Homeland Security Reviews

Good school with great instructors!

By: matthewtdavies (In Progress) on September 14, 2009

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I am a new Navy vet of 4 years and previously attended a 4 year liberal arts college. I am a 28 yr old father of two. I am currently 12 credits shy of my Masters in Homeland Security. I am now working for a DHS contractor at the National Operations Center in D.C. I will offer two perspectives. 

First, I found the workload and types of materials challenging. My current Masters studies involve more time management than my undergraduate studies on a traditional residential campus. There are distractions, kids, military assignments, and AMU strives to make education in that atmosphere conveinant. 

Secondly, I would give AMU professors a good to great rating. For the most part they strive to assist you with scheduling conflicts and personal matters that can sometimes get in the way of the books and papers. Although it is an online forum you still have to assume a level of responsibility of being a college or graduate student. Deadlines are deadlines and extensions can only extend so long. For the amount of money you pay for courses I see the professors as people of great value.

What the hell!!!

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on July 27, 2009

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I just finish my third class with AMU, and I got mix feelings. My first and second classes, sometimes I seems that the profesors were not there, ONLY to get and attitude about a paper and to reply, "This is Grad School". My last teacher, swears up and down that he is this and that, BUT his instructions are misguiding, the class references are a bit old, and if you don't write the way HE wanted, well, he will flunk you. Last time I check, GRAD school papers were done either APA, or MLA style!!! Well, can't complaint too much, I only pay the difference of the TA and books...Good luck everyone.

Not Entirely A Diploma Mill

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on July 22, 2009

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Good if you want an easy way to get a VERY cheap & easy degree to add to your resume; however, if you are actually looking to learn anything - move on.

AMU Review

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on July 14, 2009

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I have attended AMU for the past 4 years.  Overall an outstanding school.

Several things drew me towards AMU -- online flexibility, doesn't exceed TA reimbursement, undergraduate book grant, and regional accreditation.  

My experience with instructors has varied from excellent to fair.  However, I have also attended other colleges as a resident (not online), and found the same issues with instructors.

As for faculty support, I have had success and good, accurate answers.

The majority of my classes have had hard copy books.  Once AMU receives TA payment, the book order goes to the book provider.  Since I am in an undergraduate program, the books are paid for.

How can I ask for more than the military to pay 100% TA and the college covers books?  For me, a huge selling point.

A person will only get out of a school what they put into a school.  In other words, if you don't want to do the research, reading, etc then I don't know what you are going to get out of it.

I would recommend AMU to my fellow military brethren.  I enjoy th flexibility of classes (8 weeks only), the book grant, and the education I am getting through AMU.

Awesome

By: Anonymous (Graduate) on May 28, 2009

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Worked my butt off for this degree but it was well worth it.  The professors were sort of hit or miss, but I'm glad I stuck with it. AMU staff are great, very helpful.  Got a great job now despite the bad economy, thanks to my degree from AMU. Highly recommended.

Better Than Average

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on December 10, 2008

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I have been to several colleges and universities, and American Military University is one of the best in the business. The accredidation is the same as the major university I attended and I recieve more student teacher interaction. AMU accepted all of my CCAF credits and some of my credits from a local community college.

AMU is way more than a "Pay your fee, recieve a "B"" university. The one thing I don't like is they use a lot of online books and online books are not good for math courses and the classes are kind of expensive although you can take 6 undergrad courses per year with your military TA.

