Course Schedule by Major

Explore our guide to upper-level business course schedules and prerequisites, to help you plan your business degree program.

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

Accounting

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.

Accounting degree required course schedules and prerequisites
Five required courses, one may be substituted with Early Start courses
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
ACCT 4350 Auditing	Spring	ACCT 3110
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:

Early Start Courses
Two 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

Business Analytics

27 credits / 5 required courses and 1 listed elective

Schedules listed below are for the 2025-26 academic year.

Business Analytics degree course schedules and prerequisites
Five required courses
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.

Business Economics

25 credits / 2 required course and 3 upper division listed electives

Schedules listed below are for the 2025-26 academic year.

Business Economics degree course schedules and prerequisites.
Students must take two required courses and three upper division electives from the list below
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

Business and Law

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.

Finance

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.

Finance Course schedules and prerequisites
Students must take three required courses and two Finance electives from the list below
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

Individualized Major

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

Management

25 credits / 2 required courses plus three listed electives

Schedules listed below are for the 2025-26 academic year.

Management degree course schedules and prerequisites
Students must take two required courses and select three electives from the list below.
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

Marketing

25 credits / 2 required courses plus three listed electives

Schedules listed below are for the 2025-26 academic year.

Marketing degree course descriptions and prerequisites
Students must take two required courses plus choose three electives from the list below.
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

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.