Nationally accredited program?

[videogamesrock]

Hawthorne doesn't seem to be accredited. Any degree should work na or ra. You should ask if you cab skip the bachelor's degree and enroll directly into the masters.

[rebel100]

I never found a situation where U of the People might be appropriate but if Hawthorne will take it you can likely finish for around $2000 to $4000 from where you are.

http://www.uopeople.edu/programs/hs/heal...or-degree/


Not to be a jerk, but are you sure Hawthorn will lead to whatever financial success your searching for? Don't have to answer, but holistic health sounds like a really tough way to earn a buck.

[sanantone]

You guys rock! I'm still checking out some of these options. I would love to do Bastyr, but I'm on the East Coast and travel for school isn't plausible. (I have 4 -- soon to be 5 -- children I'm the primary care provider for.)

The graduate school I'm looking at is Hawthorn University (also a holistic health school -- for Holistic Nutrition).

I'm not understanding your goal. Why go to an unaccredited school for a masters degree when you can go to an accredited one? Why are you trying to earn a regionally accredited bachelors just to go to an unaccredited school?

[a2jc4life]

I tried asking Hawthorne before if they'd consider enrollment (probationary, even) in the master's program without a bachelors degree, and they just pointed me to the certificate programs (which are different in content). It's worth a try again, though, now that I'm about at the point of having an undergraduate degree. I'm not interested in Hawthorn for financial reasons, mostly for personal reasons, although they're pretty credible in the holistic health arena, so I do think it will mean more than an unaccredited degree in most other fields. Natural health folks tend to be pretty unimpressed with government, so they're likely to be less concerned with accreditation and more concerned with the college's associations with other organizations they trust.

[a2jc4life]

I'm not understanding your goal. Why go to an unaccredited school for a masters degree when you can go to an accredited one? Why are you trying to earn a regionally accredited bachelors just to go to an unaccredited school?

I'm not trying to earn a regionally accredited bachelors, specifically. I don't care if it's accredited or not. Just wondering about being able to transfer in my credits. Although USDE accreditation (either regional or national) is pretty helpful because unaccredited = ineligible for financial aid. And as for why go to an unaccredited school -- because it's the only one I know of that offers a holistic nutrition degree, online, from the fundamental nutrition philosophy I believe in. Since I'm more interested in the education than the degree, per se, I'd rather love the school and go without accreditation than have accreditation and hate the classes.

[videogamesrock]

You can transfer your credits into Ashworth College. They are DEAC and will allow you to challenge up to 30 credits of their course work via exam. You will need to take 10 courses there but they are pretty easy like a SL course. The have a BA in General Studies where your credits will fit.

If down the road you need another masters then you can use your AC degree to get into APUS/WGU/LIBERTY UNIVERSITY.

[sanantone]

I'm not trying to earn a regionally accredited bachelors, specifically. I don't care if it's accredited or not. Just wondering about being able to transfer in my credits. Although USDE accreditation (either regional or national) is pretty helpful because unaccredited = ineligible for financial aid. And as for why go to an unaccredited school -- because it's the only one I know of that offers a holistic nutrition degree, online, from the fundamental nutrition philosophy I believe in. Since I'm more interested in the education than the degree, per se, I'd rather love the school and go without accreditation than have accreditation and hate the classes.

If that's what you want.... It just, personally, gives me the heebie jeebies to think of spending money on an unaccredited degree that won't further a career when you can just read books. But, to relieve myself of some discomfort, I'll link to these programs and pray.

Master of Science in Nutrition & Integrative Health | MUIH
Online Degree Requirements | University of Bridgeport
https://www.saybrook.edu/areas-of-study/...nutrition/
https://nunm.edu/academics/school-of-res...tion-mscn/
https://achs.edu/program/master-science-...-nutrition

Why aren't you sticking with your current school?

[videogamesrock]

I'm not trying to earn a regionally accredited bachelors, specifically. I don't care if it's accredited or not. Just wondering about being able to transfer in my credits. Although USDE accreditation (either regional or national) is pretty helpful because unaccredited = ineligible for financial aid. And as for why go to an unaccredited school -- because it's the only one I know of that offers a holistic nutrition degree, online, from the fundamental nutrition philosophy I believe in. Since I'm more interested in the education than the degree, per se, I'd rather love the school and go without accreditation than have accreditation and hate the classes.

Go with where your heart is.

[a2jc4life]

Thanks!

Why aren't you sticking with your current school?

For the masters program, you mean? I don't like their nutrition philosophy. They're great for other alternative health modalities, like herbalism, but too animal food-phobic for my taste (no pun intended), for nutrition.

A few years ago, Hawthorn was pursuing accreditation. I'm not sure what happened with that.

[sanantone]

I forgot this one.

Master of Science in Nutrition | Huntington College of Health Sciences