The following table includes online courses which may be used to meet the Associate in Science (Business) Degree requirements at North Iowa Area Community College. Learn More about the Degree requirements.
Important: In order to earn an Associate Degree from NIACC, you will need a total of 60 semester hours of credit, half (30) of which must be credit offered by NIACC.
Online Course Descriptions and Registration Information
Associate in Science Degree (Business) Requirements: |
Semester
Hours |
| Business Courses............................................. (minimum) | 30 s.h. |
| Principles of Accounting I | 3 s.h. |
| Principles of Accounting II | 3 s.h. |
| Business Communications | 3 s.h. |
| Business Law I | 3 s.h. |
| Business Law II | 3 s.h. |
| Computer Business Applications | 3 s.h. |
| Computer Literacy | 1 s.h. |
| Creativity Innovation and Opportunity Analysis | 2 s.h. |
| Electronic Portfolio | 3 s.h. |
| Information Data Assurance | 3 s.h. |
| Insurance, Property and Casuality | 3 s.h. |
| Insurance, Life Health and Disability | 3 s.h. |
| Introduction to Insurance | 3 s.h. |
| Human Relations | 3 s.h. |
| Introduction to Computers and Information Systems | 3 s.h. |
| IIntroduction to E-Commerce | 3 s.h. |
| Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 s.h. |
| Intro to Keyboarding | 1 s.h. |
| Java | 4 s.h |
| Keyboarding Skill Development | 1 s.h. |
| Management Information Systems | 3 s.h. |
| Medical Terminology I | 3 s.h. |
| Medical Terminology II | 3 s.h. |
| Microsoft Access | 1 s.h. |
| Microsoft Outlook | 1 s.h. |
| Networks, Building Multilayer Switched | 4 s.h. |
| Networks, Building Scalable | 4 s.h. |
| Networks, Implementing Secure Wide Area | 4 s.h. |
| Networks, Optimizing Converged | 4 s.h. |
| Personal Information Management | 2 s.h. |
| Basic Presentation Software | 1 s.h. |
| Principles of Banking | 3 s.h. |
| Principles of Marketing | 3 s.h. |
| Programming, Intro to | 4 s.h. |
| Project management, Fundamentals | 4 s.h |
| Project Management Software | 2 s.h. |
| The Successful Entrepreneur | 2 s.h. |
| Supervision, Principles of | 3 s.h. |
| Visual Communication | 3 s.h. |
| Web Animation | 3 s.h. |
| Web Design | 3 s.h. |
| Web Development I | 3 s.h. |
| Beginning Web Page Development | 3 s.h. |
| Basic Word Processing | 2 s.h. |
| Communications | 8 s.h. |
| Composition I | 3 s.h. |
| Composition II | 3 s.h. |
| Public Speaking | 2 s.h. |
| Humanities / Social Sciences (choose from either or both) | 9 s.h. |
| Humanities | |
| U.S. History to 1877 | 3 s.h |
| U.S. History since 1877 | 3 s.h |
| Art History I | 3 s.h. |
| Art History II | 3 s.h. |
| Poetry and Drama | 3 s.h. |
| Short Story and Novel | 3 s.h |
| Social Sciences | |
| American National Government (Introduction to American Government) | 3 s.h. |
| International Relations | 3 s.h. |
| Macroeconomics | 3 s.h. |
| Marriage and Family | 3 s.h |
| Microeconomics | 3 s.h. |
| Introduction to Psychology | 3 s.h. |
| Personal Finance | 3 s.h. |
| Developmental Psychology | 3 s.h. |
| Natural Sciences | 3 s.h. |
| Calculus | 3 s.h. |
| Health and Nutrition | 3 s.h. |
| Introduction to Chemistry | 4 s.h. |
| Introductory Biology | 3 s.h. |
| Math for Liberal Arts | 3 s.h. |
| Nutrition | 3 s.h. |
| Introduction to Statistics | 3 s.h. |
| Electives (or choose from any of the above courses) | |
| Building Codes and Standards | 2 s.h. |
| Career Decision Making | 2 s.h. |
| Child Growth and Development | 3 s.h. |
| Child Health Safety and Nutrition | 3 s.h. |
| Intro to Criminal Justice | 3 s.h. |
| Criminal Law | 3 s.h. |
| Cultural Anthropology | 3 s.h. |
| Intro to Criminal Justice | 3 s.h. |
| Intro to Early Childhood Education | 3 s.h. |
| Evidence | 3 s.h. |
| Home and School Relationships in Early Childhood | 3 s.h. |
| Job Seeking Skills | 1 s.h. |
| Laboratory Tests | 1 s.h. |
| Basic Pharmacology | 2 s.h. |
| PTA Terminology (Physical Therapy Assistant) | 1 s.h. |
| Ed2Go classes (Up to 3 semesters hour of Ed2Go online courses can be applied toward a degree. Each course is 1 s.h.) | 3 s.h. |
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