North Iowa Area Community College
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NIACC Supervision and Management
Curriculum

First Year

First Term

ACC-111   Introduction to Accounting   3 s.h.
  OR ACC-121 Principles of Accounting I (3 s.h.)
BUS-185   Business Law I   3 s.h.
ECN-120   Principles of Macroeconomics   3 s.h.
ENG-102   Composition & Speech I   4 s.h.
MGT-130   Principles of Supervision   3 s.h.
    16 s.h.

Second Term

BCA-101   Introduction to Computers and Information Systems   3 s.h.
BUS-161   Human Relations   3 s.h.
MGT-101   Principles of Management   3 s.h.
MGT-170   Human Resource Management   3 s.h.
  Elective(s)   3 s.h.
    15 s.h.
  Total Program Hours   31 s.h.

Career Option

Students in the Supervision and Management Career Option Program
supplement the diploma program with the following additional courses:

Second Year

Third Term

MAT-110   Math for Liberal Arts   3 s.h.
MKT-110   Principles of Marketing   3 s.h.
  Humanities/Social Science Elective   3 s.h.
  General Elective(s)   4 s.h.
    13 s.h.

Fourth Term

ACC-122   Principles of Accounting II   3 s.h.
BUS-186   Business Law II   3 s.h.
ECN-130   Principles of Microeconomics   3 s.h.
ENG-103   Composition & Speech II   4 s.h.
  General Elective(s)   3 s.h.
    16 s.h.
  Total Program Hours   60 s.h.

Recommended Electives:

ACC-135   Personal Income Tax   3 s.h.
BCA-152   Electronic Spreadsheets   3 s.h.
BUS-107   Business Careers   1 s.h.
BUS-134   The Successful Entrepreneur   2 s.h.
BUS-136   Creativity, Innovation, and Opportunity Analysis   2 s.h.
BUS-142   Planning the Entrepreneurial Venture   3 s.h.
BUS-225   Business Internships*   1-5 s.h.
BUS-298   Seminar in Entrepreneurship   3 s.h.

* Prerequisite BUS-107 Business Careers

For additional Business electives, see NIACC Catalog.

Business Internships

It's as easy as 1,2,3!

  1. Talk to the Business Internship Coordinator or your Counselor to decide when in your college career you should participate in an internship.
  2. Enroll in and pass Business Careers
    • Business Careers is a 1 s.h., 5-week, pass/no pass course that is a prerequisite to Business Internships ~ it can be taken at any time prior to a Business Internship.
  3. Upon passing Business Careers, the student is eligible for a Business Internship (BUS-225).
    • Students may register for a Business Internship only when they have located, secured and have had the internship site approved with the Business Internship Coordinator.
    • Business Internship credit ranges from 1 s.h. to 5 s.h. ~ this must be determined prior to registering for the course.

All students are highly encouraged to participate in a Business Internship before graduating.


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