American Military University - BS Business Management and Leadership

AMU-Online vs. Traditional

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on August 17, 2009

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I have read the reviews of some of the people who say that AMU gives out degrees. That the classes are easy. That most students graduate with a 4.0. Well, those people have not  done their research. 
Online studies are different than traditional class rooms. The mode and method of study is completely different.  They both have value but I would say (my own opinion) that online course have more value. The reason is I say this is because traditional courses rely on theory, where online courses rely on the real world experiences of the students and the professor. 
At AMU, all the professors have worked in their field of study.  When I was taking course at my traditional university,  I only remember one of my professors who ever had a job outside of teaching.  Some of the course may at times seem easier than in my traditional course, but I realized that I was learning more than my traditional course even though it was easier. Why was it easier? It just seem that way because it was made personal by using real examples from my work and those of the my classmates. 
I ask for my fellow AMU classmate who wrote  "if you want to get a piece of paper (degree) without the work" to try this: Take the same course at AMU as your local University and tell me which one you learned the most from and was practical for your occupation. 
I also would like to end by saying that not all professors at AMU are stellar performers. That is true at any university. In fact, that is true in any field. Do not judge an entire system because you had one or two lazy or bad apples.