American Military University - Transportation and Logistics Management

Profs Unresponsive. Classes on Autopilot?

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

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I don't think any of the graduate profs at AMU actually TEACH.  They post an outdated syllabus and canned questions, then sit back and grade papers.  That's IT.  They don't participate in discussions, or even tell students if they are on the right track, barking up the wrong tree, etc.

You are on your own. Literally!

To ask a question, you must email the prof. The books says they have 24 hours to respond, but I have had to send followups days later just to get an answer. And although the department head says papers will be graded within 7 days, I personally have had to wait three weeks to get a paper graded.

Study groups are not allowed. You are basically getting your degree completely on your own. No teacher, no classmates. In one class, there is actually NO BOOK required. The prof posts the questions along with "key terms for web surfing" (I'm not kidding) and you have to Google your way to the answers.

The materials they do distribute are outdated (many before 9/11), and are full of typos and grammatical errors.  The profs are sticklers for using APA format, but then contradict the examples in their own syllabus and mark papers down.

I kept thinking it was "just this professor" and things would get better.  It hasn't.  If I wasn't so many classes into my masters, I would quit.