Red Bud Advantage - Southwestern Illinois College

Enroll for Fall 2024 on the Red Bud Campus and use SWIC’s newest offer, the Red Bud Advantage!

Add 3-or-more credit hours at Red Bud Campus to your current course schedule and take advantage of a tuition waiver for 3 semester credits of tuition and mandatory fees when you meet the required criteria.

Fall 2024 Criteria: 

–    Currently enrolled in a minimum of 9 semester credits toward a declared associate degree program. 

–    Currently enrolled in at least one Red Bud on-campus course. 

–    Meet a minimum 2.0 GPA and 67% or higher completion rate. 
(Already enrolled at Red Bud Campus with more than 12 credit hours? This waiver will automatically be applied to cover 3 credit hours of your enrollment.)

Eligible Courses:

  • BIOL 100 – General Biology
  • COMM 151 – Fundamentals of Public Speaking
  • ED 255 – Introduction to Education
  • ENG 101 – Rhetoric and Composition I
  • ENG 102 – Rhetoric and Composition II
  • HIST 180 – U.S. History to 1865
  • HIST 286 – History of Religion
  • HRO 105 – Nurse Assistant
  • LIT 113 – Introduction to Fiction
  • MATH 112 – College Algebra
  • POLS 150 – Intro to American Government
  • PSYC 151 – General Psychology
  • SOC 153 – Introductory Sociology

Services available at the Red Bud Campus

Testing Center (Room 131)
Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Check-in: 10 – 11 a.m.

Success Center (Room 124)
Monday – Thursday
8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Library (Room 190)
Monday – Thursday
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Academic advisors are available at Red Bud to assist you: Tues – Thurs., 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Call today at (618) 235-2700 ext. 8114, email diane.hankammer@swic.edu