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 METRO 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.

METRO Community College has a full articulation agreement with Buena Vista University. Students who have completed an approved associate's degree at METRO can seamlessly move on to complete a bachelor's degree through BVU.

The distributive health care leadership major degree plan will include a primary field of 18 credit hours 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 222 - Cost Accounting
ECON 205 - Principles of Microeconomics.........................................................ECN 130 - Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 206 - Principles of Macroeconomics........................................................ECN 120 - Principles of Macroeconomics
FNBK 306 - Managerial Finance.......................................................................FIN 130 Principles of Finance
FNBK 322 - Analysis of Financial Statement
FNBK 356 - Financial Planning
MGMT 206 - Management Science
MGMT 315 - Business Law I.................................................................................BUS 185 - Business Law I
MGMT 316 - Business Law II................................................................................BUS 186 - Business Law II
MGMT 320 - Human Resource Management................................................MGT 170 Human Resource Management
MGMT 375 - Entrepreneurship/Small Business..............................................BUS 130 - Intro to Entrepreneurship
MGMT 380 - Social Responsibility of Business
MGMT 492 - Business Policy & Strategy
MRKT 306 - Principles of Marketing....................................................................MKT 110 - Principles of Marketing
MIS 300 - Intro to MIS...................................................................................BUS 179 Information Systems
0BVU 120 - Computer Applications................................................................CSC 110 - Intro to Computers or
                                                                                                                   BCA 221 - Integrated Computer Business Apps


The degree plan must include 12 credit hours from each of the following two categories:
Communication & Behavior
COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Communication
COMM 230 - Business & 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
ENGL 300 - Advanced Composition
ENGL 450 - Business & Technical Writing
MRKT 355 - Consumer Behavior
PSYC 329 - Psychology of Gender
Other rleated upper division courses as approved.

Institutions & Society
ART 304 - Modern to Contemporary Art History
ENGL 250 - American Literature.....................................................................LIT 110 American Lit to Mid 1800s or LIT 111 American Lit Since Mid 1800s
ENVS 100 - The Biological Environment...........................................................ENV 111 The Biological Environment
ENVS 101 - The Physical Environment
ENVS 201 - Conservation Ecology
ENVS 310 - Environmental Chemistry
HIST 311 - Problems in World History: Vietnam War
HIST 358 - Women Around the World
HIST 390 - America & the World Wars
HIST 397 - Recent American History..................................................................HIS 251 - US HIstory 1945 to Present
PSCN 465 - Civil Liberties..................................................................................POL 151 - Constitutional Rights
PSPA 320 - State & Local Politics.......................................................................POL 112 - American State & Local Government
PSPA 360 - Intro to Public Affairs
PSYC 364 - Industrial Psychology
PHIL/RELI 336 - Professional Ethics
SOCI 302 - Sociology of Deviant Behavior............................................................SOC 250 - Sociology of Deviance
SOCI 361 - Racism & Sexism in American Life.......................................................SOC 200 - Minority Group Relations
SCWK 255 - Human Behavior in Social Environment
SCWK 351 - Aging in American Society..................................................................SOC 220 Sociology of Aging
THEA 411 - Dramatic Literature
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 Buena Vista University Graduate & Professional Studies Council Bluffs site at 800.798.0788 or 2700 College Road, Box 4-C, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51502.