VANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C. — North Island College (NIC) and McDonald’s Canada is offering new ways for McDonald’s restaurant managers to access a business degree.
Students can now receive up to 20 per cent of their NIC Bachelor of Business Degree credits when they complete their McDonald’s Management Training Courses.
“It benefits so many students,” says Bill Parkinson, NIC’s former Business Department chair and current associate dean, Arts, Science and Technology. “Many students bring work experience into the classroom. Our comprehensive review of the McDonald’s management-training modules found the courses met the learning outcomes for many NIC business courses and with this partnership we’re creating greater access for students who may not have thought a degree was possible.”
With the agreement now in place, prospective students who have completed management-training courses at McDonald’s and met NIC’s admission requirements will be offered a seat in NIC’s Bachelor of Business Administration, General Management Major.
If a McDonald’s employee completes all of their management-training modules, they will earn 24 NIC credits, the equivalent of eight business courses. This means a savings of more than $2,300 in tuition.
