The leadership and management specialization emphasizes building the skills, insights and knowledge that professionals need to succeed in a business context. Students will improve their ability to manage themselves as well as influence others as they learn to identify valuable goals and work to reach them. Courses will feature relevant concepts and theories and present opportunities to deploy this knowledge in practical situations to build a solid foundation of leadership and management ability. The program is designed to give students a portfolio of established and cutting-edge principles to draw from over their career.
The business administration major requires a single specialization of at least 24 credits. Occasionally a student requests a second specialization. To be eligible for a second specialization, a minimum of 20 unique credits must be completed. Unique in this sense means the credits have not been used as part of any other business administration specialization. Students cannot double specialize in general business and another business administration specialization.
Admission Requirements
Students can apply to the major as part of their application to CWU, via their MyCWU account, or by emailing CBAdvising@cwu.edu and will be approved for entry to the major once they have completed the College of Business Agreement to Policies.
Program Requirements for Course Progression and/or Graduation
- Earn at least 45 credits at CWU and meet all CWU graduation requirements, including grade point average requirements that apply to all CWU major programs.
- Earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.25 in all coursework applied to the major.
- Earn a minimum GPA of 2.25 in all upper-division coursework applied to the major.
- Complete at least 40 credits of coursework applied to the major at CWU, including MGT 478 and MGT 489.
- Students must earn a C- (1.7) or higher in all foundation courses.
- Students must earn a C- (1.7) or higher in the following business core classes; COM 301, ECON 202, ENG 311, FIN 370, MIS 320 (or 386), MKT 362, and SCM 310.
- Students must earn a C (2.0) or higher in MGT 382, 395, and 483.
- Specific elective options may have different prerequisites or minimum grades required. Students should carefully review the prerequisites for the elective options they would like to take.
When selecting a statistics (BUS 221 or MATH 211) option, students are strongly encouraged to select BUS 221 unless transferring a course to meet the requirement.
For policies that apply to all College of Business programs and requirements, as well as program learner outcomes, please go to: College of Business .
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