Mineral Area Community College
Park Hills, MO

This agreement between Mineral Area Community College (MACC) and Northwest Missouri State University provides students who have earned an Associates of Science--Business Management degree the opportunity to complete a Bachelor of Science in Business Management at Northwest. Any MACC student who has earned an Associates of Science--Business Management 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 MACC 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

Mineral Area Community College

The courses below should be taken at MACC as part of the Associates of Science--Business Management degree

ENG133 English Composition I
3 cr
BUS200 Principles of Accounting I 3 cr
MGT180 Business Math 3 cr
BUS233 Marketing 3 cr
BUS210 Fundamentals of Management 3 cr
BUS205 Principles of Accounting II 3 cr
ENG134 or 144 English Comp II ORPublic Speaking 3 cr
BUS293 Principles of Macroeconomics
3 cr
MGT203 Advertising & Sales Promotion 3 cr
CIS105 Intro to Computers 3 cr
MGT194 Management Seminar 1 cr
PAW106 Prep for Employment 1 cr
BUS253 Legal Environment of Business 3 cr
CIS165 Accounting on Microcomputer 3 cr
MGT221 Salesmanship 3 cr
MGT171 Human Resource Mgmt 3 cr
MGT261 Marketing Research 3 cr
OST140 Business Communications 3 cr
CIS232 orCIS235 Word Perfect I orMicrosoft Word 3 cr
MGT220 Business Internship
3 cr
POS113 American National Government 3 cr
CIS220 Micro Spreadsheet Appl 3 cr
MGT184 Finance 3 cr
Total Hours for Associate Degree 65 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 Mineral Area Community College or Northwest. A maximum of 84 credit hours from Mineral Area Community College will transfer to Northwest.
Mineral Area Community College Northwest
ENG134English Comp II
or
ENG144 Public Speaking
3 cr 10-112 Composition
or
29-102 Fundamentals of Oral Communication*
3 cr
HIS123 American History I
or
HIS124 American History II
3 cr 33-155 American Historical Survey
3 cr
Life Science and Lab, choose from the following: BIO115, BIO125, BIO135, or BIO143 4 cr Life Science Requirement, choose from General Biology 04-102*/103*, General Zoology 04-114/115, General Botany 04-112/113 or Plant Science 03-130 3 cr
BUS243 Introduction to Statistics 3 cr 17-114 General Statistics I 3 cr
Humanities/Philosophy course, select from the following: HIS113, HIS114, HIS115, HIS118, HIS119, HIS 152, or PHI141 3 cr Humanities/Philosophy Requirement – many choices on campus – Introduction to Philosophy* and Introduction to Ethics* 3 cr
BUS294 Principles of Microeconomics 3 cr 52-151 General Economics II* 3 cr
Total 19 cr Total 19 cr
*Available online through Northwest

The following major related courses must be taken at Northwest.
27-114 General Earth Science*
3 cr
27-115 General Earth Science Lab* 1 cr
Fine Arts course from the following:
Art Appreciation 13-102*
or
Enjoyment of Music 19-201*
or

Theatre Appreciation 43-101*
3 cr
17-118 College Algebra*
3 cr
55-332 Promotion* 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
55-316 Organizational Theory and Behavior* 3 cr
39-171 Introduction to Philosophy*
or
39-274 Introduction to Ethics*
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*1 3 cr
55-331 Retailing* 3 cr
55-438 International Business* 3 cr
Total 49 cr

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

133 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

Mineral Area Community College contact information:
      Telephone:
(505) 224-5272 or (505) 224-5271
      Web site: http://www.mineralarea.edu/

      Link to course descriptions:

           http://www.mineralarea.edu/catalog/
      E-mail: Registrar@MineralArea.edu


Information about campus-based BS in Business Management degree program
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