Common Professional Component Requirements for Accredited Business Programs

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To ensure a common professional business 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 17114 - General Statistics Credit Hours: 3
MATH 17116 - Mathematical Modeling Credit Hours: 3
CSIS 44130 - Computers and Information Technology Credit Hours: 3

Note:

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 MATH 17117 - Precalculus , MATH 17118 - Precalculus Algebra , and MATH 17120 - Calculus I will also be accepted for fulfilling this requirement.

Business Courses (39 hours)

ACCT 51201 - Accounting I Credit Hours: 3
ACCT 51202 - Accounting II Credit Hours: 3
ECON 52150 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECON 52151 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
FIN 53311 - Business Law I Credit Hours: 3
FIN 53324 - Fundamentals of Business Finance Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 54310 - Business Communication Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 54313 - Principles of Management Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 54315 - Operations Management Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 54417 - Strategy and Decision Making Credit Hours: 3
MKTG 55330 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3
MKTG 55438 - International Business Credit Hours: 3
CSIS 44317 - Management Information Systems Credit Hours: 3

Note:

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.