Butler County Community College
El Dorado, KS

This agreement between Butler County Community College (Butler) and Northwest Missouri State University provides students who have earned an Associate in Science in Business Administration/Acounting degree the opportunity to complete a Bachelor of Science in Business Management at Northwest. Any Butler student who has earned an Associate in Science in Business Administration/Accounting degree is guaranteed that Northwest will accept designated freshman and sophomore business credit hours, general education credits required for the AS degree, plus any freshman and sophomore general education hours required by Northwest beyond the AS degree. Northwest will apply such credit hours to the Bachelor of Science in Business Management degree in a manner consistent with the treatment of all Northwest students.

A maximum of 84 credit hours will be accepted by Northwest from Butler to be applied to the Bachelor of Science in Business Management degree. Courses that are developmental (less than 100 level courses) are not transferable toward a baccalaureate degree. Only academic courses with passing letter grades (A, B, C, D) will be accepted for graduation requirements; courses with grades of "F" are not transferable. For information about credits earned through AP, IB, CLEP and dual enrollment programs, please contact the Northwest Admissions office.

Advanced Standing Requirement

To ensure students have the necessary tools to begin study in the major area, the Department of Marketing and Management requires that students must meet certain requirements before enrolling in advanced coursework. Students making application to major in Business Management must achieve Advanced Standing. Failure to achieve Advanced Standing will prohibit the student from graduating with a degree granted by Northwest's Marketing and Management Department. Students are considered to have achieved Advanced Standing only when they have a cumulative 2.00 GPA or better AND a "C" or better in each of the five courses listed below:

Math 17-114 General Statistics I
Math 17-118 College Algebra
Acct 51-201 Accounting I
Econ 52-150 General Economics I
Econ 52-151 General Economics II

Butler County Community College

The courses below should be taken at Butler as part of the Associate in Science in Business Administation/Accounting degree

EG101 English Comp I 3 cr
EG102 English Comp II
3 cr
Math Requirement (MA 131 or above – recommend MA 131 or 135) 3-5 cr
Physical Education Requirement 1 cr
SP100 Principles of Speech 3 cr
Behavioral Science Requirement – may select any course from listing on p. 54 of catalog 3 cr
Social Science Requirement - recommend Microeconomics, Macroeconomics,U.S. History I, II or III, Principles of Political Science or American Federal Government 3 cr
Humanities Requirement – recommend any course from Literature, Religion/Philosophy or Humanities sections on p. 54 of catalog 3 cr
Lab Science Requirement – Recommend General Biology 4-5 cr
Lab Science, Math or Computer Technologies – Recommend a Physical Science, such as Basic Chemistry, Chemistry I, Descriptive Astronomy, General Physics I, General Physical Science or Physical Geology
3-5 cr
Fine Arts Requirement 3 cr
BA110 Introduction to Business 3 cr
BA104 Information Processing System 3 cr
BA126 Accounting I 3 cr
BA127 Accounting II 3 cr
BA204 Managerial Accounting 3 cr
BA210 Principles of Management 3 cr
Related Electives – see below for specifics 15 cr
Total Hours for Associate Degree 65-70 cr

Related Elective
The following courses will satisfy the “Related Electives” during the first two years at Butler. Courses that are marked with an “*” must be taken to satisfy requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Business Management degree:
BA112 Personal Finance
3 cr
*BA115 *Business Law I 3 cr
BA116 Business Law II 3 cr
*BA140 *Marketing 3 cr
BA143 Field Study I 3 cr
BA144 Field Study II 3 cr
BA175 Money & Banking 3 cr
BA206 Intermediate Accounting 3 cr
*BA215 *Personal Selling 3 cr
BA221 Management Information Systems 3 cr
*BE184 *Human Resource Management 3 cr

The following courses are required to fulfill the additional hours required for the BS in Business Management degree from Northwest. These courses may be taken at either Butler County Community College or Northwest. A maximum of 84 credit hours from Butler County Community College will transfer to Northwest.
Butler County Community College Northwest
EC200 Microeconomics – if not above
3 cr 52-151 General Economics II*
3 cr
EC201 Macroeconomics – if not above 3 cr 52-150 General Economics I* 3 cr
HS131, 132 or 136 U.S. History I, II or III – if not above 3 cr 33-905 American History Requirement 3 cr
PO140 or 141 Principles of Political Science or American Federal Government – if not above 3 cr

34-924 American Government* w/o Missouri Politics

3 cr
BE130 Business Communications 3 cr 54-310 Managerial Communications 3 cr
MA119 Introduction to Statistics 3 cr 17-114 General Statistics I 3 cr
*Available online through Northwest

The following major related courses must be taken at Northwest.
51-312 Business Law II* 3 cr
34-201 Missouri Politics* 1 cr
54-316 Organizational Behavior and Theory* 3 cr
44-317 Management Information Systems* 3 cr
51-408 Managerial Accounting* 3 cr
52-354 Labor Economics* 3 cr
53-324 Fundamentals of Business Finance* 3 cr
54-314 Human Resource Management* 3 cr
54-315 Production and Operations Management* 3 cr
54-318 Entrepreneurship* 3 cr
54-413 Business and Society* 3 cr
54-417 Organizational Policy and Decision Making* 3 cr
55-331 Retailing* 3 cr
55-332 Promotion* 3 cr
55-438 International Business* 3 cr
Total 43 cr

Total Hours for Baccalaureate Degree
Minimum Required Hours For Baccalaureate – 124

124-131 cr

*Available online through Northwest

For more information about Northwest's BS in Business Management degree, contact:

      Telephone: 660-562-
1562
      Web site:  http://NorthwestOnline.org

      E-mail:   admissions@nwmissouri.edu

Butler contact information:
      Telephone:
316-321-BCCC

      Web site:  http://www.butlercc.edu

     
Link to course descriptions:

           http://www.butlercc.edu/eldorado_site/index.cfm#

      E-mail: admissions@butlercc.edu


Information about campus-based BS in Business Management degree program
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