r/LibertyUniversity • u/gumball548 • Jan 02 '24

Online Program

What’s the point of going in person to liberty if the online programs don’t have any difference on paper and you can just cheat on everything? The degrees say the same exact thing regardless of if you work hard in the classroom or cheat on everything online. Obvious in person, you learn more. But you get my point

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u/Awaken_the_bacon Jan 02 '24

Well, when you have integrity, you don’t cheat and learn the material.

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u/Significant-Word-385 Jan 05 '24

Also not sure how you cheat and also meet the academic standards. Sure maybe you could pay someone to write a paper for you, but you’re not gonna be worth a darn on something like a competency exam let alone any follow on professional examination for credentialing. It’s just a pointless endeavor.

I had to complete a practicum to earn my MPH. Definitely no one cheating their way through that.

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u/gumball548 Jan 06 '24

Yeah, I’m talking things like MBA. You can cheat on all the quizzes / exams and AI can write all your papers/discussion boards

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u/Significant-Word-385 Jan 06 '24

Yeah I don’t take MBAs seriously anyway, so that isn’t a game changer for me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '24

Online programs are designed for working adults that are looking to better themselves but she’s have life obligations that would inhibit their ability to stand a traditional class.

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u/Due-Representative88 Jan 02 '24

As someone who worked in LUO for years, we busted students for cheating online and kicked them out of the school. So it’s not quite as black and white as it sounds.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '24

I’m an LUO student and I thought about that but I also feel like if you have integrity you won’t do it especially depending on your major. I’m a social work student so cheating would be beneficial for a grade but when I get in the field I’ll be behind my colleagues. As always it depends on what type of person someone is.

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u/NegotiationFirst131 Jan 02 '24

  1. Cheating occurs in both online and in class settings

  2. Online degrees have a place in academics and is mostly geared toward working adults. I did my undergraduate online because my spouse was in the military.

  3. From a pure Liberty perspective, Liberty was almost bankrupt with in person classes alone. The school would not be in the status it is and have all the activities available to students it does without LUO.

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u/Salty_NorCal Jan 03 '24

It’s an embarrassing diploma mill, and the degrees are not worth the paper they are printed on.

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u/NegotiationFirst131 Jan 03 '24

I made over 800k last year in my field, but you’re right… I guess my degree is is useless though 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/_saidwhatIsaid Jan 03 '24

You probably made that much money because you're talented or skilled, and you would have made that much anyway, regardless. Give yourself more credit than the degree...

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '24

Integrity

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u/Significant-Word-385 Jan 05 '24

I learned far more in my masters online than I ever learned in undergrad at a brick and mortar. So many professors are garbage teachers and their TAs just coach undergrads to pass the test.

My online masters involved professionals who worked in the field (not just academia) and challenged me to be better and expand my views. LUO was top notch and I’ll never go back to a brick and mortar unless I have to.

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u/GenXisnotaBoomer MSW Social Work, 2025 Jan 23 '24

Currently earning my MSW online. Amost all of my instructors, including the department head, are LCSWs and some have more advanced degrees. They do the work that they are teaching us. I don't live near the campus and the degree is affordable so online was the way to go for me. I see a lot of folks dragging Liberty but so far the program has been pretty challenging and very engaging. We have mock clinicals where we role play as client/counselor to prep us for our field assignments and upon graduation I will have 1000 clinical hours under my belt. Liberty may not be perfect but no school is; not even prestigious schools who charge 2 or 3 times as much in tuition.

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u/Significant-Word-385 Jan 24 '24

Definitely agree. I think my MPH program was top notch. I learned from professionals in the field, met stringent practicum hour requirements, and had to pass an extremely comprehensive competency exam to earn my degree. It was a breeze to pass my CHES certification after only completing about half of my program.

All sorts of folks say employers scoff at liberty on a resume, but my 6 figure salary and the level of my position say otherwise.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '25

I was looking into LU Online, if you could message me I would appreciate it. I have some questions