BBA - Business Administration

Program Requirements

A minimum total of 120 credit hours is required for the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in business administration. In addition to meeting the requirements of the WSU General Education Program and the requirements for all BBA programs set by the W. Frank Barton School of Business, candidates for the BBA in business administration must satisfy the following requirements of the curricular major:

All majors must contain at least 12 unduplicated credit hours. All minors must contain at least 3 unduplicated credit hours.

Course Title Hours
General Education
Select courses to meet General Education requirements 134-35
College Requirements 2
Bachelor of Business Administration Core Requirements27
Advanced Standing Requirements23-25
Business Administration Major
MKT 405Consumer Behavior3
MGMT 463Building Remarkable Teams3
HRM 466Fundamentals of Human Resource Management3
or ECON 660 Labor Economics
International Business Elective
Select one of the following3
Successful Negotiation
International Economics and Business
International Management
International Marketing
International Financial Management
Directed Electives
Select 9 credit hours of directed electives: Upper division business electives from the following business disciplines (must be spread over at least two disciplines): accounting, business analytics, decision sciences, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, management information systems or real estate.9
Open Electives
Select enough electives to reach 120 credit hours12-15
Total Credit Hours120

Credit hours in co-op may not be counted toward the business administration major.

Note: Other courses may be used as directed electives with a business advisor’s consent.

1

Required major courses may also count towards General Education requirements. Students will need to select additional electives to reach 120 credit hours required for graduation with assistance from an advisor.

2

See the Bachelor of Business Administration page of the catalog for a full explanation of these college requirements.

Applied Learning

Students in the BBA - business administration program are required to complete an applied learning or research experience to graduate from the program. The requirement can be met by completing MGMT 463. This course contains an applied learning experience and is a required course for the BBA - business administration program.