Foundation Course Requirements

These courses must be completed with a grade of C- or better.

  • ENGL 101 or 100 - College English 1 -or- English Comp. (for non-native speakers) (3)
  • ENGL 102 - College English II (3)
  • COMM 111 - Public Speaking (3)
  • MATH 111 or 112 - College Algebra or Precalculus (3)
  • Transfer students who complete Business Calculus or Calculus with a grade of C- or better do not need to take College Algebra or Precalculus.

Refer to your Degree Works audit for the following requirements:

Have a minimum overall and Wichita State University institutional GPA of 2.25

Complete at least 50% of upper-division business credit hours at WSU

Complete a minimum of 120 credit hours for a first degree or 150 credit hours for a second degree

Complete a minimum of 60 credit hours at a four-year institution

Complete a minimum of 30 credit hours at WSU

Complete 24 of the last 30 credits hours at WSU

Complete a minimum of 45 credit hours in upper-division courses (300-level or above)

Only ¼ of total credit hours can be grades of D


Advising Appointments

Advising focuses on helping students progress toward their educational objectives and career goals. To schedule an appointment, call (316) 978-3203, option 2 or stop by the Business Student Success Center in Woolsey Hall, Room 129.

Who is required to see a Business Advisor?

Business students who are REQUIRED to see a business advisor before they can enroll are:

  • First Semester Transfer Students to the Barton School of Business (includes current WSU students from other colleges on-campus)
  • Graduating Seniors from Business (students also have the option to fill out the MGMT 681 form to be cleared without meeting with an academic advisor)
  • Business Students with Academic Holds (for example, readmitted through exceptions)

Students are welcome to make an appointment to see an academic advisor for enrollment, academic issues, or other concerns.

Business Degrees at WSU

Undergraduate students in the W. Frank Barton School of Business can receive a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in these majors. 

Accounting

The School of Accountancy offers courses in financial accounting, managerial accounting, auditing, taxation, and accounting information systems.

Business Administration

If you want to pursue a broad-based and management-oriented undergraduate degree and increase your knowledge in the basic business disciplines and functions, the Business Administration major is for you. The program is ideal if you want to pursue a career in general management, expect to join a family business, or want to work for a small or medium-sized business (as opposed to a large corporation).

Economics

The Department of Economics offers courses work in three areas of study - macroeconomic theory, microeconomic theory, and statistics and quantitative methods.

Economics - Real Estate

Economics - Real Estate 

Wichita State University is the only Kansas Board of Regents institution to offer a degree program in real estate. By providing an emphasis through four different majors, Wichita State University allows you to custom design your program of study in a unique way. Student wanting to earn an emphasis in real estate may do so through the following majors: Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Marketing.

Entrepreneurship

If you want to establish your own enterprise or operate a new and rapidly growing business, consider the Entrepreneurship major. This degree program offers special training to help you prepare for involvement with a family-owned business, new business development, or other innovative activities within large corporations.

Entrepreneurship - Real Estate

Entrepreneurship - Real Estate

Wichita State University is the only Kansas Board of Regents institution to offer a degree program in real estate. By providing an emphasis through four different majors, Wichita State University allows you to custom design your program of study in a unique way. Student wanting to earn an emphasis in real estate may do so through the following majors: Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Marketing.

Finance

Finance is the study of acquisition, dispersion, and flow of funds within an organization. Wichita State University's degree program in finance allows you the freedom to concentrate in the following areas: investments, financial markets and institutions, corporate financial management, or real estate and land use economics.

Finance - Real Estate

Finance - Real Estate

Wichita State University is the only Kansas Board of Regents institution to offer a degree program in real estate. By providing an emphasis through four different majors, Wichita State University allows you to custom design your program of study in a unique way. Student wanting to earn an emphasis in real estate may do so through the following majors: Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Marketing.

Human Resource Management

The Human Resource Management major prepares you to perform various facets of the human resource management functions, including recruitment, selection, training and development, and compensation. You'll take courses in human resource management as well as general management courses in leadership, motivation, communication, and organizational development and design. The Wichita State University program is the only human resource management degree in the Kansas Board of Regent's System.

International Business
The International Business major is a multi-disciplinary program that will prepare you for doing business in a global environment. You'll take courses from various departments in the Barton School of Business as well as languages, culture, and area studies courses from liberal arts and sciences.
Management
The Management curriculum is a skills-based curriculum designed to help students develop the skills necessary to succeed in a rapidly changing business environment. The skills learned have been identified by employers as necessary for effective management at all levels.
Information Technology & Management Information Systems
If you want a career in Management Information Systems (MIS) and Information Technology (IT), then consider this major. This IT & MIS major is an integrated sequence of seven courses which prepare you for a variety of IT positions including business applications programmer, system analyst, database designer, web developer, network administrator and departmental MIS manager.
Marketing
Marketing encompasses consumer behavior, retail business site selection, store layout, distribution, sales promotion of new and existing products or services, impact of foreign cultures and marketing systems, budgetary issues, market information and sales force management.
Marketing - Data Driven Marketing & Intelligence 

Marketing - Data Driven Marketing & Intelligence

This program provides undergraduate students with specific training in using data analytics to solve real world marketing problems. With this emphasis students will not only get the quant skills they need, but they will also learn to apply their findings to tell stories and provide actionable insights that help drive brands forward. As part of the curriculum students will also obtain a minor in Business Analytics to broaden their overall skill sets.

Marketing - Digital Marketing

Marketing - Digital Marketing

This program will provide undergraduate students hands on experience in not only developing effective digital strategies for brands, but it will also provide students with actual applied learning opportunities using various technologies and platform specific tactical executions at various phases of the customer journey.

Marketing - Real Estate

Marketing - Real Estate

Wichita State University is the only Kansas Board of Regents institution to offer a degree program in real estate. By providing an emphasis through four different majors, Wichita State University allows you to custom design your program of study in a unique way. Student wanting to earn an emphasis in real estate may do so through the following majors: Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Marketing.

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