Recommended Transfer Courses
2026-27 Transfer Guide
This Transfer Guide is for information only and is not a contract. Courses / requirements
subject to change. Produced March 2026.
WSU W. Frank Barton School of Business
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The following prerequisites must be met in order to enroll in upper-division courses
in the W. Frank Barton School of Business:
- Declared major in the W. Frank Barton School of Business
- 2.0 GPA
NOTE:
- (L) - For purposes of this transfer guide, "Lab" in the course name or "(L)" after the
course name indicates that the WSU equivalent course carries the "laboratory" (LAB)
attribute.
General Education Program at WSU
Effective Fall 2024, WSU follows the KBOR system-wide General Education (GE) program
framework which is comprised of 34-35 credit hours organized in six discipline-based
"buckets" and an institutionally designed bucket. A student who satisfies all seven
buckets will complete the GE program.
The 34-35 credit hours are divided as follows:
English Discipline Area – Bucket 1:
Six hours. See specific requirements below.
Communications Discipline Area – Bucket 2:
One listed course.
Mathematics & Statistics Discipline Area – Bucket 3:
One listed course.
Natural & Physical Science Discipline Area – Bucket 4:
Four to five hours from one subject and must include a lab. Choose one of the listed
courses or course combinations.
Social & Behavioral Sciences Discipline Area – Bucket 5:
Six hours from at least two subject areas listed.
Arts & Humanities Discipline Area – Bucket 6:
Six hours from at least two subject areas listed.
Institutionally Designated Area – Bucket 7:
Students must complete six credit hours of additional general education courses in
Bucket 7. These credit hours will include three credit hours of First-Year Seminar
and three credit hours of general education of the student's choice from the approved
list of Bucket 4-7 general education courses.
Those students who have earned an Associate Degree or 30 credit hours prior to high
school graduation and before starting classes at WSU as a degree-bound student, may
be exempt from taking a First-Year Seminar course.
Academic Divisions for General Education
Barton CC courses approved for general education credit by the WSU W. Frank Barton
School of Business are shown below.
Program-Specific Requirements
Business Majors Offered
*Majors with an optional real estate emphasis.
- Accounting
- Business Administration
- Economics*
- Entrepreneurship*
- Finance*
- Hospitality
- Human Resource Management
- Information Technology & Management Information Systems
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing*
Requirements for All Business Majors
- ACCT 1614 Accounting I and ACCT 1616 Accounting II or ACCT 1610 Financial Accounting
- ACCT 1618 Managerial Accounting
- BSTC 1036 Comp Concepts & App (L)* (minimum grade C)
- BUSI 1600 Intro to Business
- BUSI 1608 Business Law I
- BUSI 1609 Business Statistics and BUSI 1610 Business Stats Lab or STAT 1828 Elements of Statistics
- BUSI 1803 Principles of Mgmt
- BUSI 1805 Marketing
- COMM 1230 Public Speaking
- ECON 1610 Princ Macroeconomics
- ECON 1612 Princ Microeconomics
- ENGL 1204 English Composition I
- ENGL 1206 English Composition II
- MATH 1828 College Algebra
*PC equivalent carries lab attribute.
BADM equivalent group does not.
Other Courses/information
By Major
Accounting
Accounting majors must receive a minimum letter grade of B in all accounting courses.
- ENGL 1205 Tech & Report Writing or ENGL 1200 Business English or ENGL 1236 Technical Comm
Business Administration
Major courses at WSU
Economics
- MATH 1831 Business Calculus or MATH 1832 Analytic Geom/Calc I
Entrepreneurship
Major courses at WSU
Finance
Major courses at WSU
Hospitality
Major courses at WSU
Human Resource Management
Major courses at WSU
Information Technology & Management Information Systems
Major courses at WSU
International Business
- Students are required to participate in a study abroad experience during their time
at WSU. Study abroad requirements are different for domestic and international students.
- Email for clarification.
- Students who major in IB are required to declare a minor.
Management
Major courses at WSU
Marketing
- BUSI 1805 Marketing ( minimum grade B)