B.A. Degree with a Distributive Major in Technology Management

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.

Communication and Behavior:
COMM 100 Fundamentals of Communication......................................................SPCH 1101 - Intro to Speech
COMM 230 Business and Professional Communication.....................................BUS 2242 - Business Communications
COMM 302 Intercultural Communication
COMM 330 Messages, Meaning & Society
COMM 355 Conflict Management
COMM 370 Leadership Communication
COMM 374 Interviewing
Comm 230 Intro to Integrated Communication
ENGL 300 Advanced Composition
MRKT 355 Consumer Behavior
PSYC 329 Psychology of Gender
Up to six credit hours of other related upper-division courses

Management/Marketing/Finance:
FNBK 306 Managerial Finance
FNBK 322 Analysis of Financial Statements
FNBK 356 Financial Planning
FNBK 405 International Finance
MGMT 206 Management Science
MGMT 306 Principles of Management...........................................................BUS 2221 - Principles of Management
MGMT 307 International Business
MGMT 315 Business Law I...................................................................................BUS 183 - Business Law 
MGMT 316 Business Law II
MGMT 320 Human Resource Management................................................BUS 2275 - Human Resource Management
MGMT 375 Entrepreneurship/Small Business
MGMT 492 Business Policy and Strategy
MGMT 495 Internship
MRKT 306 Principles of Marketing.....................................................................BUS 2230 - Principles of Marketing
MRKT 407 International Marketing
Up to six credit hours of upper division electives from these and related fields such as as management and marketing

Technology:
CMSC 200 Computer Science I (and above) ...............................................CSCI2135, 2240, 2245, 2250, or 2260
MATH 143 Discrete Mathematics
MIS 300 Introduction to Management Information Systems (and above)..................BUS 2200, CSCI 2130 or 2280

Institutions and Society:
ART 304 Modern to Contemporary Art History
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 War
HIST 358 Women Around the World
HIST 390 America and the World Wars
HIST 397 Recent American History
PSCN 315 International Relations or PSCN 465 Civil Liberties
PSPA 360 Intro to Public Affairs
PSYC 364 Industrial Psychology
PHIL/RELI 336 Professional Ethics
SCWK 255 Human Behavior in the Social Environment
SCWK 351 Aging in American Society
SOCI 302 Sociology of Deviant Behavior
SOCI 361 Racism and Sexism in American Life
THEA 411 Dramatic Literature
ENGL 250 - American Literature .........................................................LIT 110 - American Literature to Mid 1800's
                                                                                                  or LIT 111 - American Lit Since Mid 1800s
PSPA 320 - State and Local Politics............................................POL 112 - American State and Local Government
Up to six credit hours of other related upper-division courses.

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