American InterContinental University : BBA Reviews
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(Graduate) on January 5, 2010
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I have finished my BBA at AIU online and am currently in the process of following through with my MBA. I have mixed feelings about the school for a few reasons. Most of the reasons have already been addressed in the forums.
The teachers are really hit or miss. You can tell that some of the teachers actually care about the work that they do and others don't. For example, some teachers don't even have the decency to hook up the microphone to do their online lessons. Not to say that they are all this way, but it is extremely irritating when I go into a classroom and it is like being in an online chat instead of going to school.
The school is EXPENSIVE! I am not playing around! The amount of money that it takes to finish to complete a degree is probably comprable to completing a degree at a state university.
On the flip-side. AIU enables the students to complete a degree in a very short amount of time which is a great deal for a working adult, like myself. This has obvous advantages and setbacks. The learning retention of an accelerated learning classroom environment is not the same as a drawn out two year program. The classes are 5 weeks long. So, it feels like you are just getting onto the class and then it is finished. Which is good and bad i suppose.
The books are included in the tuition. So there is not really any additional costs. It all comes in one package. But either way, you are paying for it.
The school itself is a business, there are a lot of people on here saying that they are pushing the students hard to continually pursue their education.....no sh**. Every school does that.
The people that you will be in class with are typically not A students. The people that were still enrolled during some of the last classes I was particularly surprised at their poor work ethic. It could have ben that they had "senioritis". However, there were a fairly good amount of people that put forth a genuine interest in the quality of their work. Getting an A, is not necessarily an easy thing depending on the teacher. There were a few that I didn't have to work at though.
Group projects are a complete disaster. The lack of communication between the groups. If you are lucky you will partake in a functioning group. If you are unlucky you will end up doing the entire project yourself. Which happened to me a couple times. People will come in at the last minute and expect to gain full points for piss poor participation.
Part of the reason that I continued to stay with the school is because I am already familiar with it. I already have the student mindset and am geared toward further enhancement of my career potential. After all, a higher degree is just a check in a box.
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(Graduate) on December 1, 2009
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Mixed Feelings ...
I have mixed feelings about the AIU program. Overall, you get out what you put in, as with anything else in life. A student could coast through this with a "C" average pretty easily, but that is no different than most state and community programs. I have a pretty broad perspective,as I have completed coursework at a brick-and-mortar community college, a b&m private university, Axia College, University of Phoenix, and now AIU. What they all have in common, for the serious student, is the lack of competition for admissions and grades. What I mean is, if you are a reasonably intelligent and dedicated student, you will be competing with yourself for grades, not your peers.
My one big problem with the program is the hit-or-miss faculty. Again, this is not a major difference from the other programs I have attended. What the online programs in general, and AIU in particular, suffer from is the lack of choice. On two occassions, I requested transfers out of courses. One was granted, and one was not. So, I was forced to take a class that I was looking forward to with an instructor that brought nothing to the table, and in fact made serious errors on fundamental topics. The University deserves credit for trying to fix the problem, but also must take the blame for hiring a well-educated know-nothing.
In summary, I would rate AIU above the other online programs I tried, and about on par with the "real" schools I've attended. I fit the "busy working adult" model to a tee, and therefore have no alternative. For me, AIU was the right choice, if an imperfect one.
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