Program Requirements
A minimum of 57 credits is required, including the 21-credit Business Administration Base Curriculum, the 15-credit Business Administration Nucleus:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Base Curriculum | ||
| ACC 201 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 202 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| Select one of the following mathematics courses: | 3-4 | |
| College Algebra (GT-MA1) | ||
| Precalculus (GT-MA1) | ||
| Calculus I (GT-MA1) | ||
| One of the following: | 3 | |
| Spreadsheets and Analysis | ||
| Professional Computer Skills | ||
| One of the following: | 3 | |
| Probability and Statistics (GT-MA1) | ||
| Statistics for Business and Economics | ||
| Total Credits | 21-22 | |
The 15-credit Business Administration Nucleus forms the core for each of the emphasis areas and also comprises the bulk of the Standard Program. It is important that the student achieve a high level of understanding of the basic fundamental concepts represented by these courses to be successful in the completion of the required upper- level course work and in their business career. If BUAD 350 Human Resource Management Human Resource Management is used to satisfy the requirements of the Business Administration Nucleus, then it cannot be used to satisfy the elective requirement within the major.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration Nucleus | ||
| BUAD 185 | Business Communication | 3 |
| BUAD 210 | Foundations of Business Law | 3 |
| BUAD 270 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BUAD 360 | Managerial Finance | 3 |
| One of the following: | 3 | |
| Organizational Behavior | ||
| Human Resource Management | ||
| Total Credits | 15 | |
And the following courses:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BUAD 322 | Financial Planning | 3 |
| BUAD 402 | Commercial Bank Management | 3 |
| BUAD 460 | Advanced Managerial Finance | 3 |
| BUAD 461 | Investments | 3 |
| BUAD 491 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| Two of the following: | 6 | |
| Commercial Lending & Credit Analysis | ||
| Portfolio Management | ||
| Money, Banking, and Financial Markets | ||
| Total Credits | 21 | |
Western Watershed General Education Requirements
Students must complete all Western Watershed General Education requirements to graduate.
Graduation Requirements
Undergraduate programs require a minimum of 120 semester credits for graduation. Of those 120 credits, 40 credits must be in upper-division courses (those marked 300 and above). Fifteen of these 40 upper-division credits must be earned in courses that are part of the standard or comprehensive major program being pursued.
Students are expected to review all graduation requirements, which can be found in the Western Undergraduate Catalog: Graduation Requirements.
Degree Plans are for planning purposes. They reflect a suggested plan to complete the degree in a projected timeframe per program of study.
"Western Watershed Course(s)” refers to a course from the Tributaries area of the Western Watershed program. These courses should be chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor.
Sample Plan
| Year One | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| WWGE: Headwaters 101/102/103/104 | 2 | |
| ENG 102 | Writing and Rhetoric I (GT-CO1) | 3 |
| MATH 140 | College Algebra (GT-MA1) | 3 |
| BUAD 101 | Business of Life | 3 |
| Western Watershed Course(s) | 3-4 | |
| Credits | 14-15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACC 201 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3 |
| ENG 103 | Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) | 3 |
| Western Watershed Course(s) | 6-7 | |
| Credits | 15-16 | |
| Year Two | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACC 202 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 216 | Statistics for Business and Economics | 3 |
| BUAD 185 | Business Communication | 3 |
| Western Watershed Course(s) | 6 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| BUAD 220 | Spreadsheets and Analysis | 3 |
| BUAD | Business Elective | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| Western Watershed Course(s) | 6 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Three | ||
| Fall | ||
| BUAD 210 | Foundations of Business Law | 3 |
| BUAD 240 | Strategic Negotiations | 3 |
| BUAD 270 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BUAD 360 | Managerial Finance | 3 |
| ECON 361 | Money, Banking, and Financial Markets | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| BUAD 333 or BUAD 350 |
Organizational Behavior or Human Resource Management |
3 |
| BUAD 380 or BUAD 415 |
Commercial Lending & Credit Analysis or Portfolio Management |
3 |
| BUAD 460 | Advanced Managerial Finance | 3 |
| Western Watershed Course(s) | 6 | |
| WWGE Delta 301/302/303/304 | 1 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Summer | ||
| BUAD 322 | Financial Planning | 3 |
| **Summer courses count towards a student’s GPA, Academic Standing, and follow summer tuition fee structure. | ||
| Credits | 3 | |
| Year Four | ||
| Fall | ||
| BUAD 402 | Commercial Bank Management | 3 |
| BUAD 461 | Investments | 3 |
| Western Watershed Course(s) | 9 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| BUAD 491 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| Electives | 9 | |
| Western Watershed Course(s) | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Total Credits | 123-125 | |
Western is committed to doing our part to provide each student a clear path to graduation. This four‐year degree plan is a sample map for fulfilling requirements in the major and General Education. The pathway that you take to your degree may differ somewhat from this illustration, depending on where you start and the detours and side trips you may take along the way. You are responsible for ensuring your overall, upper division, and major‐specific credits as well as GPA requirements are fulfilled for graduation.