2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Common Professional Component Requirements for Accredited Business Programs

To ensure a common professional foundation among the accredited business programs, all students majoring in Accounting, Business Administration, Business Economics, Business Management, Business Technology, Finance, Human Resource Management, International Business, Management Information Systems, and Marketing are required to achieve a minimum grade of C for each of the Common Professional Component and required courses.

Note: Business Administration and Human Resource Management are not yet accredited.

 

Requirements

Non-business Courses (9 hours)

MATH 17114General Statistics *

3

MATH 17116Mathematical Modeling *

3

CSIS 44130Computers and Information Technology

3

MATH 17114 General Statistics or MATH 17116 Mathematical Modeling fulfills a Northwest Core requirement as well as a requirement of the major, but the number of credit hours may be counted only once toward the total number of credit hours required for graduation.

MATH 17116 Mathematical Modeling is recommended, but will also accept MATH 17117 Precalculus, MATH 17118 Precalculus Algebra, and MATH 17120 Calculus I to fulfill this requirement.

Business Courses (39 hours)

ACCT 51201Accounting I

3

ACCT 51202Accounting II

3

ECON 52150Principles of Macroeconomics *

3

ECON 52151Principles of Microeconomics *

3

FIN 53311Business Law I

3

FIN 53324Fundamentals of Business Finance

3

MGMT 54310Business Communication

3

MGMT 54313Principles of Management

3

MGMT 54315Operations Management

3

MGMT 54417Strategy and Decision Making

3

MKTG 55330Principles of Marketing

3

MKTG 55438International Business

3

CSIS 44317Management Information Systems

3

ECON 52150 Principles of Macroeconomics fulfills a Northwest Core requirement as well as a requirement of the major, but the number of credit hours may be counted only once toward the total number of credit hours required for graduation.

Total Credit Hours: 48

Courses listed under the appropriate major must be completed in addition to the above Common Professional Component requirements.