New to AMU - anyone else going there? :) What are the classes like?

[cookderosa]

Hey there everybody,

I was an Instant Cert subscriber back in 2010 & 11 when I was going for my BA @ TESC.

After getting that BA, I was able to move up pretty high in my state government career. However, now I've hit a plateau and it doesn't seem like I can move up any higher without a Master's Degree in something business related.

After looking at different schools and doing my research, I decided on getting my Master's in Management at American Military University.
I was hesitant at first signing up with a for-profit school, but I also made sure first with my current employer that as long as the school is regionally accredited (which AMU is), that it counts as being eligible for future jobs here that require a Master's. Also, it seems this school doesn't have as much negative stigma that some other online for-profits have. If I was in the private sector, I'd probably choose another school. But since this will get the job done of being able to check the box as having a Master's (which is all I really need) AND it was the cheapest of any of the ones I looked at, I decided on AMU to get 'er done.

I was wondering if there was anyone else on this forum that is currently going to AMU, possibly in one of their graduate degree programs that might be able to shed some light on how the classes operate and maybe tell me a little bit about your experience thus far.

I thoroughly enjoyed the discussions and help here on the forum in the past so I'm looking forward to contributing again!

Thanks everyone!
Good luck on all your educational and professional endeavors!

I haven't taken classes with AMU/APU APUS however, I wouldn't hesitate. In fact, not only are they RA, but they are also NA which allows someone holding an NA degree to bring in prior credit and launder it through to an RA degree- at one time (still?) they were the only ones with both accreditations. My husband and I both started with Associate degrees that were NA, so this was a school we both considered.

I don't know if grad school is the same, but for undergrad, textbooks are also included- so it's a great deal $