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Arrowhead University partners with colleges and universities to bring Bachelor's and Master's degree programming to the community colleges of northeast Minnesota.

AU Collaborative Degree Programs

The following programs are established collaborative degree programs available to students of northeast Minnesota through Arrowhead University. Earn your degree without leaving home!

B.S. in Accounting (Bemidji State University) *NEW PROGRAM*
Delivery: Online
Academic Advisor: Dr. Sandy Kranz, Accounting Department Chair
(Tel) 218-755-3716

Accounting is an information system that represents the economic resources and responsibilities of business or non-business enterprises. Monitored over time, it is used as a decision-making tool for the allocation of resources and evaluation of responsibilities.

Accounting information impacts major economic decisions that have national and even global impact. The Accounting program teaches analytical, theoretical, communication, and leadership skills necessary for effective accounting and for advancement in public, private, and government and fraud examination careers.

Upon graduation, Accounting majors may write the Uniform Certified Public Accounting Examination, the Certified Internal Auditor Examination, and/or the Certified Management Accountant Examination and/or the Certified Fraud Examination. Certificates are issued upon attainment of a satisfactory score and completion of appropriate credits and the appropriate work experience. Read More...

Click here to apply to the program:
http://distance.bemidjistate.edu/default.aspx?pageID=35

B.S. in Criminal Justice (Bemidji State University)
Delivery: Online
Academic Advisor: Dr. Michael H. Herbert
(Tel) 218-755-2880

The bachelor of science degree in Criminal Justice is a generalist degree preparing students for careers in law enforcement, corrections, and other public and private agencies concerned with the prevention and investigation of crime. This preparation includes a combination of course work, internships, and special research projects. Students considering this major are encouraged to develop a proficiency in writing. The degree is also appropriate for students who choose to pursue advanced study in criminal justice or law.

Completion of the Criminal Justice degree at Bemidji State University satisfies the Minnesota Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (POST) academic requirements. Read More...

Click here to apply to the program:
http://distance.bemidjistate.edu/default.aspx?pageID=35
B.A.S. in Unified Early Childhood Studies (UMD)
Delivery: Face to Face and Online
Academic Advisor: Kim Riordan (Program Coordinator and Professor)
(Tel) 218-726-7251
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The unified early childhood studies program and licensures include interdisciplinary curricula that prepare students for work in a variety of settings with children of diverse ability levels, from birth through age eight.

Graduates find employment in public schools, community and private preschool programs, early primary grades in elementary schools, programs for children ages birth through six with identified disabilities or delays, home- and center-based child care, Head Start programs, and hospital-based settings.

All students complete a common core of courses in child development, parent-child relations, early childhood curriculum and programming, early childhood special education, community resources, and educational leadership and program administration.

The unified early childhood studies major leads to Minnesota licensure in early childhood education (birth through grade three) and early childhood special education. International student teaching placements are available. Read More...
B.S. in Business Administration (Bemidji State University)
Delivery: Online/ Independent study
Academic Advisor: Tom Fauchald, Coordinator of online program
(Tel) 218-755-2758
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The Business Administration curriculum prepares students for entry into the business world or for graduate study, and offers them a liberal education that will contribute to their intellectual, personal, and ethical growth. The Business Administration program offers study in finance, management, marketing, small business, computer information systems, and general business. Neither narrow nor vocational in its approach, the course work includes logical thinking, communication skills, creative problem solving/decision making, and theoretical, technical, and professional skills. Read more ...or...

Click here to apply to the program:
http://distance.bemidjistate.edu/default.aspx?pageID=35
B.S. in Psychology (Bemidji State University)
Delivery: Evening classroom instruction at Hibbing Community College
Academic Advisor: Chad Scott, Coordinator/Pyschology Instructor
(Tel) 218-290-7301
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Psychology is the scientific study of behavior including cognitive, emotional, and physiological processes. Research in psychology leads to a better understanding of ourselves and others. We can apply this understanding to help enhance people’s lives in schools, workplaces, homes, and society. A few of the many subfields within psychology include developmental, social, experimental, clinical, counseling, and neuropsychology. Our unique program includes crisis management and counseling skills training, faculty critiques of your videotaped interactions, capstone internship, high placement rate. Read more ...or...

Click here to apply to the program:
http://distance.bemidjistate.edu/default.aspx?pageID=35
B.A.S. in Psychology (University of Minnesota-Duluth)
Delivery: Online
Academic Advisor: Lisa Kittelson, CEHSP Academic Advisor
(Tel) 218-726-7667
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This program provides students with a firm grounding in the methods, history, and content areas of the discipline. Graduates are prepared for graduate study leading to advanced degrees in psychology or for paraprofessional positions requiring some application of research or human service delivery skills. The core curriculum covers the research methods used in the scientific study of behavior, and surveys theories, findings, and historical applications in a variety of psychology subfields. Read more ...or...

