Ph.D. program

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I came across this school offering a Ph.D. in Oriental Medicine, and was wondering if anyone has had any experience with them, or has gone through the program? They aren't accredited in any way, but are hoping to be soon. It is a distance learning program. Their web address is http://www.libertyuniversity.edu

 

Sean Doherty

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Re: American Liberty University....very strange place. I saw an advert for

them in one of the California Acupuncture periodicals, cannot remember the

name. I contacted them once a month for 4 months to try to get a catalog

and spoke with numerous people. Then, I just gave up. Last month, unlooked

for, I received their acupuncture catalog. It looks sort of glossy, but

there are dozens of horrific editorial errors in the text, that begin on the

first page with the president's " massage. " It sounds interesting, because

they offer distance learning, and isn't that convenient? But I sent e'mail

messages to three people in the catalog asking for information in response

to receipt of the catalog, including the president of the institution. I

asked about seven specific questions regarding length of time, cost,

accreditation, how old the program was, how many people who took the program

passed NCCAOM, etc.

 

I never received a single response to my three e'mail messages. Again, I

gave up. Maybe in two months, someone will respond. In the meantime, I

passed the catalog onto someone at AAOM who's involved in their research of

a doctoral program committee for kicks and giggles.

 

Jeff

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> Nashua Natural Medicine wrote:

 

> I came across this school offering a Ph.D. in Oriental Medicine, and

> was wondering if anyone has had any experience with them, or has gone

> through the program? They aren't accredited in any way, but are

> hoping to be soon. It is a distance learning program. Their web

> address is http://www.libertyuniversity.edu

 

Read the fine print, Sean. It isn't a Ph.D. in Oreintal Medicine, its a

Ph.D. in Oriental Medicine Research, that's in Orange county California, right?

 

I got that ad yesterday too.

 

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Thanks for the replies. I guess they have done a bulk mailing to everyone.

I wasn't impressed with what I heard over the phone. They have three

" campuses " and told me they were looking to get accredited in the North

Central Region. But the guy I spoke to sounded really nervous for some

reason.

 

The person I spoke with said they don't do any testing in their courses.

You write a 10-20 page paper for each course you take, do some research in

your clinic and write up your dissertation.

 

All in all they didn't leave me with a good feeling, and was wondering if

anyone else felt the same way.

 

Sean