Department of Business

Majors and Degrees Offered

• Accounting (BS)* (offered in Orlando and St. Louis)
• Business Administration (BS)* (offered in Kansas City, Orlando, and St. Louis)
• Economics (BA) (offered in St. Louis)
• Finance (BS) (offered in St. Louis)

*Also offered at the international campuses.

Minors Offered

• Business*
• Economics*
• Finance

*Also offered at the international campuses.

Certificate Offered

• Accounting (offered in Geneva only)

Course Listings

• Accounting (ACCT)
• Business (BUSN)
• Economics (ECON)
• Finance (FINC)

Double Majors

Students who wish to double major within Accounting and Finance may do so. The student will complete the following Business Core Curriculum plus the specific requirements beyond that for each major. It is not necessary to make substitutions for the Business Core Curriculum. However, substitutions will be required for common required courses that are specific to the majors in question. Students may not have a double major of Business Administration with Accounting or Finance.

Students who wish to double major with Economics and either: Accounting, Finance or Business Administration may do so. These students will not need to substitute for MATH 1430, ECON 2010, ECON 2020, and BUSN 2750 reducing the required hours for the second major by 12 hours. Substitutions will be required for common required courses beyond these four.

Students who wish a double major in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration along with a Bachelor of Arts in Management may do so. These students will not need to substitute for ACCT 2010, ACCT 2025, ECON 2010, ECON 2020, and MNGT 2100, reducing the required hours for the second major by 15 hours. Substitutions will be required for common required courses beyond these five.

Students who wish to double major in Economics along with a Bachelor of Arts in Management may do so. These students will not need to substitute for ECON 2010 and ECON 2020 reducing the required hours for the second major by 6 hours. Substitutions will be required for common required courses beyond these two.

Special Study Opportunities

Students in the School of Business and Technology have opportunities to study abroad at one of Webster University's international campuses. Students also can choose to participate in internships and practicum.

Webster University also offers upper-division degree-completion programs in business and management for adults with professional work experience and the equivalent of two or more years of previous college-level work at its metropolitan campuses in Kansas City, Missouri; Orlando, Florida; and San Diego, California; and at its Weekend College Program at Marymount College in Los Angeles, California. These students must complete general education requirements. Degree-completion programs are anticipated at campuses in Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville, S.C.

Special Requirements

Transfer students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours of academic work in the Departments of Business and Management at Webster University. The accounting degree requires a minimum of 18 credit hours of accounting courses taken at Webster University. These courses may be part of the residency requirement.

No more than one course completed with a grade of D may count toward fulfilling the specific requirements of the major.

At the international campuses, MNGT 3320 Business Law: International may substitute for MNGT 3310 Legal Environment of Business.

Business Core Curriculum

The business core curriculum is designed to provide business students with a common core of courses that represent the "foundation" which provides all Business Department majors (economics excluded) with the basic skills and tools necessary to compete successfully in today's business environment. Building on this foundation will be the additional coursework necessary to develop the specific knowledge and skills defined by each major area of study.

Business Core Curriculum Requirements (42 credit hours)

Business Core For Accounting Majors