Ashworth University - Masters program

I came across Ashworth University and the Master's degree program that they offer. I've heard that you've got to take some kind of orientation course, and that you don't actually receive any type of credit for doing the class. I guess it's to get you acquainted with Ashworth's graduate program. I've been thinking about possibly enrolling into the Master's program in Criminal Justice. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this graduate program particularly the Master's in Criminal Justice? If so, I wanted to know how the orientation course is, and how the other courses are in terms of content? I'm looking for a program that can be flexible. I understand that the orientation course needs to be taken in order to advance to the actual courses, but wanted to make sure that it's an interesting and good learning environment. I'm just not so enthusiastic about having to do an orientation course that you don't get any credit for, but if the rest of the program is solid, then I might be interested in pursuing it.

 

I would go for Ashworth College/University, unless for tuition reason.

 

This doesn't exactly answer my question. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with the Master's program, particularly when it comes to Criminal Justice? If someone has had experience, I wanted to know what their experience has been and whether or not they felt it's a worthwhile program. There's a huge difference from the undergraduate program versus the graduate program. I'm looking for people who have actually had exposure to the graduate program. If someone has been enrolled in a different Master's program, I'm willing to listen to your experience as well, but was mostly interested in Criminal Justice. I understand that the school is DETC accredited, and not regionally accredited, so that's not an issue. I hope someone has had some experience so that it will help me to determine whether I should consider this school or not.

 

I'm going to go ahead and scratch Ashworth University from consideration for the Master's in Criminal Justice program. It's too bad that there isnt anyone who has any experience with this school concerning its graduate programs. I wanted to get a general idea as to whether or not to enroll in this school, but with no indications or comments given it shows that there doesn't seem to be any encouragement or support to do this program. I've heard about the undergraduate programs, but wanted to get first hand experience from people who were involved with the graduate program at Ashworth University.

 

There are lot of Master in Criminal Justice online. Why would you limit yourself with NA?

 

I was interested in this graduate program at Ashworth University. Why would I only limit myself to national accreditation? If you research the issue you will find that more times than not that governmental agencies, military, and many state and local police departments will accept a nationally accredited degree. As long as it is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education that's one reason. The other reason is nationally accredited degrees often give you more flexibility as far as time to do the courses than does regionally accredited institutions. The third reason is flexibility of making payments. I wanted to get a simple answer to my question if anyone has had experience with Ashworth University's Master's program. There were no answers. I said that the accreditation isn't the issue. You've made it an accreditation issue rather then try to answer my question. I just wish I knew of someone because for all I know it could be a worthwhile program. I don't care about the undergraduate experience, but about if anyone has experienced there graduate program at Ashworth University.

 

Ashworth university graduate courses do require writing assignments. So yes, I think you will get your monies worth in terms of work load. If you want interaction with faculty and students, ashworth is not for you. When I enrolled in a graduate program at ashworth ( two years ago ), there were no internal methods of communication with other students. It is purely a self taught program. Some may or may not like that format.

A few words of caution. Once you enroll at ashworth university and begin to submit assignments, you will be liable for a percentage of tuition and fees due for the semester if you decide to withdraw. Make sure you take a good look at the syllabus, assignments required, and course structure before you submit any assignments. All graduate programs at ashworth require comprehensive proctored exams.