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

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 technology management major will be made up from one primary (18 credit hours) and 2 secondary (12 credit hours) fields selected from the following:

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...............................................................MKT 150 - Principles of Advertising
ENGL 300 Advanced Composition.....................................................................ENG 210 - Advanced Critical Thinking/Writing
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.......................................................................BUS 230 - Quant. Methods for Business Decision Making
MGMT 306 Principles of Management...............................................................MGT 101 - Principles of Management
MGMT 307 International Business.....................................................................BUS 188 - Legal Environment of Business
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 492 Business Policy and Strategy
MGMT 495 Internship
MRKT 306 Principles of Marketing.......................................................................MKT 110 - Principles of Marketing or
                                                                                                                                   BUS 138 - Small Business Marketing
MRKT 407 International Marketing
Up to six credit hours of upper division electives from these and related fields such as ag management and marketing

Technology:
CMSC 200 Computer Science I (and above)....................................................................CIS 125 - Intro Program Logic with Language
MATH 143 Discrete Mathematics
MIS 300 Introduction to Management Information Systems (and above)

Institutions and Society:
ART 304
ENGL 250 - American Literature....................................................LIT 110 - American Literature to Mid 1800ʼs
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 American and the World Wars, HIST 397 Recent American History, PSCN 315 International Relations, 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
PSPA 320 State and Local Politics..............................................POL 112 American State & 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 Buena Vista University Graduate & Professional Studies Marshalltown Site at 866.449.7056 or 3700 S Center Street, Marshalltown, Iowa 50158.