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Owens Community College and Lourdes College are teaming up for a new innovative partnership.

Owens students can now take some courses for a Lourdes College four year business degree on Owens' Toledo area campus.

Students who enroll in the bachelor's degree program will pursue a majority of their Lourdes credit hours at Owens and can choose from the following eight business majors: Accounting, Accounting and Finance, Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Human Resource Management, Integrated Business, Marketing and Management. To help make earning a Lourdes bachelor's degree more affordable, qualifying students will be awarded Pathways Scholarships, Renewable merit-based scholarships providing up to $2,000 of tuition assistance per academic year.

The Lourdes bachelor's degree program will launch at Owens in fall 2011.