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American Liberty University

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American Liberty University (not to be confused with the Fundie school Liberty University) is a crank school in Newport Beach, California that teaches Alternative medicine. ALU is recognized by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education as a university, and is unaccredited. ALU is recognized by the American Dental Association, the Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the Quality International Study Abroad Network as a continuing education institute.[1]

Accreditation[edit]

See the main article on this topic: Academic accreditation

American Liberty University is unaccredited, and in most states, their degrees are inadequate for someone to be licensed in most of the fields the school offers.[2]

Academics[edit]

ALU offers "degrees" in Acupuncture/Oriental Medicine and Business Administration.

Oriental Medicine

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Acupuncture (PhD)
  • Diploma in Acupuncture (For Licensed Medical Doctors only)

Business

  • Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A)
  • Master of Business Administration (M.B.A)
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration (PhD)[2]

Doctoral Dissertations

"Doctoral" requirements includes some courses and a "dissertation" of only 20-40 pages in length. The "University" claims to include original research and contribution to scholarship (though internet searches for student dissertations turn up nothing other than dissertation requirements for Liberty University).

Faculty

No faculty are listed in the ALU catalogue [2]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. http://www.aluniversity.edu/
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 Catalog. American Liberty University. Archived from the original.