Click here to apply to the program:
http://www.d.umn.edu/psy/gettingstarted/step0.html
B.A. in Management (The College of St. Scholastica)
Delivery: Classes at Itasca Community College
Academic Advisor: David Anstett, Program Coordinator
(Tel) 800-447-5444
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Successful managers are able to think strategically, communicate effectively and apply creative solutions to complex business problems. St. Scholastica’s Management major helps students develop these characteristics through a program that integrates management principles within a broad liberal arts education. Core studies include: human resource management, communication, strategic planning, economics, accounting, finance, marketing, and ethics. Students can apply theoretical lessons in the practical world by undertaking an applied internship with local or regional businesses and service organizations. Graduates find careers in a variety of settings including: general management, human resource management, medical administration, finance, banking, government, manufacturing, education, marketing, and the social services. Read more ...
RN to B.S. in Nursing (The College of St. Scholastica)

Delivery: Online Instruction

The College of St. Scholastica RN to BA Completion Program assists registered nurses to attain a baccalaureate degree with a major in nursing.

The requirements of the completion program include general education courses, a statistics course, major nursing courses, and electives. If you have an Associate of Arts degree or have met the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum, many of your general education requirements are satisfied. The Accelerated Degree Evening Program (ADEP) offers nursing and general education courses two nights per week.

The Baccalaureate program is approved by the Minnesota Board of Nursing and accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Read more …
Masters in Education (M.Ed.) (University of Minnesota, Duluth)

Delivery: Online/Blended *Iron Range cohort offered when demand exists.

Academic Advisor: Kim Riordan, Masters in Education Program Coordinator

(Tel) 218-726-7251
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A professional development degree for educational scholars, which includes teachers and professionals with leadership or training roles in health sciences, social services, community education, and business or industry. Professional development is achieved through critical reflection, theoretical investigation, and application of theory and research to practice in communities. The curriculum is based on the roles that educational scholars play as teachers, leaders, and change agents in formal, non-formal, and community-based settings.

Learners will develop skills in:
- critical reflection
- investigation and application of educational theory to practice
- evaluation, execution and effective communication of educational research
- cultural competence
- participation in communities of learners as professionals
- leadership of educational reform
Core courses are delivered primarily online with one face–to–face weekend session during the first month of each semester. The required core courses are delivered over two years for professionals who wish to earn the graduate degree while maintaining full–time employment. Students are admitted to an identified cohort and register in two years of core curriculum with the same cohort. Attendance at the face-to-face meetings each semester is required...for more information about this and other UMD education programs, click here.

Other Distance Learning Opportunities

We are pleased to provide information and links to the following distance learning opportunities for students of the Arrowhead region of Minnesota. Contact AU or the provider institution for more information. You may also conduct your own search for online degree programs provided by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) at MnOnline .

BACHELOR'S

RN to B.S. in Nursing (Minnesota State University Mankato)
Delivery: Online/ITV

Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSM) invites you to consider completing a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in nursing at one of the nation's most respected Schools of Nursing (SON). Our nursing faculty desire to assist you in the pursuit of the bachelor's degree. MSM's nursing program is approved by:

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
One Dupont Circle NW
Suite 530
Washington, DC 20036

An expanded distance education format is utilized which includes all nursing theory courses online with 2 days on campus each semester. Faculty are accessible by e-mail, voice mail, and office appointment. Visit provider's website .
B.A. in Human Resource Management (Bethel University)
Delivery: Hybrid, Online/Class meeting every 6 weeks

Students will advance through courses with supportive faculty who understand

today's marketplace while completing their degrees in an accelerated format.

A distinction of Bethel University is its values-based foundation, which

incorporates ethics and sound business principles. Students will learn:
- Traditional areas of Human Resource management (HRM).
- The legal structure governing HRM.
- Recruitment and development of an effective and diverse workforce.
- Development and implementation of strategic management initiative and the metrics of HRM.
- Collaboration within the organization to identify and implement human resource/business solutions.
- Complex relationship between globalization and human resource management.
Upon completion of the major, students may consider sitting for the Professional in Human Resources Certification (PHR) examination provided through Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). For more information, students can visit Bethel's website at www.bethel.edu or contact Aaron Buzay, Site Director, at 218.260.0499 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
B.S. in Teacher Education (Bemidji State University)
Delivery: Blended/Online

