B.A. Degree with a Distributive Major in Health Services Leadership

Seamless Transition to Your B.A.

Buena Vista University Graduate & Professional Studies is exclusively for students seeking to complete degrees begun elsewhere. We facilitate the smooth transfer of credits from Iowa Lakes Community College. This advising guide is effective for students entering BVU in the 2011-12 academic year. As course and degree requirements change, students are encouraged to consult with BVU personnel.

Iowa Lakes Community College has a full articulation agreement with Buena Vista University. Students who have completed an approved associate's degree at ILCC can seamlessly move on to complete a bachelor's degree through BVU locations at Emmetsburg, Estherville, Spencer or Spirit Lake.

The distributive healthcare leadership major degree plan will include a primary field of 18 credit hours of courses selected from the following:

Business:
ACCT 205 Financial Accounting..........................................................................ACC 131 - Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 206 Managerial Accounting......................................................................ACC 132 - Principles of Accounting II
ACCT 309 Cost Accounting..................................................................................ACC 221 - Cost Accounting
ECON 205 Principles of Microeconomics.........................................................ECN 130 -Microeconomics
ECON 206 Principles of Macroeconomics.......................................................ECN 120 - Macroeconomics
FNBK 306 Managerial Finance
FNBK 322 Analysis of Financial Statements
FNBK 356 Financial Planning
MGMT 206 Management Science
MGMT 315 Business Law I..................................................................................BUS 183 - Business Law 
MGMT 316 Business Law II
MGMT 320 Human Resource Management............................................................MGT 170 Human Resource Management
MGMT 375 Entrepreneurship/Small Business
MGMT 380 Social Responsibility of Business
MGMT 492 Business Policy and Strategy
MIS 300 - Intro to Management Information Systems
MRKT 306 Principles of Marketing.....................................................................MKT 110 - Principles of Marketing
OBVU 120 Computer Applications.....................................................................CSC 110 - Intro to Computers or                                                                                                                  BCA 212 Intro to Business Computer Applications

The degree plan must include 12 credit hours from each of the following two categories:

Communication and Behavior:
COMM 100 Fundamentals of Communication, COMM 230 Business and Professional Communication, COMM 302 Intercultural Communication, COMM 330 Messages, Meaning & Society, COMM 355 Conflict Management, COMM 370 Leadership Communication, COMM 374 Interviewing,
DIGI 230 Intro to Integrated Communication............................................................................CPER 150 Principles of Advertising, ENGL 300 Advanced Composition, ENGL 450 Business and Technical Writing, MRKT 355 Consumer Behavior, and PSYC 329 Psychology of Gender
Other related upper division courses as approved

Institutions and Society:
ART 304 Modern to Contemporary Art History, ENGL 250 American Literature,
ENGL 250 American Literature..............................................................................LIT 110 American Literature to Mid 1800's
ENVS 100 The Biological Environment, ENVS 101 The Physical Environment, ENVS 201 Conservation Ecology, ENVS 310 Environmental Chemistry, HIST 311 Problems in World History:  The Vietnam Wars, HIST 358 Women around the World, HIST 390 America and the World Wars,
HIST 397 Recent American History........................................................................HIS 251 United States History (1945 - Present)
PSCN 465 Civil Liberties,
PSPA 320 State and Local Politics..........................................................................POL 112 American State & Local Govt, PSPA 360 Intro to Public Affairs, PSYC 364 Industrial Psychology, PHIL/RELI 336 Professional Ethics, SOCI 302 Sociology of Deviant Behavior, SOCI 361 Racism and Sexism in American Life, SCWK 255 Human Behavior in Social Environment, SCWK 351 Aging in American Society, THEA 411
Other related upper division courses as approved 

 

Students must earn a minimum of 12 credit hours at the 300/400 level in their major from Buena Vista University. All transcripts will be evaluated on an individual basis. If questions should arise, please contact the following: 

Emmetsburg Site at 800.861.8981 or 3200 College Drive, PO Box 452, Emmetsburg, Iowa 50536
Estherville Site at 800.650.4346 or 300 S. 18th Street, PO Box 135, Estherville, Iowa  51334
Spencer Site at 800.798.8090 or 1900 N. Grand Avenue, PO Box 245, Spencer, Iowa  51301
Spirit Lake Site at 800.670.5582 or 2008 Hill Avenue, PO Box 24, Spirit Lake, Iowa  51360