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 in an area distinct from the major, 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 Financial Accounting

4

ACCT 202Principles of Financial Accounting

3

ACCT 203Principles of Managerial Accounting

3

CIS 140Business Analytics with Microsoft Excel

4

CIS 240Business Analytics and Data Visualization

4

ECON 210Principles of Microeconomics

4

ECON 211Principles of Macroeconomics

4

GBUS 161Business Basics

2

GBUS 270Business Communication

4

Upper Division Courses:
FINA 351Managerial Finance

4

GBUS 361Business Law I

4

GBUS 490Internship*

0-4

GBUS 495Colloquium**

0

MGMT 371Principles of Management

4

MGMT 463Business Ethics

4

MGMT 489Strategic Management

4

MKTG 381Principles of Marketing

4

Business Electives***

2-6

Total Credit Hours:62

*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.

Cognate Requirements:

Math:
MATH 106Introduction to Statistics

4

Choose one of the following social science courses (4 credits):
PSYC 130General Psychology

4

SOCI 204General Sociology

4