American Public University / American Military University : BA in Management Reviews

Jsaadein (In Progress) on January 28, 2012 (email verified)

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Take Responsibility for your Education (AMU) I find it interesting in the reviews here, as they are quite the opposite from every experience I have had with this university. At this time, I have completed 18 undergraduate courses with them and can comment intelligently about various encounters. For those using federal financial aid, the process is all fairly automated – get it right the first time when apply and stop blaming AMU for your lack of oversight and ill preparedness. Additionally, the comment which said the university is making their family pay prior to receiving financial aid is completely false – once your package is in, AMU actually fronts the registration in anticipation of receiving federal funding. Tuition assistance is the same, there is about a two-day turn around for class-registration. As far as the instructors…there are some extremely qualified and who are attentive, and there are others that are not – this is typical with every university, even traditional ones. This university is not for those who need their hand held – attending AMU requires a great amount of initiative and time management. Furthermore, this university requires a significant amount of writing. I have taken courses at UMUC and Embry Riddle and they by far have nowhere near the amount of workload that AMU requires. I hope this provides a little insight into my degree program. Lastly, I have put in for three of the top 12 MBA programs (traditional) and none of them have questioned my degree from AMU.

Anonymous (Graduate) on July 7, 2011 (email verified)

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AMU may be for you I recently completed my management BA with AMU. It has been a positive experience overall. I already had my CCAF degree as well as completed the NCO Academy and the SNCO Academy distance course. AMU gave credit for the vast majority of my previous classes and military training, as well as allowed me to CLEP several general courses. The book scholarship program is awesome, making AMU more competitive than other online schools. I found the degree program and electronic campus easy to navigate and use. There are no automatic enrolments, making it possible to plan your education around family and work commitments. I think AMU is best at enabling non-traditional students to convert their real world experience into college credit. What this means is if you are someone who has worked as a manager, squad leader, crew chief or superintendant and received corporate, military or civil service training and haven’t received college credit, you can take the comparable AMU/APUS course and receive credit. What AMU is not best at, IMO, is teaching directly. This is a failing of most online schools. Several instructors tried to create interaction and teach through lectures, but given the limitations of the medium, we were more or less learning by reading and answering posts. One instructor did create YouTube lectures, (IT naturally) which I thought was a nice touch for those students who learn best by lecture. I would not recommend AMU/APUS for someone who requires a lot of hand holding and/or does not learn well by reading on their own. I would also not recommend AMU to someone who has not attended a brick and mortar school or at least taken some regular classes. But if you are someone trying to convert your work/military experience into college credit, AMU may be the school for you.

Mepnhva (In Progress) on February 24, 2009 (email verified)

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No regreats! This school has been fabulous and it works for me. I have been attending APU for a year and I have no regrets what so ever. The course are fast paced and I have learned so much. More than I ever thought I would. For those of you who think these classes are easy, they are not and you get what you pay for. When I have to get a hold of my advisor, they are always prompt in returning my call. Out of all the instructors I have had there is only one that I would say I wasn't thrilled with but we don't always see eye to eye with everyone we meet. I even signed up for another class with her. So she couldn't have been that bad. With regards to financial aid, each student's experience is different. Some have no problems and there are some that experience lots of problems. If they are diligent and proactive in resolving the issues when they are contacted there should be no reason why a student should not get into classes on time.

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