The Distributed Learning in Teacher Education (DLiTE) program is a blended technologies, K-8 Elementary Education program for rural and urban students who, for various reasons, cannot attend a campus-based teacher education program. Visit provider's website .
FasTrack Secondary Initiative Teaching Licensure (Bemidji State University)
Delivery: Online

This is an online opportunity to assist those individuals wishing to teach at the secondary level and willing to submit a portfolio to the Minnesota Department of Education for the purpose of certification. Teachers working outside their area of licensure can also add other licensed areas.
Prospective students must have previously earned a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Master of Business Administration, Master of Science, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Arts or Doctor of Philosophy (or other) degree in a Minnesota Department of Education content licensure area. Visit provider's website .
B.A.S. in Technology Management (Bemidji State University)
Delivery: Blended/Online

The B.A.S. degree in Technology Management at Bemidji State University has been designed to provide an opportunity to build directly upon an individual’s past technical education and related work experience. Students can apply many of the credits earned in a 2-year A.S., A.A.S., or diploma toward a 4-year degree. Visit provider's website .
B.S. in Career & Technical Education (Bemidji State University)
Delivery: Web-based/ITV, various locations

Career and Technical Education (Vocational Education) prepares people for careers in education, the trades, industry, and related occupations. This program trains career and technical education instructors for secondary and post-secondary teaching positions. Career and Technical Education majors must have prior work experience in the field they wish to teach in, and credits may be awarded for that experience. Visit provider's website .
RN to B.S. in Nursing (Bemidji State University)
Delivery: Blended/Block schedule/ITV/Internet

The BSU Department of Nursing is a nationally accredited nursing program, which provides educational mobility and articulation for Diploma and Associate Degree Registered Nurses to obtain their Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. The program is designed in block times one day per week to accommodate busy nurses who have jobs and families and who may commute from long distances. In addition, to increase accessibility, courses are on the BSU campus every two to three weeks and at ITV sites in Brainerd, Hibbing, Duluth, Thief River Falls, and International Falls the alternate weeks. Some courses are offered via the Internet. Full-time and part-time options are available, and clinical experiences are arranged in a variety of sites as close to the student’s home as possible. Students are eligible for Public Health Certification upon graduation. Visit provider's website .

MASTER'S

M.S. in Education (Bemidji State University)
Delivery: Online/Blended

The Master of Science in Education degree is designed for in-service pre-K-12 and post-secondary educators. It is primarily an on-line program that allows students to individualize their master's degree with an emphasis on their teaching field. The six core education courses are completely on-line, while cognate (elective) courses may be o-line or on campus. Visit provider's website.

M.Ed. Masters in Education (Bemidji State University)
Delivery: Online/Blended

Department of Professional Education now offers an M.Ed. applied degree for practicing Pre-K through post-secondary teachers to improve their teaching skills. As with the M.S. Education program, the M.Ed. degree core courses are designed to meet five program standards from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). Additional coursework for the M.Ed. includes ED 6155 Capstone Experience (in lieu of a research paper/thesis requirement) and additional advanced study in a cognate area. Visit provider's website .
M.S. in Technology/Career & Technical Education (Bemidji State University)
Delivery: On-site/Internet/ITV/Self-guided

The Center for Career & Technical Education at BSU offers a graduate degree for individuals wishing to enhance their personal credentials and/or prepare for leadership roles in a wide range of positions in Technology Education, and Career & Technical Education. Visit provider's website.
M.A. in Management (The College of St. Scholastica)

Delivery: Evening accelerated format, various locations
*This program is offered on the Iron Range when the demand exists.

The Master of Arts in Management program prepares managers who can lead change initiatives within their organizations, professions, and business sectors. The program approaches management as a practice, much like medicine or law, which can be studied and mastered. It produces graduates who are skilled at identifying and analyzing organizational problems, creating innovative solutions, and making correct, ethical decisions at the times they are most important. Visit provider's website .
M.S.E.M. Engineering Management (University of Minnesota-Duluth)
Delivery: Evening classes/ITV to various locations

The Master of Science in Engineering Management (M.S.E.M.) program provides engineers with tools to more effectively manage people, projects, technology, and information in their careers in order to promote economic growth, competitiveness, ethical decision-making, and environmental responsibility. As people in engineering positions often manage technical projects of varying size and complexity, the M.S.E.M. provides an excellent foundation. To meet the needs of practitioners, courses are offered in the evening and are available to remote sites by interactive television. Full-time enrollment is possible and the course structure allows for unique research opportunities. Visit provider's website .
Other Masters Degree opportunities (The College of St. Scholastica)
Delivery: Blended/Online