Southeastern Community College
West Burlington, Iowa

This agreement between Southeastern Community College and Northwest Missouri State University provides students who have earned an Associate of Science in Accounting--Career Option degree the opportunity to complete a Bachelor of Science in Business Management at Northwest. Any Southeastern Community College student who has earned an Associate of Science in Accounting--Career Option degree is guaranteed that Northwest will accept designated freshman and sophomore business administration 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 Southeastern Community College 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," "AU" 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

In order to graduate with a major in accounting, a minimum grade of "C" is required in each of the courses listed below, and in Accounting I and Accounting II.
Acct 51-301 Cost Accounting
Acct 51-303 Tax Accounting I
Acct 51-304 Tax Accounting II
Acct 51-306 Intermediate Accounting I
Acct 51-307 Intermediate Accounting II
Acct 51-308 Accounting Information Systems
Acct 51-401 Intermediate Accounting III
Acct 51-403 Advanced Accounting
Acct 51-404 Auditing
Fin 53-312 Business Law II

Southeastern Community College
West Burlington, Iowa

The courses below should be taken at Southeastern Community College as part of the Associate of Science in Accounting--Career Option degree

EN: 101 English Composition I 3 cr
EN: 102 English Composition II 3 cr

BU: 144 Introduction to Computers

3 cr
BU: 159A Principles of Accounting I 4 cr
BU: 160A Principles of Accounting II 4 cr
BU: 166 Principles of Management 3 cr
BU: 177 Managerial Accounting 3 cr
BU: 178A Intermediate Accounting I 4 cr
BU: 179A Intermediate Accounting II 4 cr
BU: 185A Economics I - Macro 3 cr
BU: 186A Economics II - Micro 3 cr
BU: 195 Business Law I 3 cr
MA: 110 Statistics for Business & Social Science 3 cr
SE: 101 Fundamentals of Speech 3 cr
PS: 101 General Psychology or
SO: 101 Introduction to Sociology
3 cr
Two Business Electives
*BU: 115 Business Communications (3)
*BU: 181 Cost Accounting (3)
*Suggested business electives - required courses at Northwest.
6 cr
Two Humanities Electives
--AR:101A Art History I (3)
--AR:103 Art Appreciation (3)
--MU101 Music Appreciation I (3)
--SE:110 Introduction to Theatre (3)
--PI:101 Introduction to Philosophy (3)
--PI:102 Ethics (3)
--HI:101 History of World Civilization I (3)
--EN:174 Introduction to Literature (3)

6 cr
Science Requirement
--SC: 103C Intro. to Earth Science (3) or
--SC: 101A Physical Science - Chemistry (3)
3 cr
Total Hours for Associate Degree 64 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 84 credit hours from Southeastern Community College will transfer to Northwest.
Southeastern Community College Northwest
BU: 162 Marketing

3 cr

55-330 Principles of Marketing*

3 cr

MA: 141 College Algebra and Trigonometry 5 cr 17-118 College Algebra 3 cr
BU: 184 Introduction to Federal Taxation 3 cr 51-303 Tax Accounting I* 3 cr
One Science from below, includes lab 4-5 cr
SC: 116 Principles of Biology I (4)
or
SC: 163 General Physics I (5)

04-102/3 General Biology* & Lab* (4)
or
25-110/1 General Physics* & Lab* (4)
Social and Behavioral Science 3 cr
PO: 102 National Government 3 cr 34-102 Introduction to American Government and Politics* 3 cr
Total 17-19 cr
*Northwest course not available online

The following course is required and may be completed through an accredited institution and credits transferred to Northwest, or completed on campus at Northwest. Courses taken at another institution must have prior Northwest advisor approval.
51-308 Accounting Information Systems 3 cr
The following major related courses must be taken at Northwest.

One additional humanities course selected from the listed below:
--13-102 Art Appreciation (3)
--19-201 The Enjoyment of Music (3)
--43-101 Theatre Appreciation (3)
--39-171 Introduction to Philosophy (3)
--39-274 Introduction to Ethics (3)

3 cr
33-155 America-A Historical Survey 3 cr
34-201 Missouri Politics 1 cr
44-317 Management Information Systems 3 cr
51-304 Tax Accounting II 3 cr
51-307 Intermediate Accounting II 3 cr
51-401 Intermediate Accounting III 3 cr
51-403 Advanced Accounting 3 cr
51-404 Auditing 3 cr
53-312 Business Law II 3 cr
53-324 Fundamentals of Business Finance 3 cr
54-315 Production & Operations Management 3 cr
54-417 Org. Policy & Decision-Making 3 cr
55-438 International Business 3 cr
Total 43 cr
Total Hours for Baccalaureate
Minimum Required for Baccalaureate - 124 credits
124-126 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

Southeastern Community College contact information:
      Telephone:
(319) 752-2731, ext. 8261
      Web site:  http://www.iowacconline.org/IndivColleges/SECC.htm
      E-mail:   cchrisman@secc.cc.ia.us


Information about campus-based BS in Business Management degree program
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