Western International University

My studies at this University was accomplished it included a lots of reading comprehension: six books of counseling review consisting of eight to ten pages no More than twenty. Ten counseling verbatim . Dissertation research paper 300 pages but accepted fifty if good. mines consisted of seventy four pages. The instructors graded my assignment professionally. student had to prove their knowledge of wisdom by applying it in their studies as a teacher,before becoming a Doctor of Philosophy in Christian... Read More counseling. This University is National/International a credit I had a problem because the state of Alabama only except Regional accreditation. My Master degree was evaluated from a regional college. But Spiritual counseling is excepted with out state licensing.

I'm currently finishing up my first course and already love the program! The teaching structure is completely different from other online universities that I've attended and that a good thing. There are of course text readings, knowledge checks, and papers/tests. What I love is the live lecture, which is offered about half of the weeks. This works out great because it doesn't take too much time away from my work or home life, but also gives me some insight on the readings and the weekly objectives... Read More that I may not have recognized from my point of view. I feel like I'm learning a lot and the tuition is extremely affordable. I highly recommend this school! Even though the name brand isn't quite there, the education is worth it!

I am in my second year at West. I love the flexibility of the classes and being able to do my work on my own time. You have the option of taking 1-3 classes at a time and naturally the more you take the faster you finish. I started out taking 2 at a time but I was working part time. Now that I work full time I am able to take 1 class at a time and not overwhelm myself. I still have time for a social life and going on vacations, while chipping away at my degree. West has definitely met my needs when... Read More it comes to flexibility, I couldn't imagine having to run to class after work and then have to do homework on top of that. As far as the electives I have to take though that is another story. I'm not too interested in the field of business but my electives are business oriented because aside from Behavioral Science, business and economics degrees are the only ones offered online. It has helped me to gain a better understanding of the inner workings of a company which I suppose can't hurt, but I just wish there was more humanities or related courses I could take. Overall though, pretty good school. Affordable, standardized and user friendly.

The program was well laid out and it was easy to follow a path of courses. Other colleges I have had to plead to get the attention of a an adviser to help me figure out how to best complete my degree. It took me two years of studying my tail off, some classes were easy some were not; this is at ANY college as all teachers very. I have since attended other Universities (Troy University & University of Denver). ALL of my credits from WIU transferred one way or another. Troy University was online format... Read More and I wonder how that place is still in business with (however, this is not review about them). The financial aid office never gave me any hassles. What I never understood, until later in life, is how come I would never receive a Fin. Aid refund like my friends did. Turns out, the school returns funds in excess to the government on your behalf (in the fine print) although, you can opt out of this if you like... GOOD! I was too young to be dealing with "extra" money and the debt, thanks West! And never having to buy books --- HUGE benefit! The last thing is I did get a good education from this school . By the time I graduated I had learned more than my boss knew about business. Within 6 months of graduating my boss asked to be demoted and I was then next in line to have his job. :-) I have gotten lots of interviews since then and none of them cared where my degree was from, only that I had one from an accredited school. WIU was under sanctions, but as of June 2015 those sanctions have been removed.

I graduated from this place in 2007 with an AA in business. I didn't know how bad this school would be when I returned for a Master's in Accounting. The first two classes that you are required to take are a joke. A teacher gave me an A on a paper, but said I lacked critical thinking skills(my undergraduate degree is in History, so try and process that). The format is simple: answer a discussion question, take some weekly quizzes, take a test, do PowerPoint and maybe a paper. They are all easy grades... Read More and do not require a lot of effort at all. Unfortunately, the second class was worse than the first. A teacher readily admitted that he did not read my paper and failed me for no reason. I called him on his BS and spoke to his superiors. Then he went back, gave me a better grade and decided he wanted to talk to me all of a sudden. Never having to pay for books is the one good thing about the school. However, it just does not offer what students need especially for an Accounting degree program. I have since left this school and started an IT degree Master's program. DO NOT go to this school if you are serious about you education.

This school is a joke! If you are using the GI Bill, good luck. Their courses are terrible; full of mistakes and wrong answers. If you bring this to an instructors attention, they say they can't do anything because they aren't responsible for course content. I have yet to have any of my record or schedules be correct; nothing but problems. There are tons of opportunities to provide feedback but they never fix anything. Even if you ask to be contacted to discuss feedback, they ignore you. Wish I'd... Read More known this before I started because I got stuck with this worthless school. As far as the finance degree, expect to write a lot of papers. Way more than I would expect for a degrrr that it totally numbers based. Overall a terrible experience where you feel like you are dealing with robots. Do not go here!

West treats "student's" like customer's. They allow business instructors to not be clear what they want. Dean of Students doesnt allow,students to speak to the women. Every reason i started here for is gone. No more live classes, i havent learned anything and paid for nothing. Criminal behavior, ive repeated same classes i took getting my AA in crim .uk nal justice, all behavioral classes are same,classes anyone can take to gain degree in behavioral science. Im 3/4 done senior year, none of my credits... Read More will transfer to ASU, Walden,Capella,and several other online schools...none! That says something about this institution. Ive tried to transfer for over a year due to the unfair practices, discrimination and the so called student advisors who don't know you, what you do,what your educational goals are..those reviews that say this is good, they must either be stupid, employee students, or freshmen who don't know how to write an academic paper because West instructors don't know what APA is,nor can they formulate sentences with proper sentence structure to save their lives..the business end, West makes the students getting their degrees in behavioral or crimjnal justice oriented take these clases called, " common body of knowledge", business classes and West claims it's for ALL students to have a Well Rounded Education, but the majority business degree students take these classes that are ONLY more business classes..unlike those of us taking behavioral science and or criminal justice oriented degrees..this is not giving business students well rounded anything when they aren't forced to take behavioral science or criminal,justice oriented classes..hence discrimination when only some of us NOT getting our degree in business forced to take business. Well rounded means English,Math,Science that you take while an undergrad getting an,Associate degree, NOT Bachelors. Collegr undergraduate students whether getting a business dehree or not should know how to write excellent academic papers not study business that has nothing to do with their specialized field of study in the end of their senior year... West business students,,none know how to write papers, seiniors get shoved into classes with freshmen who don't know anything taking a behavioral science or criminal justice oriented class as their ELECTIVES while students getting their specialized degrees in behavioral,sciences ,criminal justice ,criminal behavior that is nothing,but a means for WEST to make miney and not deliver classes that teach where criminal behavior begins...this school is primarily a business school,they shouldn't have offered classes they couldn't and havent delivered,but took my money!!!!!!