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Requirements

Requirements for the Business Major

(53-54 Semester Hours)

The BS in Business requires 56 semester hours in Business (12 required courses, 1 major internship, and 1 experiential elective), and a minimum of 12 semester hours in cognate disciplines.

2 Cognate Courses (8 Semester Hours)

  • One statistics course (4): DATA 152, MATH138, PSYC253, IDS138, ECON230, or AP Statistics.

  • ECON 115 Production, Distribution, and Power in Contemporary Economics (4)

10 Required Courses (40 Semester Hours)

  • BUS2101 Introduction to Management in Business, Government, and Not-for-Profit Organizations (4)

  • BUS2102 Organization - Design, Management, and Change (4)

  • BUS2103 Accounting Principles & Practice (4)

  • BUS2104 Analytics & Modeling for Management Science (4)

  • BUS3104 Managerial Finance (4)

  • BUS3105 Marketing Principles & Practice (4)

  • BUS3106W Strategic Communication and Career Development (4)

  • BUS3504 Operations Management (4)

  • BUS3505 Stakeholder Cooperation and Nonmarket Strategy (4)

  • BUS 3904 Major Internship (4)

  • BUS4801 Global Strategic Management (4)

1 Experiential Elective Course (3–4 Semester Hours)

  • BUS3107 New Ventures/International Venture (4)

  • BUS3108 Project Management (4)

  • BUS 3109 Business/Economics Simulation (3)

  • Entrepreneurship elective on Study Abroad (pre-approval required) (4)

Willamette University

Business Administration