I have been taking on line classes at Bellevue University in NE, I love the program. Sometimes I get annoyed but I have had a good experience overall in their Master of Clinical Counseling.
Here are the things I like about my program.
First most of my professors have been timely in responding to questions or concern. One of my professors I have had has actually answered and sought out answers from others when he hasn’t had the answer about things not really related to his class but that had caused me some stress. This showed me that the professors cared about as a student and as a individual. Overall I have enjoyed almost all of my professors and honestly I can count the ones I haven’t to happy with on less then 1 hand.
The second thing I like, is I can call any of my advisers and normally find a answer. Right now I am frustrated with my academic adviser, but it more because of a lack of answers for them, and causing me to not know what I will do in the summer.
The third thing I like about the program is it is flexible I can do my assignments when I want to. I do not have to commute to a college campus to get lectures or interaction with my professor. It is simple to communicate with them, or fellow students.
The fourth thing I appreciate it is when I talk to friends in traditional school I often hear, “You have more homework then I, or more requirements” this is nice. To know because I know I am getting maybe a little bit more then my friends at traditional university.
Some things I do not like.
First is each professor has a different style, and sometimes I lose points like this week because I did what I always do. Submit my personal assignments then a day or so respond to peers. One of my professor wanted me to respond on the same day to some discussion question. Okay I can do that, it’s easy enough. Just never been docked points for not doing something.
The second thing I do not like is sometimes the classes I want like example one of my Assessment classes isn’t offered in the summer, and I can’t move forward to my capstone classes. I want to take at least one class in the summer time.
The third frustration is there is no scholarships for graduate students that I do not know, so I am going into deep debt.
The fourth thing I do not like, which can’t be helped probably is the fact the school has little contact with people in Oregon where I live. So I have to find all my Internships on my own. Now I think this problem resolved because it seems my practicum site liked me and pretty much offered to have me back. So I laid a good foundation it would be nice if the school could help with finding placements.
The Fifth dislike I have is there are a couple of professors who do not provide timely feedback, who do not respond to question regarding assignments. When they do respond they are slightly rude, or difficult like Read the manual. Sometimes I am temped to send back a email I wouldn’t be asking questions if I hadn’t read the manual I don;t get what the manual saying! But that would get me in trouble.
As you can tell most of my dislikes are probably normal for any student at any college. Its not uncommon. I would recommend BU to any student who needs the online format and a flexible schedule. My only recommendation is to be self motivated.