester at ASHU. I did not receive any problems with the transfer or with ASHU after the transfer. Although ASHU is no longer offering degree programs, they are still very active in helping CN's locate CE hours, and offer classes for CE. HCHS has many great degree programs and is a sister school to ASHU. I have never had any problems with Dr. Johnston at ASHU continuing to answer any of my questions even after my transfer into the HCHS.

Anonymous (Graduate) on November 3, 2008 (email verified)

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Very good I have comleted the CN degree and found this program to be very helpful and professional.

Anonymous (Graduate) on March 6, 2008

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Not Worth Your Money or Your Time. I completed this course many years ago, and was fairly satisfied with the coursework. My big complaint is that they changed their CEU requirements so that the only CEUs they accept to keep your license current are thier own classes that are way too expensive for what you get. They are just trying to make more money off their former students. They also do not let you use the CN "Certified" Nutritionist designation if you don't do thier CEUs and pay for their license. The "certified" designation should be allowed to anyone who completed the coursework and recieved a "certificate" of completion.

Anonymous (In Progress) on March 1, 2008 (email verified)

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Avoid at all costs American Health Science University (AHSU) is no longer accredited. They dumped all of their students off on another university which is probably better (HCHS). AHSU's director does not respond to any inquiries, and he has ignored requests for refunds from students who chose to withdraw from the program rather than transfer schools. The teachers who used to work for AHSU now work for HCHS. They were pretty good and they all commented that the HCHS courses would be better than the AHSU courses. If I decide to pursue nutrition education in the future I will look to HCHS.

Anonymous (Graduate) on September 12, 2006 (email verified)

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No frills, high real world utility This program uses a traditional "correspondence school" format, where assignments are literally mailed to the student and exams are completed and returned by mail. This format tends to make the quality of the lessons highly dependent on the quality of the course text books. Unfortunately many book companies these days place more emphasis on color and graphics than they do on content and clarity of presentation. There are no lectures or supplemental materials to help make up for the text shortcomings. However, that one flaw aside, the overall program is very thoughfully designed and fairly straightforward even for someone with a limited background in the subject matter. Personally I liked the self-directed nature of the study, but if you are one who needs a lot of interaction with others this may not be for you. For me, the lack of the currently fashionable and utterly boring "discussion" with people who know even less than you do was an absolute blessing, and made the program go much faster and pleasantly. The later courses in the series include practicums, which give you a good feel for the real life application of your earlier courses. There also is a required 150-hour internship, which can be a problem if you aren't currently involved in the field, but they do give you quite a bit of latitude in finding an appropriate activity. The blend of theory and application seemed well thought out and "real world" oriented. Although I took this program just for personal interest, this is a very economical way to obtain a legitimate credential as a health care practitioner. (Laws vary from state to state, so do check your state's rules first if you are planning to pursue this as a career.)

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