My AJU update

[Professor_Adam]

Here’s a little update on my AJU experience:

I’m enrolled in the MPA program. I’m taking the following courses:

Managerial Communication
Organizational Behavior
Survey of Public Administration

I’m about half-way through all three courses at this point. The term began Feb. 2. I have been putting in about 5 or 6 hours a day of study and/or research. The courses all have quite a bit of essay writing and a lot of reading. I would classify AJU’s program as rigorous and much more challenging than any previous coursework I have done. PA has two textbooks. Managerial communication is much tougher than it sounds. It requires quite a bit of analytical thinking and writing skills. I would not recommend taking all three of courses at the same time, if you have a full-time job. Writing happens to be my strongest skill so I’m doing well with the courses but the endless essays do become chore-like as you plug on.

Org Beh has one 12-14 page writing/research paper.

Public Admin has three, 4-8 page research projects/papers.

Managerial communication has all kinds of writing requirements but the mid-term and final are not proctored. That’s because they are case analysis writing assignments.

I have taken one mid-term so far (Org Beh) and it was pretty tough, multiple-choice questions and 6 essays, I got a low A.

Overall I’m happy with AJU and thoroughly impressed with the academic challenge it provides. I would highly recommend them to others considering an MBA or MPA.

[ShotoJuku]

[COLOR="Navy"]Sounds as though you're not just learning, but enjoying too!

Continued Luck![/COLOR]