Business Administration Major (Bachelor of Arts)

A student majoring in business administration must complete 62 quarter hours in the major, the required cognates, a minor from outside the School of Business, the general studies program, which includes a foreign language, and all baccalaureate degree requirements as outlined in this bulletin. Senior students are required to take the Major Field Test in Business.

Core Requirements:

Lower Division Courses:

ACCT 201Principles of Accounting

4

ACCT 202Principles of Accounting

3

ACCT 203Principles of Accounting

3

CIS 140Computer Business Applications

4

ECON 210Principles of Microeconomics

4

ECON 211Principles of Macroeconomics

4

GBUS 161Business Basics

2

GBUS 263Business Statistics

4

Upper Division Courses:

FINA 351Managerial Finance

4

GBUS 361Business Law I

4

GBUS 370Business Communication

4

GBUS 463Business Ethics

4

GBUS 490Internship

0 - 4; 4

GBUS 495Colloquium (12 quarters required)

0

MGMT 371Principles of Management

4

MGMT 489Strategic Management

4

MKTG 381Principles of Marketing

4

Business Electives (4 must be upper division)

2-6

Total Credit Hours:62

GBUS 490: Or any of the following: ACCT 490, FINA 490, MGMT 490, and MKTG 490

GBUS 495: Twelve quarters required or number of quarters in residence as a declared business major at WWU, whichever is less.

Cognates:

PSYC 130General Psychology

4

SPCH 101Fundamentals of Speech Communication

4

Choose one of the following MATH courses (4-5 credits):

MATH 117Accelerated Precalculus

5

MATH 121Precalculus I

4

MATH 131Calculus for the Life Sciences I

4

MATH 181Calculus I

4