Helpful Documents

• Review Typical Four Year Plans: 
• Use this guide to better understand the Marquette Core Curriculum Discovery Tier Themes, WRIT, ESSV2 options as a business student

Business Courses

• If enrolled in MATH 1400 Elements of Calculus (3 cr.) in spring, then take BUAD 1560 Applied Statistics (3 cr.) in fall. 
• Consider which courses you meet prerequisites for:
  • BUAD 2001 Introduction to Applied AI (3 cr.), ECON 1104 Macroeconomics (3 cr.) FINA 3001 Introduction to Finance, INSY 3001 Introduction to Information Systems, MANA 3001 Organizational Behavior, MARK 3001 Introduction to Marketing, OSCM 3001 Operations & Supply Chain Management. If an Accounting major, enroll in ACCO 3001 Intermediate Accounting I
• Complete a Core Enhancement Structured Elective: ENTP 3001 Entrepreneurship, HURE 3001 Human Resources Management, REAL 3001 Intro to Commercial Real Estate); especially if you are thinking of this as a major (HURE and REAL) or a minor (ENTP)
• Complete LEAD 2000 (1 cr.) and/or COMM 1100 (3 cr.)/CMST 2300 (2 cr.) in your second year

Non-Business Courses

Any remaining MCC foundations courses (ENGL 1001/THEO 1001/PHIL 1001/ESSV1 options/CORE 1929 (all 3 cr.)).  A Discovery Tier Theme course if you know your theme, a general elective if needed to reach credit totals.

Tasks

• Declare major(s) / non-business minor(s) if determined.
• Review MCC Discovery Tier Themes and courses by end of first year.
• Interested in studying abroad? Review options online and meet with International Business Programs director, Meghann Polivka.

Helpful Documents

• Review Typical Four Year Plans: 
  • Accounting Majors OR Accounting Majors taking MATH 1200
  • Non-Accounting Majors OR Non-Accounting Majors taking MATH 1200
• Use this guide to better understand the Marquette Core Curriculum Discovery Tier Themes, WRIT, ESSV2 options as a business student
• Recent transfer students joining Marquette Business: Consult with Swift Student Center (COBAAdvising@marquette.edu) with specific questions.

Business Courses

• LEAD 3000 Strategies for Entering the Business World (1 cr.)
• If not yet complete prioritize CMST 2300 Business Communication (2 cr.) or COMM 1100 Professional Public Speaking (3 cr.).
• Any remaining 3001-Introductory Business courses; one Structured Elective (Ethics, Core Enhancement or Analytics) if available; and Major-specific requirements/electives as appropriate (review prerequisites on the Bulletin).

Non-Business Courses

• Discovery Tier Theme course options, CORE 4929 (junior or senior year), non-business electives (students who started before Fall 2025)

Tasks

• Declare Business Major
• Declare MCC Discovery Tier Theme (review which courses dual apply) by the time you reach 60 credits.
• Consider which courses you might be interested in to satisfy the university's WRIT and ESSV2 requirements, and the college's International course requirement.
• Interested in studying abroad? Review options online and meet with International Business Programs director, Meghann Polivka.

Helpful Documents

• Review Typical Four Year Plans: 
  • Accounting Majors OR Accounting Majors taking MATH 1200
  • Non-Accounting Majors OR Non-Accounting Majors taking MATH 1200
• Use this guide to better understand the Marquette Core Curriculum Discovery Tier Themes, WRIT, ESSV2 options as a business student

Business Courses

• LEAD 3000 (1 cr.), COMM 1100 (3 cr.)/CMST 2300 (2 cr.) if not completed.
• Structured Elective (Ethics, Core Enhancement or Analytics) if remaining; MANA 4101 (Sr. Standing and all 3001 requirements complete), Major-specific requirements/electives (review prerequisites on the Bulletin), upper division business elective if a single business major (anything 3000-4000 level in Marquette Business).

Non-Business Courses

Discovery Tier Theme course options, CORE 4929 (junior or senior year), non-business electives (for students who started before Fall 2025), and general elective credits if needed to reach overall credit requirements.

Tasks

• Final personal checklist audit for outstanding courses in final semesters, GPA, and Credits. Reach out to COBAAdvising@marquette.edu in the Swift Student Center with any questions.
• Declare Business Major
• Declare MCC Discovery Tier Theme (review which courses dual apply) by the time you reach 60 credits.
• Consider which courses you might be interested in to satisfy the university's WRIT and ESSV2 requirements, and the college's International course requirement.
• Students starting before Fall 2025: Review Electives (Non-Business) Open Elective form if needed for one business course outside of declared major(s), internship for credit course, study abroad course.

Studying abroad during the Spring semester of a student’s sophomore year or the Fall semester of a student’s junior year provides the most options for course selection at study abroad host institutions.

Students starting before Fall 2025 should save nine (9) Non-Business Elective credits until their study abroad term. All business students should aim for and nine (9) Upper Division Business Elective credits where possible. Courses that should be taken during the first three (or four) semesters at Marquette to position a student for study abroad include: ACCO 1030, ACCO 1031, BUAD 1001, BUAD 1060, BUAD 1560, ECON 1103, LEAD 1050, and LEAD 2000. If a student is majoring in Economics, ECON 1104 should also be taken at Marquette before departure.

Unless studying abroad at a U.S. institution’s program, students majoring in Finance or Marketing should complete the 3001 introductory course for their major(s) and for any disciplines in which they want to take upper division business electives when studying abroad. With 75 possible partners, no one set of rules applies to everyone. Visit the Office of International Business Programs for specific advising.