Program Overview

Business Administration — General Concentration, BA

Introduction

The Business Administration program is designed to prepare students for leadership roles in business and the community. One program objective is to provide students with the perceptual and analytical skills necessary to make decisions and evaluate policies in business; another is to develop student understanding of the social, economic and regulatory environments in business. The program is designed for students with a variety of career goals, including opportunities with financial institutions, manufacturing and retail firms, service industries and the public sector.

Learning Competency Goals

• Demonstrate breadth of business knowledge
• Produce quality business documents
• Analyze problems using an ethical perspective
• Analyze the legal implications of business decisions
• Critically analyze problems and defend resolutions
• Solve business problems using quantitative techniques
• Apply a global perspective in conducting business
• Identify and analyze social consequences of business activities
• Understand the importance of environmental sustainability

Why Consider a General Concentration in Business Administration Major?

The College of Business and Economics prepares students for positions of leadership and stewardship in the management and administration of complex organizations — from small companies to large multinational enterprises. Students develop managerial skills, analytic economic skills and interpersonal sensitivities, as well as quantitative and accounting skills. All students earning a degree in Business Administration will develop significant understanding of management information systems and computing.

Student Resources

• Department website: Management
• Degree Works: Current students should also log on to Degree Works to check student-specific program progress.
• Career Services Center: Connect major to a career
• Sample careers: Project Management, Event Planning, Management Consulting, Nonprofit Management, Government, Small Business

How to Declare (Admission and Declaration Process):

Admission to programs in the College of Business and Economics (CBE) is selective and based upon prior academic performance and other evidence of high promise. For admission to CBE as a Business Major with a General Concentration, students must have completed the following requirements:

General Concentration in Business Administration, BA (Poulsbo Campus only)

• Confirmed admission to Western Washington University
• A completed Extension Transfer/Post-Baccalaureate Application
• Achieved a 2.5 cumulative college GPA (including transfer work)
• A plan that includes completion of the CBE foundation courses (if not completed before applying to WWU

Grade Requirements

A grade of C- or better is required for a student’s major or minor courses, and supporting courses for majors and minors.

Requirements (88-90 credits)

Foundation Courses (30 credits)

• ACCT 240 - Financial Accounting (4 credits)
• ACCT 245 - Managerial Accounting (4 credits)
• DSCI 205 - Business Statistics (4 credits)
• ECON 206 - Introduction to Microeconomics (4 credits)
• ECON 207 - Introduction to Macroeconomics (4 credits)
• MATH 157 - Calculus with Applications to Business and Economics (4 credits)
• MGMT 271 - Law and the Business Environment (4 credits)
• MIS 220 - Introduction to Business Computer Systems (2 credits) (or equivalent)

Core Courses (24 credits)

• DSCI 305 - Applied Business Statistics and Analytics (4 credits)
• FIN 341 - Principles of Finance (4 credits)
• MGMT 311 - Introduction to Management and Organizational Behavior (4 credits)
• MIS 320 - Principles of Management Information Systems (4 credits)
• MKTG 380 - Principles of Marketing (4 credits)
• OPS 360 - Operations Management (4 credits)

Advanced Core (8 credits)

• MGMT 382 - Business and Its Environment (4 credits)
• One course from:
  • MGMT 492 - Entrepreneurial Problems (4 credits)
  • MGMT 495 - Strategic Management (4 credits)

General Concentration Courses (28 credits)

• Complete 28 credits of approved upper-division elective courses: Students in the department may elect to work with their faculty advisor in designing a set of upper-division courses appropriate to their academic interests. The resulting course of study shall have prior approval of the advisor and include the following: HRM 322 or HRM 422, MGMT 313 and five additional upper-division CBE courses. Students interested in entrepreneurial management or human resource management should select the general option and inform the department of that interest. They will be advised of the preferred courses for students intending to embark upon entrepreneurial or human resource management careers or careers in small business.
• Take one Communication Focus (CF) course and a minimum of three writing proficiency points in approved upper-division writing proficiency courses (WP) with a minimum grade of C-. The CF and WP courses must be taken within CBE and can be completed as part of the above required and elective courses, prior to graduation.
• Accounting and Business majors must complete a minimum of 90 credits in areas other than accounting and business administration.

University Graduation Requirements

• General University Requirements
• Writing Proficiency Requirement (WP)
• 180 Minimum Total Credits
• 60 Minimum Upper Division Credits
• Residency Requirement
• Minimum Grade Requirements
• Final Quarter Requirement