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 134-35
College Requirements 2
Bachelor of Business Administration Core Requirements27
Advanced Standing Requirements20
Management Major
Select one of the concentrations below21
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 hours17-18
Total Credit Hours120

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.

2

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

3

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.