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Business Major

Business Minor

The BA/BS degrees are awarded to students who complete major requirements as listed below and a minor in a second academic area. (All university degrees require an overall of 62 upper-division hours.)

Admission to the Business major program is required for students seeking this degree. Typically, application for admission is made at the end of the student's sophomore year or the beginning of their junior year by completing a degree plan with the Division of Business and Economics office. Prior to admission to the program, students should have completed the following set of courses.

Prerequisite Courses for the Business Degree

WR 135	College Writing II	4
COM 111	Principles of Public Speaking	3
MTH 111*	College Algebra	4
BA 240*	Quantitative Business Methods or (MTH 241 Calculus for Social Science)	4
BA 243	Business Statistics or (MTH 243 Introduction to Probability & Statistics)	4
CS 121*	Computer Applications	2
BA 211	Financial Accounting	4
BA 213	Managerial Accounting	4
EC 201	Introduction to Microeconomics	4
EC 202	Introduction to Macroeconomics	4

* These courses will go towards fulfilling the 12 hour Mathematics/Computer Science requirement for the BS degree.

Additional information regarding these requirements can be obtained from the division. Limited courses taken at other institutions may be transferred to the program based on the course level and grade obtained.

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Business Major

BA 211	Financial Accounting	4
BA 213	Managerial Accounting	4
BA 230	Intro to Business Law	3
BA 243	Business Statistics (or Mth 243)	4
BA 310	Principles of Marketing	3
BA 315	Financial Management	3
EC 318	Money and Banking	4
BA 325	Portfolio Management	3
BA 361	Organizational Behavior	3
BA 362	Business Ethics	3
BA 367	Regression Analysis	3
BA 368	Intro to Operations Research	3
BA 411	Marketing Strategy	3
BA 490	Operations Management	3
BA 491	Strategic Management	3
	Upper-division credits in Focus	24
	Total Hours in Major	73

1. All university degrees require a minimum of 6 hours in courses designated as Writing Intensive.

2. The BS degree also requires 6 hours in courses designated as Diversity intensive. For Business majors, these 6 hours can be from any courses identified with the D designation in the Catalog. Business majors should note that BA 361 and EC 202, which are required for all Business majors, have the D designation. Other Business/Economics courses approved for diversity are BA 284, BA 370, BA 392, BA 484, EC 436, and EC 440.

3. The BA degree requires proficiency in a foreign language through the third term of the second year. Courses taken to fulfill this requirement can be used in a minor or as free electives.

Sample of Degree of Plan

Proposed Schedule for Students Entering the Business Program

Minors for Business Majors

Writing Intensive Courses for Business Majors/Minors

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Business Minor

BA 211	Financial Accounting	4
BA 310	Principles of Marketing	3
BA 315	Financial Management	3
BA 361	Organizational Behavior	3
BA 370	Business and Society	3
	Upper Division (300 or 400 level) Electives in Business,
	Economics, or Entrepreneurship	6
	Total Hours in Minor	22

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Division of Business and Economics (503) 838-8421 | or e-mail: business@wou.edu