Seamless Transition to Your B.A.

Buena Vista University Graduate & Professional Studies deal exclusively with students seeking to complete degrees begun elsewhere. We facilitate the smooth transfer of credits from North Iowa Area 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.

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

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

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 121 - Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 206 - Managerial Accounting......................................................................ACC 122 - Principles of Accounting II
ACCT 309 - 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
FNBK 322 - Analysis of Financial Statements
FNBK 356 - Financial Planning
MGMT 206 - Management Science.......................................................................MAT 140 - Finite Math
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 143 - Fast Trac New Venture and
                                                                                                                                BUS 144 - Fast Trac Growth Venture
MGMT 380 - Social Responsibility of Business
MGMT 492 - Business Policy & Strategy
MIS 300 - Intro to Management Information Systems
MRKT 306 - Principles of Marketing.................................................................MKT 110 - Principles of Marketing
0BVU 120 - Computer Applications.................................................................BCA 215 - Intro to Business Computer Apps or
                                                                                                                                BCA 101 - Intro to Computers and Info Systems

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

Institutions & Society:
ART 304 - Modern to Contemporary Art History
ENGL 250 - American Literature
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....................................................................POL 112 - American State & Local Government
PSPA 360 - Introduction 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 the Social Environment
SCWK 351 - Aging in American Society
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 Mason City Site at 866.849.0330 or 500 College Drive, Mason City, Iowa 50401.