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Business Economics (120 Credits)
Certification Requirement:
- Completion of at least 24 semester hours of coursework.
- Minimum WSU cumulative GPA of 2.0.
- To maintain certification, a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher in ECONS 301, 302, and 311 is required.
First Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Biological Sciences [BSCI] or SCIENCE 101 [SCI]1 | 3 or 4 |
ECONS 101 [SSCI] or 102 [SSCI] | 3 |
HISTORY 105 [ROOT] | 3 |
Humanities [HUM] | 3 |
MATH 2012 | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
ECONS 101 or 102 | 3 |
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG] | 3 |
MATH 202 [QUAN]2 | 3 |
Physical Sciences [PSCI] or SCIENCE 102 [SCI]1 | 3 or 4 |
Electives | 3 |
Second Year | |
First Term | Credits |
COM 102 [COMM], COM 210 [COMM], or H D 205 [COMM] | 3 or 4 |
Diversity [DIVR] | 3 |
ECONS 301 | 3 |
Electives | 6 |
Second Term | Credits |
300-400-level ECONS Elective3 | 3 |
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS] | 3 |
ECONS 302 | 3 |
STAT 212 or MGTOP 215 | 4 |
Electives | 2 |
Complete Writing Portfolio | |
Third Year | |
First Term | Credits |
300-400-level ECONS Elective3 | 3 |
ACCTG 230 | 3 |
ECONS 311 [M] | 3 |
ECONS 323 | 3 |
Electives | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
400-level ECONS Elective3 | 3 |
ECONS 320 | 3 |
ECONS 335 | 3 |
ECONS 352 | 3 |
Concentrated Area Course 4 | 3 |
Fourth Year | |
First Term | Credits |
ECONS 452 [M] | 3 |
ECONS 483, 495, 497, 499, or HONORS 450 | 3 |
ENGLISH 301, 402 [M], or 403 [M] | 3 |
Concentrated Area Course 4 | 3 |
Electives | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
400-level ECONS Elective3 | 3 |
ECONS 425 | 3 |
ECONS 490 [CAPS] [M] | 3 |
Concentrated Area Course 4 | 3 |
Electives | 3 |
Footnotes
1 | For a total of 7 credits—one Biological Science [BSCI] and one Physical Science [PSCI] course, including one lab course, or 8 credits of [SCI] designated courses. (SCIENCE 101 [SCI] is offered Fall semester and is a prerequisite for SCIENCE 102 [SCI], which is offered Spring semester.) |
2 | Alternative to MATH 202 is MATH 171. |
3 | ECONS courses not used to fulfill major requirement. |
4 | Concentrated Area Courses - Completion of three courses from one of the following concentration areas: (1) Agribusiness: ECONS 351, 426, 451; (2) Marketing and Analytics: MKTG 360, two 300-400-level MKTG courses; (3) Management: MGMT 301, two 300-400-level MGMT courses; (4) Supply Chain Management: ECONS 426, MGTOP 340, 452. |
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