Buena Vista University Graduate & Professional Studies is exclusively for students seeking to complete degrees begun elsewhere. We facilitate the smooth transfer of credits from Minnesota West Community and Technical 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.

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

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.................................................................BUS2201 - Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 206 - Managerial Accounting..............................................................BUS2202 - Principles of Accounting II
ECON 205 - Principles of Microeconomics.....................................................ECON2202 - Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 206 - Principles of Macroeconomics...................................................ECON2201 - Principles of Macroeconomics
MGMT 315 - Business Law I......................................................................BUS2241 - Business Law
MGMT 316 - Business Law II
MGMT 320 - Human Resource Management............................................BUS2275 - Human Resource Management
MGMT 375 - Entrepreneurship/Small Business.........................................BUS1105 - Intro to Entrepreneurship
MGMT 380 - Social Responsibility of Business
MGMT 492 - Business Policy & Strategy
MRKT 306 - Principles of Marketing.............................................................BUS2230 - Principles of Marketing
MIS 300 - Intro to MIS..............................................................................BUS2200 - Intro to Mgmt Info Systems
0BVU 120 - Computer Applications..............................................................CSCI1102 - Intro to Microcomputer Applications

The degree plan must include 12 credit hours from each of the following two categories:
Communication & Behavior
COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Communication.............................................SPCH1101 - Intro to Speech
COMM 230 - Business & Professional Communication ..................................BUS2242 - Business Communications
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


Institutions & Society
ART 304 - Modern to Contemporary Art History
ENGL 250 - American Literature........................ENGL2201 or ENGL 2202 Survey of American Literature I or II

ENVS 100 - 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
PSCN 465 - Civil Liberties
PSPA 320 - State & Local Politics..............................PSCI2202 - 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 & Sexism in American Life
SCWK 255 - Human Behavior in Social Environment
SCWK 351 - Aging in American Society
THEA 411 - Dramatic Literature

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:

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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