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 Economics, Business Management, Finance, International Business, Marketing, and Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management are required to fulfill the following common professional component requirements. A minimum grade of C is mandatory for each of the Common Professional Component and required courses.
Note: Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management are not yet accredited.
Requirements
The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)
Institutional Requirements (4 hours)
Non-business Courses (9 hours)
MATH 17114 General Statistics and MATH 17116 Mathematical Modeling fulfill 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.
CSIS 44130 Computers and Information Technology fulfills an Institutional 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)
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.
School of Business Research Requirement
Students in Principles of Management and Principles of Marketing are required to participate in a School of Business-approved research project. Students can complete a survey or write a research paper to fulfill the requirement. Students will be provided with the steps to complete this requirement by the researcher.