ARTICULATION AGREEMENT
for transfer of credits between
The University of Wisconsin-Superior
Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting
and the
Lake Superior College Accountant Associate of Applied Science Degree
Effective Dates: May 2011-December 2018
Review Date: June 2018
Introduction and Rationale:
The University of Wisconsin-Superior maintains an educational partnership with Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities to provide opportunities for students to enter bachelor’s degree
completion programs. In the interest of fostering cooperation between our institutions, and to
better serve the transfer of students from Lake Superior College to the University of WisconsinSuperior, the faculty and administration of our institutions have established this articulation
agreement.
This Agreement specifies the transfer of credit from the Lake Superior College Associate
Degree named above to the UW-S Bachelor’s Degree named above in recognition that the LSC
program prepares students for admission to this Bachelor’s degree program. The underlying
assumption for this Agreement is that the college provides a foundation of occupational courses
and the University provides the upper-level courses required within the Bachelor’s degree
program.
LSC students who successfully complete the Accounting Associate of Applied Science degree
wishing to transfer to the University of Wisconsin-Superior will be awarded the following credits
toward a B.S. Degree in Accounting.
LSC Program
course #
ACCT 1410
ACCT 1510
ACCT 2430
ACCT 2420
ACCT 2520
LGST 1420
ADSC 1420
ENGL 11062
MATH 2210
course title
Financial Accounting Principles I
Financial Accounting Principles II
Managerial Accounting
Intermediate Accounting I
Intermediate Accounting II
Business Law – An Intro
Business Communication
College Composition I
General Statistics
UW-Superior Program
cr
course #
Major Courses
3
ACCT 200
3
3
ACCT 201
4
ACCT 3521
4
3
BUS 211
3
WRIT 209
3
MATH 1302
3
course title
cr.
granted
Financial Accounting
3
Managerial Accounting
Intermediate Accounting I
Business Law I
3
3
3
Business and Professional Writing
3
Elementary Statistics (waives BUS
270:BusStatistics requirement)
3
ACCT 2410
ADSC 1430
ECON 1160
ECON 1150
MATH 2204
ACCT1540
ACCT 2460
ACCT 1400
ACCT 1500
ACCT 2570
ACCT 1530
Spreadsheet Concepts & Apps for
Acct
Microsoft Office 2007
Principles of Econ:Microeconomics
Principles of Econ:Macroeconomics
Calculus I
Fundamentals of Taxation
Computerized Apps in Acctng
Accounting Math
Personal Finance
Comp Review for Accred. In Acctng.
Payroll Accounting
2
ITS108
3
3
3
5
4
2
2
3
4
3
ECON 2502
ECON 2512
MATH 1512
ACCT 4603
ACCT 288
BUS 289
Business Computer Application
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics
Calculus for Bus, Life, Soc Sci
Fundamentals of Taxation
Ind Study: Peachtree
Business Electives
3
3
3
3
3
2
12
1
Credit awarded to ACCT 352 when ACCT 353 is successfully completed with a grade of C- or higher
fulfills a UWS General Education requirement
3 Credit awarded to ACCT 460 when ACCT 461 is successfully completed with a grade of C- or higher
2 Course
Requirements:
Students from LSC must have completed the above-named Associate of Applied Science
Degree program with a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.3/4.0 for consideration for
transfer under the terms of this document. No course with a grade lower than C may be
transferred.
LSC general studies/breadth courses in communications, social sciences, mathematics and
natural science from the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum may transfer in to fulfill UW-Superior
general education requirements in these areas. All UW-Superior general education core and
knowledge category requirements not met by transfer credits must be completed.
Up to 33 credits from the Associate Degree program named above may be transferred in as
required courses listed above.
Up to 14 business elective courses may be transferred in as listed above.
A maximum total of 47 credits as indicated above may be transferred in, leading to the
comprehensive major indicated above.
Elective courses taken at LSC which are not listed in this agreement will be reviewed by the
faculty of the UW-Superior degree program named above on a case by case basis
A minimum of 120 total credits are required to complete a bachelor’s degree at UW-Superior;
66 credits within the major are required to complete the comprehensive degree named above.
A minimum of 30 credits must be earned at UW-Superior in order to be awarded a degree from
UW-Superior.
Students must maintain a 2.0/4.0 grade point average in upper division courses to be eligible for
the bachelor’s degree named above.
Students are required to complete a final project (Senior Experience) to fulfill graduation
requirements for the bachelor’s degree named above.
Conditions:
The terms of this degree completion agreement apply only for the purposes of entry to the
Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
Credits will be awarded only to students who complete a bachelor’s degree at UW-Superior in
the degree indicated in this agreement.
LSC students seeking admission to other degree programs offered at UW-Superior may transfer
to the University only those credits recognized by the desired program of entry.
This agreement is limited to University requirements for completion of a Bachelor’s degree only.
Students seeking certification for licensure in particular fields must complete any additional
requirements for such certification.
The transferability of credits as put forth within this articulation agreement is advisory. Students
who matriculate to UW-Superior are subject to the degree requirements in effect in the students’
catalog of entry at UW-Superior.
Agreement Contact Persons:
University of Wisconsin-Superior
__________________________________________________________________________
Chair, Business and Economics Dept., UW-Superior
email
phone
Lake Superior College
___________________________________________ ________________________________
Faculty, Accounting Programs, Lake Superior College
email
phone
Approvals:
______________________________________
_________________________________
Chair, Faculty Senate, UW-Superior
Dean, Lake Superior College
______________________________________
_________________________________
Provost, UW-Superior
Chief Academic Officer, Lake Superior College
______________________________________
_________________________________
Chancellor, UW-Superior
President, Lake Superior College
Date: ________________
Date:______________________