Terrible experience

By: Bostonfan74 (In Progress) on September 29, 2008

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Shortly after beginning my graduate coursework for a degree in Homeland Security (first course!), I was called away for work for a couple of weeks.  Unfortunately I was unable to receive the internet where I was and with the equipment that I had available to me.  Due to these unforeseen circumstances, I fell behind in my on-line class.  When I returned, I contacted the school and explained what had happened.   I was told by one department that I would receive 50% of my pre-paid tuition for the course back.  I was then transfered to the Appeals Dept.  Their reply was that since I was in the 5th week of an 8 week course I would not receive any reimbursement of my payment. In addition to that, I also needed to pay an extra $100.00 withdrawal fee.  My problem is that what I was asking for was to be allowed to transfer any funds to the same course beginning the next semester.   I explained to the person in the Appeals Dept. that the $100.00 may be the last dollar they get from me as they were making it very difficult for me to even want to continue in their program.  I only wanted to retake the same course.  They would not budge one iota and now I am left with the decision of returning to this program and doing it all over again.  This was my first course at this school.  
They don't seem to have any appreciation for a private citizen who doesn't have the Government bankrolling their education.  The course was $825.00.  So all in all, for ONE course I will pay $1,750.00?  Not likely.

For The Love Of God GO ELSEWHERE!!!

By: turduckenlover (In Progress) on April 22, 2008

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I have had nothing but problems with AMU since before I even got into this fine"university" (SNICKER SNICKER!)I was bumped from a Dec. start to a Jan. start to a MARCH start due to dealing with the combined ineptitude of the tech system and the petty bureaucrat functionaries whose customer service training was obviously from Bulgaria !(Cold,wrong answers,and often rude!)The readings were not current at all(many from BEFORE 9/11!!)and the books were definitely NOT written for a graduate-level course!Professors  did not return e-mails or give any insight as to what  they expect in papers and discussion board postings,thus making the learning process nearly impossible.Luckily,I am only two courses in and will NOT be returning after these are done.DO NOT GO HERE!!

Awesome

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on November 8, 2007

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What an awesome school!  I have spent many years in the military...along with many schools, both online and in residence, and AMU is defitely at the very top of my list.  The courses give the right balance of giving you a great education and realizing you have other priorities.  One of the greatest things about AMU is the support staff.  They have been extremely supportive.  I live in FL and there is a representative that meets with online students down here and has returned my email questions within minutes, even when it was late at night.  I would HIGHLY recommend this university to anyone!

Faculty problem

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on October 31, 2007

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First the positives. 
I would say that the online class was easy to navigate. Overall the system AMU uses is good. 

Now the negative. The faculty is very unresponsive.
I already had 90 credit hours (3.8 GPA) towered my BA degree when I signed up with AMU. My first class at AMU was a mandatory “intro to learning” kind of thing. I made the mistake of mentioning that I really did not feel this type of class was all that useful for a 32 year old student like myself, a 19 year old maybe - but if I don’t know how to learn at 32, then I will never know. The professor then proceeded to give me low grades on all the work I turned in after that. My academic advisor was helpful enough to push me off on another faculty member, who simply said that the professor was right and I was wrong. Now I have a D- in a class I never wanted to take and I will have to pay back tuition assistance for the class. I can’t see by looking at the syllabus and adding my grades how I got a D- (even with the professor’s bias). Several times during the course the Professor would not accept work in one of the formats that the syllabus said was acceptable. Some of the online assignments had directions that the teacher seemed to be unaware of.

Excellent

By: jasonfosterr (In Progress) on July 18, 2007

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I have had the same instructors as the previous poster, and I must say that they are excellent.  A long with the dept. chair and other instructors.  I have attended other online universities, private colleges, community colleges, and even Ohio State and have found AMU the most difficult and most rewarding of all 6 colleges I have attended.  I have learned more at AMU in their respective classes than any other University.

Homeland Security

By: andrew442 (Graduate) on March 5, 2007

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Great program with outstanding instructors. Instructors have real-world experience (for example I had the Fire Chief of Tampa-St Petersburg, the head of the UN Anti-Terrorism branch, etc, as instructors) comapred to individuals just teaching from the "book". As an active duty military member I appreciated the flexible schedule, and the willingness of the staff to accomodate military duties and deployments. Additionally, my military tution assistance covered the entire cost of my degree, books are included in tuition.  Only out of pocket expense was internet access and a PC.  Great program, great books, and great staff.  Worth looking into.

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