An honors program is available for students seeking additional challenge. Many students participate in internships and practicums during Interim. Majors and Degrees Buena Vista University awards Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees. BVU also offers 15 pre-professional programs, including allied health sciences, chiropractic medicine, dentistry, engineering, law, medical technology, medicine, mortuary science, optometry, osteopathy, pharmacy, physical therapy, podiatry, theology and veterinary medicine. More than 65 percent of the 70 full-time professors hold doctorates or the highest degrees awarded in their fields.
Faculty members serve as student advisors through the academic years.
The annual award rewards a Buena Vista professor who is nominated by colleagues, students and alumni for excellence in teaching and advising. The prize is one of the largest faculty awards in the nation. The ITC offers sophisticated information technologies that link BVU students with an on-line catalog, numerous electronic databases, the Internet and World Wide Web, and other document delivery resources. Students and faculty can also access library and information resources electronically from computers across campus, in administrative offices and from the residence halls. In addition to boasting a computer center, the spacious new facility offers study spaces for more than 300 people, as well as room for a library collection of 300,000 volumes.