Majors & Minors

The Carson College of Business fast-forwards your career by giving you real-world professional experiences. Get a taste of your dream job through internships. Manage a $1 million investment fund. Forge a plan for bringing a new product to market. Build an understanding of cultures and business practices in distant nations.

You can choose from a range of majors for a bachelor of arts degree in business administration, or work toward a bachelor of arts in hospitality business management. No matter what major you choose—or which WSU campus you call home—you’ll emerge ready to hit the ground running in the world of business.

If you’d like to complete 2 majors within the business administration degree program, you’ll need to complete at least 15 additional credits (18 credits for accounting). Those credits must be from courses that are:

• Specifically required for your second major, and
• Different from those used to satisfy requirements for your first major.

You must certify to 1 major before your application for a second major can be accepted.

How to apply

Apply through your advisor in the Carson Center for Student Success.

Contact an advisor

Use one of the checklists below to track your progress toward your bachelor of arts degree. All the required courses are listed, so you can see at a glance what you’ve completed and what lies ahead.

For students who certified into their major fall 2016 and later:

• Business Administration Degree (2016-2017) (pdf)
  • includes accounting, finance, marketing, management information systems, international business, management, and entrepreneurship majors
• Hospitality Business Management (HBM) major (pdf)
• Wine Business Management (WBM) major (pdf)

For students who certified into their major prior to fall 2016:

• Business Administration (BA) major (pdf)
• Hospitality Business Management (HBM) major (pdf)
• Wine Business Management (WBM) major (pdf)

For certified minors:

• Business Administration (BA) minor (pdf)
• Entrepreneurship minor (pdf)
• Hospitality Business Management (HBM) minor (pdf)
• Human Resource Management Minor (pdf)
• Wine Business Management (WBM) minor (pdf)

You may earn a minor in business administration only if you are majoring in a field outside the Carson College of Business. If you are a certified business major, you may only earn a minor in Hospitality Business Management, not a business minor within your business degree program.

Contact your advisor in the Carson Center for Student Success with questions.

“The community of the Carson College of Business is incredible. Both inside and outside of the classroom, the experiences and knowledge that you’ll gain from coming here are things not a lot of other schools can offer.”

—Samantha Ghosn, senior, management