AiM Program

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Your degree is within reach when you

take AiM with McKendree!

The Accelerated Instruction with McKendree (AiM) program is designed for students whose local commitments make them unable to attend McKendree Lebanon campus. The Bachelor of Business Administration degree is available in Business Administration, Marketing, or Human Resources Management.

Locations

Carterville, IL - John A. Logan College
Centralia, IL - Kaskaskia College
Flora, IL - Flora High School
Joliet, IL - Joliet Junior College
Mt. Carmel, IL - Wabash Valley College
Mt. Vernon, IL - Rend Lake Market Place
Red Bud, IL - Southwestern Illinois College

Format

Classes are held one evening per week for 4.5 hour sessions. Two courses are taken each eight week term. A McKendree professor comes to your location to meet with you face-to-face for each of these evening sessions. In addition to the weekly class meetings, you will be completing online assignments. Following this format year round, the program takes two years to complete. (Online courses may be necessary.)

Accreditation & Recognitions

The AiM program is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and given permission to operate by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. McKendree University is ranked among the top 10 percent of "Best Baccalaureate Universities" in the nation according to U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges 2010". We have also been recognized by U.S. News and World Reports "Best College Buys 2010".

Admissions Process

AiM students must apply through the Office of External Programs. To be considered for admission, an applicant must complete the following steps:

1. Complete the free online application for admission.

2. Submit an official high school or GED transcript.

3. Submit official copies of transcripts for all post-secondary institutions attended.

Please request transcripts be addressed to: McKendree University, Office of External Programs, 701 College Road, Lebanon, IL 62254.

"Small towns grow and prosper through education, and we are happy to have the most prestigious and oldest college in Illinois offering a program here in Flora."

-Mayor Charlie Crowder, Flora, Illinois