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Prospective Students
Application Materials
A complete application consists of the following:
- Applicant information
- University of Oregon Application form
- Official transcripts
- Letters of recommendation (three)
- Statement of purpose
- Current professional résumé
- Autobiographical essay
- Photograph
- TOEFL or IELTS score
(if you don't have a degree from an English-speaking institution)
Please give yourself sufficient time to complete all steps in this process. Submitting materials at the last minute will likely result in denied admission. For this reason, we recommend submitting materials as you complete them rather than waiting until you've gathered them all.
Document formatting counts. Please make sure that the files you send are formatted the way you have intended and that they are virus-free and labeled with your name. For more information, please visit the Admissions Process page.
To ensure speedy application processing, please follow these directions closely. Your ability to follow these directions will be noted during the application review process.
Where to send materials
Send the above-listed materials to:
aim@uoregon.edu
or
AIM Program
Continuing Education
1277 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1277
In addition, please send one set of official transcripts showing bachelor, master and doctoral degrees earned to:
Office of Admissions
1217 University of Oregon
Eugene OR 97403-1217
Detailed Explanations of Application Materials
Applicant Information
So that we can begin your AIM contact file, prior to submitting other application materials, please e-mail the following information in the body of a message to:
aim@uoregon.edu
Put "AIM Applicant Information" in the subject line.
- Name
- Home Address
- Cell phone number—put home phone number if you do not have a cell phone number
- Work phone number
- E-mail address
- Employer—provide official name of business if self-employed; put none if not employed.
- Job title
- Source—state how you initially learned of the AIM Program, e.g., Oregonian ad, name of a particular Web site, referral, etc.
- Online or Portland—indicate which version of the program you are applying to; if you will be taking the majority of your core courses online, put online; otherwise, put Portland.
- Term for which you are seeking admission. The University of Oregon operates on the quarter system, so your options are winter, spring, summer and fall of the year for which you are applying. You must select a term that is either the same as, or after, the term in which you intend to begin classes as the university requires students to be enrolled for classes during the term of admission. You can begin taking classes before formal admission to the Program.
- Term in which you intend to begin (or began) taking courses—in most cases this will be summer or winter.
Notify the AIM Program Coordinator if any of the above information changes by sending an e-mail to aim@uoregon.edu.
The best format for this message is:
John Doe
1234 Main Street
City, OR 97200
(123) 345-1234-cell (or home)
(123) 654-4321-work
jdoe@email.com
Company, Inc.
Information Analyst
Web search using Google
Online
Summer 2007—term for which you are seeking admission
Summer 2007—term in which you intend to begin classes
Application Form
After clicking on the application form link below, you'll be asked to create a login ID and password. Once you have done this you can go back and edit or add additional information to the form. Also, on the first page of the form, you'll be asked to select your major. Choose IS:Applied Information Mgmt which is listed under Graduate School on the list of available degrees.
To aid you in completing the form, it is helpful to have the dates (month and year) you attended college and the year you earned any previous associate, bachelor's, master's and/or doctoral degree(s).
You'll be asked to enter a credit card number to pay the $50 application fee on the last page of this form. Each time you submit a form, the UO will assess the $50 fee, so be sure you are applying for the correct term. You enter the term you're applying for on the first page of the form. See the Admissions Deadlines page information for terms of admission.
The University of Oregon uses the quarter system, so the available terms of admission are Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. Most students who have not yet taken any AIM courses will be applying for either Winter or Summer term admission. Please note that a student must register for at least 3 credits in the term for which he/she is admitted to validate the admission. Therefore, you cannot select a term and year of admission that is prior to the term you will actually begin taking courses.
Complete the application form.
Transcripts
You must submit two sets of official transcripts as explained below. (An official transcript is one sent directly to the Office of Admissions or to the UO department or professional school by the college or university attended.) Send one set to the AIM Program and the other set to the UO Office of Admissions. There are no exceptions to this requirement. Failure to follow the instructions below may delay application review.
Submit one official set of transcripts showing bachelor, master and doctoral degrees earned to the UO Admissions Office. Do not send any other transcripts to the Admissions Office.
Send a complete set of all official transcripts to the Applied Information Management Program. Send transcripts from all colleges and universities attended whether or not the courses resulted in a degree. We cannot consider your application file complete until we have received all transcripts—even those from schools where you took only a few courses.
Although courses from one school may be summarized on the transcript of another school, the program requires original transcripts from each institution. We cannot finish processing your application until we have all transcripts on file.
If you have a degree from the University of Oregon, you do not need to send a transcript to the AIM Program or the UO Office of Admissions.
Students with degrees from foreign institutions must submit an official transcript plus a certified translation in English of the transcript to both the AIM Program and the UO Office of Admissions. There are no exceptions to submitting two official copies.
Letters of Recommendation (3)
We require at least three recommendations. AIM accepts either letters or recommendations written on the downloadable form. Recommendation forms are preferred.
Ask for recommendations from employers or supervisors, professors, or someone who can speak specifically of your maturity and ability to do independent and creative academic work at the graduate level. If you recently completed your undergraduate degree, we expect you to include one recommendation from a professor.
It is your responsibility to solicit letters of recommendation. To determine whether the program has received recommendation letters on your behalf, contact the AIM Program Coordinator or Assistant by sending an e-mail to aim@uoregon.edu.
Download the PDF form (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
If you would like the MS Word version of the recommendation form, please send your request to aim@uoregon.edu.
The person who completes the recommendation must submit it directly to the AIM Program. Recommendations not directly submitted will be discarded. We suggest you supply the people submitting recommendations with a stamped envelope addressed to the AIM Program. Ask the person to put his/her return address on the envelope. Letters without a return address that includes a personal or business name, address, city, state and zip code will be discarded unopened.
As an alternative to using U.S. Mail, the person completing a letter may fax or e-mail the form. The fax number is (541) 346-3545 and aim@uoregon.edu is the e-mail address.
Statement of Purpose
The statement of purpose is used to evaluate your ability to communicate in writing, to assess your potential for success in the AIM Program, and to see if there is a fit between what you are seeking and what the program provides. The statement (three to five pages) should describe:
- Your educational background.
- Your educational and professional goals.
- How the AIM components will work together to form a comprehensive program relevant to these goals.
- A few paragraphs discussing what attributes and qualities a person must have to succeed in an online program and why you are a good candidate for such a program if applying for AIM Online. Be sure to give reasons beyond that you live outside the Portland, Oregon area or travel frequently. Failure to include this information in your statement may result in your application being denied.
Professional Résumé
An up-to-date résumé that indicates past and present education and professional work experience is required as part of the application process. Your résumé should list dates for previous education and for all employment, past and present.
Autobiographical Essay
Submit a one- to two-page, autobiographical essay providing enough information to help the AIM Advisory Board get to know you better, to understand your work environment, and to provide some perspective on the contributions you can make to the program. Your essay should not contain any information you consider to be privileged or private.
When submitting the essay, put the text in the body of the message and e-mail it to aim@uoregon.edu. Please do not send the essay as an attached file.
Photograph
E-mail to aim@uoregon.edu a digital close-up head shot photograph of yourself. If admitted, we will use this photograph to create your UO ID card.
TOEFL or IELTS Score
For applicants who do not have a degree from an English-speaking institution, the AIM Program requires a minimum score from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) of 600 (paper version), 250 (computer version) or 100 (Internet-based test). For more information on TOEFL, visit http://www.toefl.org. A minimum score of 7.5 from the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is also acceptable. For more information on IELTS, visit http://www.ielts.org.
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