Degree Core Curriculum
Degree Core Curriculum
WESTERN’S BUSINESS (BA) DEGREE CORE REQUIREMENTS
Western’s BA degree requires 33 hours of Core courses:
Base Curriculum (18 credits)
| -ACC 201 Financial Accounting 3 cr |
| -ACC 202 Managerial Accounting 3 cr |
| -ECON 202 Microeconomics 3 cr |
| -ECON 216 Statistics 3 cr |
| -MATH 140 Algebraic Functions 3 cr |
| -BUAD 220 Computer Applications 3 cr |
Business Administration Nucleus (15 credits)
| -BUAD 309 Business Communications 3 cr |
| -BUAD 210 Legal Environment of Bus. 3 cr |
| -BUAD 270 Principles of Marketing 3 cr |
| -BUAD 333 Business Organization 3 cr |
| -BUAD 360 Managerial Finance 3 cr |
Total 33 credits
PLRM’s EMPHASIS ADDITIONAL COURSE REQUIREMENTS
A minimum of 120 credits are required for graduation, including general education, electives, the 33 business credits noted above, and the following:
PLRM CORE:
| F/S GEOL 101 Physical Geology 3 cr |
| F/S GEOL 105 Physical Geology Laboratory 3 cr |
| F GEOL 240 Petroleum & Mineral Geology 3 cr |
| F/S GEOG 340 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3 cr |
| F BUAD 305 Fundamentals of Professional Land & Resource Mgmt. 3 cr |
| F BUAD 320 Petroleum Land Management 3 cr |
| F ENVS 350 U. S. & Western Environmental Politics 3 cr |
| F/S BUAD 491 Strategic Management 3 cr |
| F/S ECON 370 Natural Resource Economics 3 cr |
| S BUAD 330 Mining Land Management 3 cr |
| S BUAD 420 Oil & Gas Law & Contracts 3 cr |
| F BUAD 410 Water & Environmental Law 3 cr |
| SUM BUAD 499 Internship 3 cr |
Total 37 credits
ELECTIVES:
| F BUAD 340 Global Business 3 cr |
| F ACC 397 Oil & Gas Accounting 3 cr |
| S BUAD 363 Business & the Environment 3 cr |
| S ENVS 360 Global Environmental Policies 3 cr |
