In their senior year, students take Business Policy, a capstone course that integrates these core skills and competencies. Students must also complete at least 16 credits of business electives. You can select your elective courses from a broad array of business offerings or you can focus your studies in a specific business discipline. Formal Options Accounting Option Accounting students learn to develop and communicate the financial and operational information necessary for decision making in firms. Courses in accounting provide not only a foundation for a career in professional accounting, but are often the launch pad for general business careers and other professions, such as law and public service.
Admission is competitive.
If you wish to become a CPA, your BABA degree may need to be followed up with a one-year master's program in professional accounting. Admission to the UW's master's program will require a separate application in your junior or senior year. This option focuses on the use of computer and telecommunications technology in businesses and organizations, particularly the problems of analyzing, designing, and managing information and decision systems. Students acquire a background that prepares them for a career as a systems or database consultant, software developer, systems designer, database administrator, or network or information systems manager. Admission is competitive.