Management Major, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSB)
Students interested in learning about management should consider the Management major. Students learn the basic theory and principles of business that are crucial to effective organizational performance and communication across business disciplines. The student also has the opportunity to study management as applied to specific areas, including marketing, finance, operations management, and management information systems.
Students must be formally declared in a BSB major or officially declared as a minor before enrolling in business classes in the required upper-division business administration core.
The undergraduate business policies can be found on the School of Business advising page.
- and are considered supporting courses and may be used to fulfill BACRs as well as requirements for the Business Administration degree; however, these courses are not counted twice toward the total of 180 credits for graduation.
Grade Requirements for Graduation: a minimum grade ≥C in each course required for the major and a minimum GPA ≥2.5 for all upper division Business Administration core courses as well as required and elective courses taken to fulfill requirements for the major area.
| PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING | 5 |
| PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING | 4 |
| BUSINESS LAW | 4 |
| BUSINESS STATISTICS 1 | 4 |
| INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS | 5 |
| INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS | 5 |
| COLLEGE COMPOSITION: ANALYSIS, RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION | 5 |
| FINITE MATHEMATICS | 5 |
| or | PRECALCULUS MATH II |
| or | CALCULUS I |
| or | CALCULUS I |
| BUSINESS STATISTICS 2 | 4 |
| FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| ORGANIZATION THEORY AND BEHAVIOR | 4 |
| INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BUSINESS | 4 |
| PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING | 4 |
| OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR AND THINKING | 4 |
| HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS | 4 |
| ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP | 4 |
| DEPARTMENT SENIOR CAPSTONE | 4 |
| Total Credits | 93-94 |
The following plan of study is for a student with zero credits. Individual students may have different factors such as: credit through transfer work, Advanced Placement, Running Start, or any other type of college-level coursework that requires an individual plan.
Courses could be offered in different terms, checking the academic schedule is paramount in keeping an individual plan current. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.
All Undergraduate students are required to meet the Undergraduate Degree Requirements.
| First Year |
|---|
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
|---|
| 5 | | 5 | (Social Sciences BACR 1) | 5 |
| Humanities & Arts BACR 11 | 5 | | 5 | Natural Sciences BACR 21 | 5 |
| Natural Sciences BACR 11 | 5 | Humanities & Arts BACR 21 | 5 | Diversity - graduation requirement1 | 5 |
| | 15 | | 15 | | 15 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
|---|
| 4 | | 4 | | 5 |
| (Social Sciences BACR 2) | 5 | | 4 | | 4 |
| 4 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | | 4 |
| | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 |
| | 13 | | 16-18 | | 17-18 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
|---|
| 4 | | 4 | | 4 |
| 4 | | 4 | | 4 |
| (Global Studies) | 4 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | General Management Elective2 | 4-5 |
| Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 |
| | 16-17 | | 16-18 | | 16-18 |
| Fourth Year |
|---|
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
|---|
| General Management Elective2 | 4-5 | General Management Elective2 | 4-5 | (Senior Capstone - graduation requirement) | 4 |
| Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 |
| Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 |
| Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 1 | |
| | 16-20 | | 13-16 | | 12-14 |
| Total Credits 180-197 |
Students who earn a BSB in Management from EWU should be able to:
- demonstrate judgment, communication skill and quantitative techniques necessary to solve typical business problems;
- explain key business concepts in each of the business functions, such as the 4 P’s of marketing, motivation theories, time-value of money, and financial statements;
- gather, prepare, and analyze information necessary to make rational business decisions;
- know the purpose and responsibilities of each business function: accounting, finance, human resource management, operations and marketing;
- know the vocabulary of the business disciplines.
