Nations U questions!!

Discussion in 'Accreditation Discussions (RA, DETC, state approva' started by Hotdillon, Jul 18, 2010.

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  1. Hotdillon

    Hotdillon New Member

    I have looked at the NationsU website and I have to admit, for $100/yr I am quite impressed. I have an accredited 4 year degree, and I want my Master's. I have alot of credit form Liberty University, so I am familiar with Religious studies. So, I am turning to you guys for some guidance here.

    1. I realize that the school is not accrredited but is seeking DETC accreditation. Is this school reputable with solid credentials?

    2. Has anyone ever had a problem with this school? if So, what? (for example, not answering correspondence, course work problems?)

    3. I saw on their website that their Board of Regents are all in Tenn, not LA?
    Is that an issue, or did I miss something?

    Thanks guys, I really appreciate t!!
     
  2. underdog

    underdog New Member

    Masters Degree

    I am currently in the Masters Degree with Nations Univ.
    The school has been very helpful and professional in every dealing I have had with them. I can say this, the work isn't easy. I think if you decide to sign up you won't regret it.

    Good Luck.
    Underdog.
     
  3. Hotdillon

    Hotdillon New Member

    Underdog, thanks for the reply. How do you get signed up and send in your Bachelor transcripts so you can be in the Master's program?
    I have e-mailed them numerours times...with only one response in the last week, are they normally pretty good about answering e-mails/questions, etcccc?
    How are the exams set up?
    Do you get texts online or is the material you need online??

    Thanks in advance!!
     
  4. jackrussell

    jackrussell Member

    I tried out by signing up for the MRS, you will receive an email instructions, just send them a scanned copy of your bachelor transcripts and I think thats about it. In fact once you sign up, it takes less than half an hour before you can enroll for the courses and take the exams. No texts needed normally except for for the Bible.
     
  5. b4cz28

    b4cz28 New Member

    I think now you send hard copies in to them. No more five credit courses either, they will end that soon. Some minor changes in the works, I think they will get DETC in January of 2010 (I hope), so at a 100 bones that's not too bad.
     
  6. underdog

    underdog New Member

    Nations University.

    When I started with nations Univ I e-mail my resume to them and mailed in my transcripts. I also sent a request to my other colleges for them to send my official transcripts to Nations. That was short and simple.

    I'm not sure about the bachelors degree, the masters degree only requires a bible as your textbook.

    Your assignments for your degree are posted on-line so you know what you have to do. This again is easy to follow. (bible readings)

    After each assignment you have a quiz or test. they are on line multiple choice questions, usually 50 to 60 questions long. Your grade is posted fairly quickly so you'll know if you need to retake the test or you can move on to the next test or quiz.
    Some assignments require a short report about what you learned in your assignment. This again is on-line.

    I never had a problem with them not getting back to me. If you don't have any luck through e-mail give them a call. Make sure you let them know any problems you have been having. You should find then very easy to deal with.

    A very good friend of mine is in prison and he signed up along with 35 or so other inmates about four months ago. So far we haven't had any problems and it's working out good for all involved.

    Good Luck.
    Underdog
     
  7. Garp

    Garp Well-Known Member

    Based on what has been posted here and elsewhere they are undergoing changes as they evolve to meet the requirements of accreditation.

    Some courses require texts and others have the texts embedded in the course itself. I guess it depends how you like to study. It is obviously cheaper to have the texts embedded as hyperlinks. However, some people do not enjoy large amounts of on line reading and if you have many embedded hyperlinks that may take getting used to dealing with while you study (i.e. imagine going through several OT books by reading on line commentaries). Other courses use hard copy texts. I have cut and pasted info from the public section of their web site.

    Other than that you have solid faculty, contributing faculty, etc and the fact that they are affiliated with a well respected denomination (Church of Christ).

    Courses have written assignments and tests have both multiple choice and essay components. People have posted on the various forums that the courses require a lot of work.

    Not bad for an annual registration fee of $100 if you are in the US and nothing if you are elsewhere. One obvious draw back is that you may do a lot of work over time and they may not become accredited.

    On one of the forums there were two or three people who were accepted into Liberty University's Masters programs on the basis of their undergraduate degrees from NationsUniverity and were doing well academically at LU.

    Textbooks for 3 credit hour Reformation Course

    Bainton, Roland H. Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther. Penguin USA, 1995.
    Bireley, Robert. The Refashioning of Catholicism. 1450-1700: A Reassessment of the Counter Reformation.
    Washington: The Catholic University of America Press, 1999.
    Catherwood, Christopher. Five Leading Reformers: Lives at a Watershed of History:
    Martin Luther, Thomas Cranmer, John Calvin, John Knox, and Ulrich Zwingli.
    Christian Focus Publications, 2000.
    Chadwick, Owen. The Reformation. A vol. of The Pelican History of the Church.
    Ed. by Own Chadwick. New York: Penguin Books, 1972.
    Marshall, Peter and Alex Ryrie, eds. The Beginnings of English Protestantism. Cambridge:
    University Press, 2002.


    Textbooks for 1 credit hour course on Eastern Orthodoxy

    Atiya, Aziz S. History of Eastern Christianity. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame, 1968.

    Ware, Timothy. The Orthodox Church. New ed. Harmondsworth, Eng.: Penguin
    Books, 1997.
     
  8. Hotdillon

    Hotdillon New Member

    Underdog!! Thanks, I appreciate the input!!
    I am not in prison....I put people there though...lol

    Thanks for the knowledge!!
     
  9. BrandeX

    BrandeX New Member

    Didn't happen.
     
  10. b4cz28

    b4cz28 New Member

    Sorry, 2011 not 2010
     
  11. Hotdillon

    Hotdillon New Member

    GARP....good info, thanks!!
     
  12. BobbyJim

    BobbyJim New Member

    Nations University comments

    I enrolled in the MRS degree program recently. The DETC accreditation hasn’t happened yet. I suspect the degrees may have limited academic value unless you continue with a follow-up graduate degree from a NA or RA accredited school. NU has had some BRS and MRS graduates accepted into regionally accredited graduate degree programs so that is a plus. Maybe they will also look into ACE review of their courses in the future, with ACE credit recommendations for each course. That, and DETC will improve academic value. My educational goals are purely personal growth, so I’m not overly concerned about utility.

    I’ve had excellent experiences concerning correspondence and timely replies to all questions. I emailed copies of RA transcripts, a copy of the degrees, and requested official transcripts from all schools sent to NU. They do seem to require that you take the intro course set through them for any degree. Some transfer courses are allowed beyond that. Many of the folks at NU are volunteers, and I will probably volunteer when I get a little further in the program.

    The Board of Regents thing seems to be a legal issue. I’m guessing that some time in the past it was easier to get set up in Louisiana than Tennessee, so that is the route they took. It does appear that most activity is now out of the Tennessee office.
     

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