Program Requirements
A minimum total of 120 credit hours is required for the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in management. 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 management 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 1 | 34-35 | |
| College Requirements 2 | ||
| Bachelor of Business Administration Core Requirements | 27 | |
| Advanced Standing Requirements | 20 | |
| Management Major | ||
| Select one of the concentrations below | 21 | |
| Management - Leadership Concentration | ||
| Core Required for Leadership (9 credit hours) | ||
| Designing Successful Organizations | ||
| High Performance Leadership | ||
| Building Remarkable Teams | ||
| Concentration Electives: select four of the following (12 credit hours) 3 | ||
| Successful Negotiation | ||
| Change Management | ||
| Managing in Diverse Organizations | ||
| Destructive Behavior in the Workplace | ||
| Introduction to Project Management | ||
| Cracking the Code of Power and Influence | ||
| International Management | ||
| Virtual International Consulting Experience | ||
| Management - Project Management Concentration | ||
| Core Required for Project Management (9 credit hours) | ||
| Building Remarkable Teams | ||
| Introduction to Project Management | ||
| Project Management Capstone | ||
| Concentration Electives: select four of the following (12 credit hours) 3 | ||
| Successful Negotiation | ||
| Designing Successful Organizations | ||
| High Performance Leadership | ||
| Change Management | ||
| Managing in Diverse Organizations | ||
| Destructive Behavior in the Workplace | ||
| Cracking the Code of Power and Influence | ||
| International Management | ||
| Virtual International Consulting Experience | ||
| Open Electives | ||
| Select enough electives to reach 120 credit hours | 17-18 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
A maximum of 3 credit hours of co-op may be used in the major.
- 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.
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See the Bachelor of Business Administration page of the catalog for a full explanation of these college requirements.
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Up to 3 credit hours may be substituted from upper-level courses in business administration with advisor’s consent, including MGMT 481, MGMT 491 and MGMT 690A-Z.
Applied Learning
Students in both the BBA in management - leadership concentration and project management concentration are required to complete an applied learning or research experience to graduate from the program. The requirement can be met by taking the required course MGMT 463 Building Remarkable Teams.
As part of this course, students are required to work in teams to complete a service learning project. Each student team selects an organization and works with it throughout the semester to complete a preselected project.