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    • Accounting - BA (61 hours total)
    • Addiction Counseling - BS - (39 hours total)
    • Applied Psychology - BA - Ottawa, KS (37 hours total)
    • Applied Psychology - BS - Ottawa (58 hours total)
    • Art - BA - Ottawa (43 hours total)
    • Art Education - BA - Ottawa (73 hours total)
    • Biology - BA - Ottawa (47 hours total)
    • Biology - BS (63 hours total)
    • Business Administration - BA - Online (52 hours total)
    • Business Administration - BS (57 hours total)
    • Business Economics - BA (51 hours total)
    • Christian Studies and Ministry - BA (39 hours total)
    • Communication - BA (42 hours total)
    • Computer Science Technology - BS
    • Education - BA - Arizona
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    • Curriculum and Instruction - Elementary Education (32 hours total)
    • Curriculum and Instruction - Secondary Education - BA (32 credits total)
    • Elementary Education - BA - Arizona - Kansas - Online (52-55 hours total)
    • Engineering - BS (41 hours total)
    • English - BA (33 hours total)
    • Exercise Science - BA (43 hours total)
    • Exercise Science - BS (55-56 hours total)
    • Finance - BS (54 hours total)
    • Health Care Management - BA (31-54 hours total)
    • History - BA (52 hours total)
    • Human Resources - BA (51 hours total)
    • Human and Social Services - BA (46 hours total)
    • Human Services - BA (43 hours total)
    • Leadership and Management - BA (55 hours total)
    • Management of Information Systems - BS - (52 hours total)
    • Marketing - BA - Ottawa and Surprise (50 hours total)
    • Mathematics - BA (44 hours total)
    • Mathematics - BS (58 hours total)
    • Music - BA - Ottawa (51 hours total)
    • Music - BM (total hours varies by concentration)
    • Music Education - BME (105-110 hours total)
    • Nursing - BSN Pre-Licensure - Kansas City
    • Nursing - BSN (47 hours total)
    • Philosophy, Politics and Economics - BA - Ottawa (46 hours total)
    • Physical Education - BA (78-83 hours total)
    • Psychology - BA (30-32 hours total)
    • Secondary Education Certification /Licensure Only - Arizona and Kansas
    • Secondary Education - Biology - BA- Surprise, AZ and Ottawa, KS (66-71 credits total)
    • Secondary Education - Business - BA - Arizona and Kansas
    • Secondary Education - English - BA - Arizona and Kansas (77-82 credits)
    • Secondary Education - History - BA - Arizona and Kansas
    • Secondary Education - Mathematics - BA - Arizona and Kansas
    • Secondary Education - Music - BA - Arizona
    • Sport Leadership - BA (38 hours total)
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