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

Buena Vista University Graduate & Professional Studies is exclusively for students seeking to complete degrees begun elsewhere. We facilitate the smooth transfer of credits from Marshalltown Community College, Iowa Valley Community College District. 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.

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

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 121 - Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 206 Managerial Accounting.........................................................................ACC 122 - Principles of Accounting II
ACCT 309 Cost Accounting..................................................................................ACC 221 - 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
MGMT 315 Business Law I....................................................................................BUS 185 - Business Law I or BUS 182 - Intro to Law
MGMT 316 Business Law II
MGMT 320 Human Resource Management
MGMT 375 Entrepreneurship/Small Business..........................................................BUS 130 - Intro to Entrepreneurship
MGMT 380 Social Responsibility of Business
MGMT 492 Business Policy and Strategy
MIS 300 - Intro to Management Information Systems.............................................MIS 220 - Intro to Management Information Systems
MRKT 306 Principles of Marketing..........................................................................MKT 110 - Principles of Marketing
OBVU 120 Computer Applications..........................................................................CSC 118 - Computer Systems and Apps I
Additional management, marketing, and finance courses as approved. 

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, ENGL 300 Advanced Composition, ENGL 450 Business and Technical Writing, MRKT 355 Consumer Behavior, 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, 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, PSCN 465 Civil Liberties, PSPA 320 State and Local Politics, 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 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 Marshalltown Site at 866.449.7056 or 3700 S Center Street, Marshalltown, Iowa 50158.