I am about half way through a Masters in Political Science with a concentraton in American Politics at American Public University. It is a really great school and I have enjoyed my DL experience there. Really excited about their prospects of being granted full regional accreditation by the North Central Region!
Hi, I am looking at their PoliSci program with a Local Politics concentration. How are the core courses?? What is generally required??
Well, American Military University/American Public University is here: www.apus.edu and, yes, they are a very good school. I'm not biased, am I?
Well, the courses are: Core Courses (21 sem hrs): RC 530: Research Methods in Political Science DM 584: Public Policy OC 501: Critical Analytical Thinking PS 501: Contemporary Political Systems PS 502: Political Philosophy PS 503: Law and Public Policy PS 535: International Political Systems Concentration Courses (9 sem hrs): DM 612: Local Political Administration PS 505: Intergovernmental Relations PS 533: Urban Politics Elective Courses (6 sem hrs): Anything outside of PS Plus: PS 701: Separate Comprehensive Examination in Political Science I would expect to do a good 1000 pages of reading and probably about 25 pages of writing for your "average" course at American Military University/American Public University. At any rate, as you can see by my signature line, I am a student at APUS and I am quite satisfied with them. And, by the way, I should like, one day, to add to that signature line an MA in Poli Sci myself. And I'm sure APUS will be one of the schools I window-shop at when it comes time to pick up that piece of paper.
Ted, I'm taking the Transportation Management program at APUS. It just wanted to know differences in assessment. Is it one large paper with discussions? A few shorter papers with discussions? My transportation courses have been mostly 3-5 page weekly assignments with a few 10 pagers at the middle and final points in the course. I read your thread about the Civil War program that you are in when I realized the differences it what is being required. (It's a difference for me anyways)
