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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 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 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***

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.

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