Business Administration Major (Bachelor of Science)

A student majoring in business administration must complete 76 quarter hours in the major, the required cognates, the general studies program, 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 140Business Analytics with Microsoft Excel and Access

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 362Business Law II

4

GBUS 366Operations Management

4

GBUS 370Business Communication

4

GBUS 463Business Ethics

4

GBUS 490Internship*

0-4

GBUS 495Colloquium**

0

MGMT 371Principles of Management

4

MGMT 489Strategic Management

4

MKTG 381Principles of Marketing

4

Business Electives***

8-12

Total Credit Hours:76

*Or any of the following: ACCT 490, CIS 490, FINA 490, LAW 490, MGMT 490, and MKTG 490

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

***Business electives may be chosen from courses with prefixes ACCT, CIS, ECON, FINA, GBUS, MGMT, or MKTG.

Cognates:

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

Choose one of the following social science courses (4 credits):

PSYC 130General Psychology

4

SOCI 204General Sociology

4

Choose one of the following speech courses (3-4 credits):

SPCH 101Fundamentals of Speech Communication

4

SPCH 207Small Group Communication

3