Franklin University : Business Administration Reviews
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Jeeboding
(In Progress) on May 10, 2012
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Beware of Franklin University Columbus Ohio
Franklin's curriculum is backwards to traditional colleges.
Franklin University's classes have one teaching themselves first,then going to class and finding out how one did. Assignments are give, and are to be completed before one even starts a class, then you show up for your first class,and turn in assignments. Further,depending on how the teacher delivers the material, one may not get instruction for the next assignment until the following face to face meet. Imagine if you are learning to drive without instruction first. Just go ahead and drive on the busy streets and we will tell you how you did later. If you hit anything you fail, yet if you happen to teach yourself,then you pass! Good luck. They will gladly take your money though,and wish you the best. I have a good GPA above 3.5 by the way. If one already knows the courses and one just needs a degree go for it, but if you want to learn from the start, um well good luck, for it is very difficult...I would go somewhere else if I was not already invested into this money pit of a worthless college!...
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Anonymous
(In Progress) on February 5, 2012
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BS, Financial Management, to MBA
I started attending Franklin after a disappointing transfer to OSU Fisher (their switch to semesters royally screwed a lot of people). I have an associate's degree in Business and will graduate soon with my BS in Financial Management. Franklin accepted ALL of my credits and helped me create a plan to graduate within a year, as well as move seamlessly into an MBA, which will only take about a year and a half. All of which will now be done online since I've moved from Columbus.
In the midst of classes this trimester, I had to move and switch out of on-campus classes. My adviser was very helpful and easy to contact. I've spoken with a few other departments on the campus, like the VA Office, and everyone seems to be very helpful and punctual with responses. It seems as if the primary source of communication is email, which is fine, but it does take a few days. Don't expect to get direct phone lines to anyone you need to speak to. Flexibility for adviser meetings, or meetings with anyone, is great -- on campus, on the phone, or through a web chat.
The online learning format is very, very user friendly. I have dealt with some not-so-friendly platforms, and it's refreshing to see a college put so much effort into making it easy to navigate and understand for students. The uniformity (i.e., the look and feel) of all the courses is huge. When it's a 6 week (or sometimes 3 week) course, there's little time that can be spent trying to figure out where things are supposed to be. They've done a great job as far as online instructional design. I actually never used FranklinLive for any of my courses, but the concept is there.
One and only complaint so far? The in-class computers (not the labs) are worthless. It is absolutely absurd that an institution which thrives on their online learning format have computers which take forever to start up, and constantly freeze when attempting to access web browsers or a flash drive. From my last on-campus course, 90% of the computers took more than half an hour to start-up, making it difficult for students to follow along, or download documents from MyFranklin, with the professor. Not to mention the fact that the professors computer froze up constantly, too, interrupting lecture time. Computer labs are great. But in-class computers? I'd rather carry my own desktop to class than use theirs.
Overall, I would recommend the school. No, it's not Fisher (OSU). It is pretty expensive but you certainly are paying for flexibility (online courses or 1-night lectures). Instructors tend to have real-world experience (most own their own businesses or work full-time in the field they teach). Classes are much, much smaller (no more 200 person lectures!). There are no TAs grading your work (ugh). And there's no such thing as lockstep at Franklin, which is pretty awesome for people who want to graduate this century.
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