SCU Accelerated Science Courses Earn lecture and lab college credit while completing required science prerequisites to help you toward your graduate and professional healthcare degree. Get quality education at an accelerated pace and kickstart your career with SCU Accelerated Science Courses. Courses are continuously available online every five weeks. Find Your Course Accelerated Pace: Our course offerings allow you to earn course credit in as little as 5 weeks. How It Works Transferable Credits: Our accredited courses are transferable to numerous colleges and universities. Transferring Your Course Credits All-Inclusive Tuition: Lab fees and equipment are included in your tuition payment. Cost Structure Overview Experienced Faculty: Our experienced instructors are experts in their field so you can be confident that you’ll be receiving the best education. Take the Next Step: Ready to accelerate your education? Explore our courses and learn more about how our courses align with your career goals. Your future in healthcare starts here with SCUHS, offering a fast, flexible, and fulfilling educational experience.
SCU, Accelerated Science Courses (scuhs.edu) has 105 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 3.6 out of 5.
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Professors are great and very understanding very knowledgeable I appreciate their hard work thank you so much
Response from SCU, Accelerated Science CoursesMar 12, 2024
Thank you for your feedback! We are glad that you had such a positive experience.
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Desiree
Algebra course was WAY harder for…
Algebra course was WAY harder for college algebra compared to other courses. Not enough help.
Response from SCU, Accelerated Science CoursesMar 13, 2024
I am sorry that you did not have the best experience with us in your Algebra course. We do provide unlimited faculty tutoring to help students upon request, especially given the more challenging nature of some of our courses. Please consider reaching out if you would like to discuss further.
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Anon S.
AVOID SCUHS’S ONLINE COURSES
Numerous instances have left me deeply regretting my decision to enroll in this institution. First, contacting the help desk took hours, leaving me frustrated and helpless. Second, administrative responses to emails were painfully slow, taking days for follow-ups. Lastly, the head of the SCU online program deceitfully misled us about reimbursement—a betrayal of trust that left me disillusioned. These experiences underscore my grievances with the administration.
Moreover, the lackluster efforts of the professors exacerbated my dissatisfaction. Instead of offering original insights, they merely regurgitated textbook material, leaving exam and homework expectations misaligned. For instance, while statistics homework necessitated the use of Excel and a scientific calculator, Exam 1 instructions forbade their use, causing confusion and unnecessary stress. Following the exam, the professor only fleetingly acknowledged his error regarding the exam instructions, briefly mentioning that scientific calculators were permitted. However, defensively, he asserted that the exam could be completed without a calculator.
Furthermore, the evident struggles of my online peers mirrored my own discontent. As weeks passed, discussion board participation dwindled from approximately ten students to a mere two to four—a clear indicator of widespread dissatisfaction. It's evident that SCU prioritizes profit, making it imperative to steer clear of this money-grabbing program.
TLDR: Money-grabbing low quality program. Avoid the school. Unless you don’t care about learning, your grades, or your money.
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Anonymous S.
Avoid SCUHS’s online courses
Numerous instances have left me deeply regretting my decision to enroll in this institution. First, contacting the help desk took hours, leaving me frustrated and helpless. Second, administrative responses to emails were painfully slow, taking days for follow-ups. Lastly, the head of the SCU online program deceitfully misled me about reimbursement—a betrayal of trust that left me disillusioned. These experiences underscore my grievances with the administration.
Moreover, the lackluster efforts of the professors exacerbated my dissatisfaction. Instead of offering original insights, they merely regurgitated textbook material, leaving exam and homework expectations misaligned. For instance, while statistics homework necessitated the use of Excel and a scientific calculator, Exam 1 instructions forbade their use, causing confusion and unnecessary stress. Following the exam, the professor only fleetingly acknowledged his error regarding the exam instructions, briefly mentioning that scientific calculators were permitted. However, defensively, he asserted that the exam could be completed without a calculator.
Furthermore, the evident struggles of my online peers mirrored my own discontent. As weeks passed, discussion board participation dwindled from approximately ten students to a mere two to four—a clear indicator of widespread dissatisfaction. It's evident that SCU prioritizes profit, making it imperative to steer clear of this money-grabbing program.
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Long
This is my second accelerated course
This is my second accelerated course. First time was intense but was able to pull through. This is for the Anatomy class
I Pay tuition before the start day to avoid late fees and such. Wasn’t able to log in onto canvas on day 1. Call support (total 2) and wasn’t helpful and had to wait for call. Day 3…was able to log in but support did not call. Anatomy teacher was understanding but as a result…things went south. I have taken anatomy before as regular class and it’s hard. As accelerated course, it’s impossible to gather so much material if you are working full time or have family/kids. Being tested on 4 chapters in a week is understandable but 8 is impossible. Especially if you are going into medical field and that anatomy is crucial. They offer support but how is that going to help. If you are taking lab, spelling counts End up withdrawing because of the canvas issue and lack of support
You might as well take anatomy as regular semester unless you are student or don’t have full time job
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Jeffrey
Fast way to pick up prerequisites if your not worried about GPA
I did like the fact that it can be completed in 5 weeks. I DO NOT like the fact that the tests holds so much weight on the grades and if you are going to keep it that way then extra credit should be allowed. Even USC SanDiego does this for the students as they also place a heavy grade weight on tests. It is nearly impossible to get an A in your program (I never did) and I had a straight 4.0 in all sciences before taking your classes and graduated summa cumm laude from my BS program it was the tests that prevented me from achieving this, I was always at an 89. something right on the edge but if I had been able to do some extra credit ... which would have actually helped me learn something.. test do nothing to teach you they just evaluate what you already know. I think you have some good instructors and the 5 week accelerated classes helps us who are in need of picking up some prerequisites quickly but you are also screwing us by placing such heavy grade weight on the test and if your going to do that let it be untimed and open book or and if not allow extra credit.
Response from SCU, Accelerated Science CoursesMar 13, 2024
Thank you for sending us this comprehensive feedback about your experience. While our courses are indeed rigorous especially given their accelerated nature, the goal is to accurately assess learning by providing various assignments and lower-stakes exams. In our most recent course revision, we intentionally reworked our exams to count for only 40% of a student's overall grade in a course in order to reduce anxiety around high-stakes testing and provide more opportunities to demonstrate learning in the course. While we do sometimes provide extra credit opportunities, we only do so when those assignments are offered to all students. With all of that being said, I am sorry you were not able to have enough of an opportunity to demonstrate what you had learned and were left unsatisfied as a result.
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Mia
convenience
Having the opportunity to take my anatomy and physiology labs online was extremely helpful with my school schedule. It has helped to advance me further in my education while I am doing in person courses at another university.
Response from SCU, Accelerated Science CoursesJul 26, 2024
Thank you for your feedback! It makes us happy to hear that the convenience we intended was successfully obtained in your experience with us.
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Emma
Great for catching up
When I was in between transferring schools, SCUHS helped me make sure I got necessary courses completed for my major. Just make sure your school accepts their credits first. I took a gamble on this and got lucky that my school took them, if not your money is wasted and that school will make you retake the courses.
Response from SCU, Accelerated Science CoursesJul 26, 2024
Thank you for your response. We are thankful to have been the school of your choice to assist in your educational path. We hope to be of assistance again in the future!