Kirkwood Community College

This agreement between Kirkwood Community College and Northwest Missouri State University provides students who have earned an Associate of Arts in Business Administration degree the opportunity to complete a Bachelor of Science in Business Management at Northwest. Any Kirkwood student who has earned an Associate of Arts in Business Administration degree is guaranteed that Northwest will accept designated freshman and sophomore business administration credit hours, general education credits required for the AA degree, plus any freshman and sophomore general education hours required by Northwest beyond the AA 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 83 credit hours will be accepted by Northwest from Kirkwood 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.

Kirkwood Community College The courses below should be taken at Kirkwood as part of the Associate of Arts in Business Administration degree
AO101T Principles of Accounting I		4 cr
AO102T Principles of Accounting II		4 cr
MT120T Finite Math		3 cr
MT125T Fundamentals of Statistics		4 cr
EO120T Principles Of Macroeconomics		3 cr
EO130T Principles Of Microeconomics		3 cr
DG102T Intro to Micros & DP		3 cr
CC113T Composition I		3 cr
CC114T Composition II		3 cr
CC130T Fundamentals of Communications		3 cr
History/Cultures		6 cr
Humanities		9 cr
Science		6 cr
Social Science		3 cr
General Electives		5 cr
Total Hours for Associate Degree		62 cr

The courses below are required to fulfill the additional general education hours required for the BS in Business Management degree from Northwest. The courses may be taken at either institution. A maximum of 83 credit hours from Kirkwood will transfer to Northwest.
Kirkwood		Northwest
AD102T Introduction to Managmenet	3 cr	54-312 Management Process and Behavior	3 cr
LA160T Business Law I	3 cr	53-311 Business Law I	3 cr
MR101T Principles of Marketing	3 cr	55-330 Principles of Marketing	3 cr
OF104U Business Communication	3 cr	54-310 Managerial Communication	3 cr
FN118T Fundamentals of Finance	3 cr	53-324 Fundamentals of Business Finance	3 cr
PO100T American Government	3 cr	34-102 Intro to American Government and Politics	3 cr
General Electives	3 cr	General Electives	3 cr
Total	21 cr	Total	21 cr

The following major related courses must be taken at Northwest.
General Education Requirements
34-201 Missouri Politics	1 cr
Advisor Approved General Electives	4 cr
Total	5 cr
Major Requirements
54-315 Production and Operations Management	3 cr
54-417 Organizational Policy and Decision Making	3 cr
55-438 International Business	3 cr
44-317 Management Information Systems	3 cr
54-314 Human Resource Management	3 cr
54-316 Organizational Theory and Behavior	3 cr
51-408 Managerial Accounting	3 cr
54-413 Business and Society	3 cr
Two of the following: 52-354 Labor Economics (3) or 54-318 Entrepreneurship (3) or 54-320 Negotiations (3)	6 cr
Advisor Approved Business Electives	6 cr
Total	36 cr
Total Hours for Baccalaureate Degree	124 cr

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

Kirkwood Community College contact information:
      Telephone: 800-363-2220
      Web site:  http://www.kirkwood.cc.ia.us/index.html
      Link to course descriptions:
          http://www.kirkwood.cc.ia.us/catalog/index.html
      E-mail:  dball@kirkwood.cc.ia.us