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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 business administration core.

The undergraduate business policies can be found on the School of Business advising page.

Note:

  • Students must declare and complete the minimum BSB Pre-Major requirements or have completed the minimum Pre-Major requirements through transfer work prior to declaring for any BSB major.
  • ECON 200 and ECON 201 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.

Bachelor of Science in Business Pre-Major
Pre-Major General Education (5 out of 6 required with a C or 2.0 GPA or higher per university requirements for full major declaration)
BACR - Humanities and Arts
BACR - Humanities and Arts
BACR - Natural Sciences
BACR - Natural Sciences
Diversity
Global Studies
Pre-Major Lower Division Business Core (Completion of 6 out of 8 required with a 2.5 GPA or higher for full major declaration)37
PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
BUSINESS LAW
BUSINESS STATISTICS 1
INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS
INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS
COLLEGE COMPOSITION: ANALYSIS, RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION
FINITE MATHEMATICS
PRECALCULUS MATH II
CALCULUS I
CALCULUS I
Total Credits37
Required Business Administration Core
Upper Division Courses
DSCI 346BUSINESS STATISTICS 24
FINC 335FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT4
MGMT 326ORGANIZATION THEORY AND BEHAVIOR4
MISC 311INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BUSINESS4
MKTG 310PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING4
OPSM 330OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT4
Required General Business Courses
ENTP 311ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR AND THINKING4
HUMR 328HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT4
MGMT 470INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS4
MGMT 480ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP4
Electives–choose approved, related electives in consultation with your faculty advisor.12-13
Required Senior Capstone
MGMT 490DEPARTMENT SENIOR CAPSTONE4
Total Credits56-57
Students should declare the Pre-Major, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSB) if interested in majoring in:

Entrepreneurship
Finance
Human Resources 
Information Systems and Business Analytics
International Business
Management
Marketing
Professional Accounting

The BSB Pre-Major is designed to provide students with exposure to Lower Division Business Core topics to assist students in identifying a major that aligns with their interests. Combined with the General Education requirements, students will gain a foundation for success in all areas of study.

Students should declare the pre-major as soon as identifying an interest in one of the BSB programs and they will then be periodically informed of BSB-related activities. Students must complete the minimum pre-major coursework with the specified grade requirements prior to declaring the full major and continuing with upper-division coursework.

For additional information review the School of Business Undergraduate Advising information or contact CAAR to learn more about declaring the BSB Pre-Major or one of the BSB degrees listed. 

Plan of Study

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 may be offered in different terms and not all courses are offered every term, checking the academic schedule is paramount in keeping an individual plan current. There may be some courses that have required prerequisites not listed in the plan, review the course descriptions for information. 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 QuarterCreditsWinter QuarterCreditsSpring QuarterCredits
ENGL 1015ENGL 2015ECON 200 (Social Sciences BACR 1)5
Humanities & Arts BACR 115MATH 2005Natural Sciences BACR 215
Natural Sciences BACR 115Humanities & Arts BACR 215Diversity - graduation requirement15
 15 15 15
Second Year
Fall QuarterCreditsWinter QuarterCreditsSpring QuarterCredits
ACCT 2614DSCI 2454ACCT 2515
ECON 201 (Social Sciences BACR 2)5MISC 3114DSCI 3464
ENTP 3114Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5OPSM 3304
 Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5
 13 16-18 17-18
Third Year
Fall QuarterCreditsWinter QuarterCreditsSpring QuarterCredits
ACCT 2524HUMR 3284FINC 3354
MGMT 3264MKTG 3104MGMT 4804
MGMT 470 (Global Studies)4Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5General Management Elective24-5
Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5
 16-17 16-18 16-18
Fourth Year
Fall QuarterCreditsWinter QuarterCreditsSpring QuarterCredits
General Management Elective24-5General Management Elective24-5MGMT 490 (Senior Capstone - graduation requirement)4
Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5
Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5
Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective1 
 16-20 13-16 12-14
Total Credits 180-197
1

University Graduation Requirements (UGR) and Breadth Area Course Requirements (BACR) courses may be less than 5 credits and additional credits may be required to reach the required 180 total credits needed to graduate.  Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.

2

Electives–choose 12-13 credits in approved, related electives in consultation with your faculty advisor.

University Competencies and Proficiencies

English 
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance 
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB


General Education Requirements (GER)
  • Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours 
    • 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
    • 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
  • Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0

Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)

Humanities and Arts 
Natural Sciences 
Social Sciences


University Graduation Requirements (UGR)

Diversity Course List
World Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List


Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).

Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.
Requirements in Degree Works are based on these two catalog years:

  1. The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Credit Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
  2. The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.

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.