Course Schedule by Major
Explore our guide to upper-level business course schedules and prerequisites, to help you plan your business degree program.
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Below are requirements for each Business Administration major and the schedule for major courses. The schedule indicates the quarter that courses are tentatively scheduled to be offered during the academic year and are subject to change. This is based on information available as of publication and is subject to change. Please check with an Albers advisor or department chair for updated information.
Albers Majors
25-26 credits / 5-6 required courses
Complete BCOM 2800 and BUAN 3150 or Excel Certified prior to starting ACCT major courses.
Schedules listed below are for the 2025-26 academic year.
| Course | Quarter | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 3110 Intermediate Accounting I | Fall, Winter | ACCT 2310 |
| ACCT 3300 Cost Accounting | Winter | ACCT 2310 |
| ACCT 3360 Federal Income Tax I | Fall | ACCT 2310 |
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ACCT 4350 Auditing |
Spring | ACCT 3110 |
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ACCT 3120 Topics on Financial Reporting & Analytics* |
Spring | ACCT 3110 or any two of the courses listed below |
Two elective courses from our portfolio of Early Start (3 credit) courses may be substituted for ACCT 3120:
| Course | Quarter | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 3365 Tax Service Practicum | Winter | ACCT 3360 |
| ACCT 4310 Risk Advisory and Assurance I | Winter | |
| ACCT 4340 Federal Income Tax II | Spring | ACCT 3360 |
| RSKA 4360 Cybersecurity & IT Assurance | Fall | ACCT 4350 |
27 credits / 5 required courses and 1 listed elective
Schedules listed below are for the 2025-26 academic year.
| Course | Quarter | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| BUAN 4210 Data Management & Programming | Winter | ECON 3100 with a B minus or higher |
| BUAN 4220 Data Visualization | Spring | BUAN 4210 |
| BUAN 4310 Data Mining & Big Data | Fall | BUAN 4220 |
| BUAN 3280 Law & Ethics for Business Analytics (2 credits) | Fall | UCOR 2910, BUAN 4210 & 4220 |
| ECON 4110 Applied Econometrics | Winter, Spring | MATH 1130 or 1334, ECON 3100, recommended before BUAN 4310 |
Plus one Elective from the Following:
ACCT 3110, ACCT 3300, ECON 3110, ECON 4120, FINC 4450, FINC 4520, FINC 4480, MKTG 4510or MKTG 4550.
BUAN program requires 3.5 cumulative GPA or higher to declare major, and pass ECON 3100 and MATH 1130 or MATH 1334 with B or higher (3.0 GPA or higher) to continue in major.
25 credits / 2 required course and 3 upper division listed electives
Schedules listed below are for the 2025-26 academic year.
| Course | Quarter | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| REQUIRED: ECON 3110 Intermediate Microeconomics | Fall, Winter | ECON 2110, MATH 1130 or 1334, and advanced standing |
| REQUIRED: ECON 3130 Global & Domestic Macroeconomics | Winter, Spring | ECON 2130 and advanced standing |
| ECON 3610 Economics of Gender & Family | Spring | ECON 2110 |
| ECON 3630 Health Economics & Policy | Fall | ECON 2100, ECON 2110, ECON 2130 |
| ECON 4110 Applied Econometrics | Winter, Spring | MATH 1130 or 1334, ECON 3100 |
| ECON 4660 Public Finance | Fall | ECON 2110, ECON 2130, ECON 3100 |
| ECON 4690 Market Power & Response | Winter | ECON 2110 and ECON 2130, ECON 3110 |
| ECON 4800 History of Economic Thought | Spring | ECON 2110, ECON 2130, ECON 3110 |
| FINC 3430 Financial Institutions & Markets | Fall, Winter | FINC 3400 |
3+3 BABA and JD
Major courses will consist of the first year of the Seattle University Law School curriculum taken during senior year (4th year) as an undergraduate student at Albers.
Note: This program is available only to students who were admitted into the 3+3 BABA and JD program and applied/accepted to SU Law School.
25 credits / 3 required courses and 2 listed Finance electives
FINC program requires B minus in FINC 3400 to continue in major. Finance majors must take ECON 3130 as part of the business foundation.
Schedules listed below are for the 2025-26 academic year.
| Course | Quarter | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| REQUIRED: FINC 3420 Intermediate Corporate Finance | Fall, Spring | FINC 3400, ECON 3100 |
| REQUIRED: FINC 3430 Financial Institutions & Markets | Fall, Winter | FINC 3400 |
| REQUIRED: FINC 3440 Investments | Fall, Winter | FINC 3400, ECON 3100 |
| FINC 4450 Financial Risk Management | Fall | FINC 3420, FINC 3440 |
| FINC 4480 Capital Budgeting | Winter | FINC 3420, FINC 3440 |
| FINC 4520 Portfolio Management | Spring | ECON 3100, FINC 3440 |
| FINC 4790 Entrepreneurial Finance | Winter | FINC 3400 |
25 credits / 5 classes
With guidance from an Albers advisor, select courses under the following guidelines:
- Five upper division business courses (3000 and 4000 level)
- Must be from at least three different business disciplines (including BLAW courses)
- At least two 4000 level courses are required
25 credits / 2 required courses plus three listed electives
Schedules listed below are for the 2025-26 academic year.
| Course | Quarter | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| REQUIRED: MGMT 3830 Human Resource Management | Fall, Winter | |
| REQUIRED: MGMT 4710 Adventure-Based Leadership Seminar **Course Fee |
Fall, Spring | |
| GBUS 4860 Global Management | Fall, Winter | MGMT 3000 |
| MGMT 3790 Entrepreneurship Essentials | Fall | |
| MGMT 4770 Managing Diversity | Fall | |
| MGMT 4790 Business Plan Development | Winter | ACCT 2300, MKTG 3500, MGMT 3790 |
| OPER 4660 Project Management | Winter | OPER 3600 |
| MGMT 4910 Managerial Decisions with AI | Spring |
25 credits / 2 required courses plus three listed electives
Schedules listed below are for the 2025-26 academic year.
| Course | Quarter | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| REQUIRED: MKTG 3510 Consumer Behavior | Fall, Winter | MKTG 3500 |
| REQUIRED: MKTG 4510 Marketing Research | Fall, Winter, Spring | MGMT 3500, ECON 3100 |
| MKTG 4520 Marketing Practicum | Winter | ACCT 2310, MKTG 3500, and MKTG 3510 or MKTG 4510 |
| MKTG 4530 Brand Management | Winter | MKTG 3500 |
| MKTG 4550 Marketing Analytics | Spring | MKTG 3500, ECON 3100 |
| MKTG 4560 International Marketing | Fall | MKTG 3500 |
| MKTG 4630 Sustainable Business Marketing | Winter | MKTG 3500 |
| MKTG 4640 Digital Marketing | Fall | MKTG 3500 |
| MKTG 4910 AI in Marketing | Spring | MKTG 3500 |
Pre-business is a non-degree seeking major for students interested in a business administration degree but haven't selected a specific discipline. Majors should be declared before attaining senior status, junior standing for accounting majors.