any ideas on American Intercontinental University?

I recieved an email from this university in my mailbox, and thought why not check it out.

http://www.webdegree.org/

Their offer is a little bit too much:

Associates degree in business 13 months
BBA in 13 months
MBA in 8 months.

Accreditation is claimed from:

The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools 1866 Southern Lane Decatur, Georgia, 30033 Telephone: 404--679-4501

On the website of AIU a links is given to a PDF file which listsa all the members of this agency since august 2002.

http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/webmemlist.pdf

Anybody can give an indication of the validty of their degrees. To me it sounds like a degree mill. Trying to find out what subjects you have to take is not possible on their website, theu only let you fill out a form to recieve more information.

Merry XMas

 

Filled out their form and was moved to their website:

http://www.aiu-online.com/

All the information is available but still can you give me your thoughts on the university. Degree mill, legal but bad, legal and average or legal and great.

TNX

 

Hello

Good Morning and Happy Holidays, I would do a search on the site to check feedback from everyone in reference to this school. I believe there is one graduate. Price is an issue with this school. They also claim not to accept any graduate credits from other institutions. I wonder if there is any wiggle room on this. Good Luck and Happy Holiday. Hille

 

By what definition?

 

A regionally accredited degree mill?

 

I'm assuming that the BBA is an additional 13 months after the associates. But yeah, this does sound awfully rushed. It would have to be some kind of very condensed full-time deal, or else employ a lot of prior-learning assessment credit or something.

SACS is one of the six regional accreditors, so credits from AIU should be recognized by most other schools.

I don't know about this school and haven't studied it. Their website resembles an advertisement and says little. It seems to me that they may be cutting corners and perhaps might be flirting with the low end of the accredited range. But apparently SACS has checked them out, and I haven't.

 

American Intercontinental

I am a long time viewer and a first time poster. For about 3 months I was looking for a RA MBA program. I looked at Touro, California State University Dominguez Hill, and American Intercontinental.

If money was a big issue, I would have chosen CSUDH. However, since my employer was paying for my tuition I went with AIU because I could have a RA MBA in just 8 months. All the others were 12 months or longer. In fact, I don't know anywhere where you could get it done quicker. I figured if I could get done quicker, I could start on my PHD, that much quicker. But I suggest you contact your potential PHD University and make sure they would accept your AIU credits.

I started on 11/18 and finished my first 2 classes. So far, I have been very pleased. Both my instructors are doctorates and they had twice a week chat sessions to answer any questions. The required work is layed out very well. Their classroom website is just awesome. It has a grade section, assignment section, and even a section where it has pre-recorded information on your studies, that is played back. The financial and academic advisors were very helpful.

MBS-Student
AAS - Computer Programming
Bachelor of Science Info. Tech - University of Phoenix
MBA Student - AIU

 

Education Costs

Check out the website www.geteducated.com. It has some excellent cost comparisons on college tuition costs.

 

No SACS accredited school is a degree mill. (and they recently went through their 10 year SACS re-accreditation.) You still need to do your own due dilligence.

Larry Flegle

 

American Intercontinental

Could you send me an example of a course assignment from them? Having completed Touro's MBA I am very curious as to the layout AIU uses.

Kindly,
Steven King

 

3 quarters of tuition @ $6667 equals $20,000 plus costs is $22,575 - not cheap. 12 courses in 8 or 9 months - must be a grind. The tuition was from the international student's section. May be cheaper for American students??

 

a question directed to MBASTUDENT

Hello, In your conversations with other students were any transfer credits allowed? I am wondering if there is any wiggle room around this considering the price? Thanks. Hille

 

Current AIU Student

I am now going into my third term with AIU Online. Each week consists of a 5 week term. I am in the Business Administration curriculum. I have attended traditional universities as well, AIU did accept a large portion of my credits already earned. But I will honestly say, Online learning is MUCH more difficult (to me at least). You must be very self disciplined, and possess great time management skills. There is great interaction between all students and professors, which both provide a great forum for increased learning capabilities. They stress the importance of group work, by requiring at least one group project per 5 week term, discussion boards in which everyone participates, live chat sessions, and professor's office hours for even more individualized access. Not to mention most (if not all) professors give out their phone numbers in case you are more comfortable discussing an issue over the phone. I happen to love it, it is fully accredited by SACS, and was one of the Department of Education's pilot programs for distance learning. By the way, SACS is the same accrediting board for the likes of Duke and Vanderbilt. The curriculum/courses are not easy, is not a breeze and most certainly is not a "mail order" certificate, you have to truly earn your credits. I view it as an incredible challenge to help stress both group and independent studies, as well as fit into an already business work schedule. Hope this helped some!!

 

Transfer Credits

Elle,

I actually didn't transfer any credits into the MBA. However, they had some pre-requisites for having to complete a course in economy, accounting, and business. I satisfied those via my Bachelor degree from the University of Phoenix.

I would imagine they may accept one or two classes, but not sure. Basicly, we take 2 classes every 5 weeks, with a week off every 10 weeks. So it's very accelerated. There are a total of 12 classes. Below is some interesting information on the program, and a listing of the 12 classes:

Master Your Business Career! Back to MBA Intro

AIU Online's MBA program in Global Technology Management is a 60-credit program that is designed to give students advanced knowledge, skills, and practical, experience-based education necessary to accelerate their careers in the fields of business or management.

The curriculum lends itself to change and allows professors to prepare relevant, timely coursework for students that will benefit
Career Profiles

MBA

Marketing Management

Human Resource Management

E-business



them in the real world upon graduation. This accelerated program can be completed in just 8 months giving students the chance to make their next move up the corporate ladder sooner. The AIU Online MBA positions students for positions with great earning potential. It is designed to provide a unique, market-relevant combination of a comprehensive business education with real-world applications.

AIU Online's Fourth Dimension Learning™ course delivery incorporates Flash technology and rich, interactive multimedia to make this program one of the most sophisticated online degree programs in the education industry.

MBA prerequisite requirements for students without a degree in business or related discipline include:

Accounting Foundation
Economics Foundation
Survey of Business Concepts


The required courses to complete the MBA degree are:

Dynamics of Enterprise
Contemporary Project Management
Accounting for the Multinational Enterprise
Legal Issues in the Global Environment
e-Business and Marketing Strategies
Enterprise Technology Management
Human Resources Management for the Multinational Firm
Sales in the Global Marketplace
Operations Management and Total Quality
Leadership and Managerial Development
Global Finance
Strategic Management of the Global Enterprise


If you are looking for a comprehensive, accelerated, real world MBA program to move your career upward, the AIU Online MBA is for you.