Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026

Business Fundamentals, Certificate (1791)


Program Coordinator

Whitney O. Peake, whitney.peake@wku.edu, (270) 745-2913

The certificate in business fundamentals is designed to provide exposure to basic business administration knowledge and skills for students whose majors are outside the Gordon Ford College of Business. 

Program Requirements (21 hours)

ACCT 110Accounting for Decision Makers3
BDAN 250Introduction to Analytics3
ECON 202Principles of Economics (Micro)3
or ECON 203 Principles of Economics (Macro)
FIN 161Personal Finance3
MGT 210Organization and Management3
or ENT 312 Entrepreneurship
MKT 220Basic Marketing Concepts3
MGT 497DCertificate Assessment - Business Fundamentals0
Approved Upper-Level Elective *3
Total Hours21
*

The professional electives may be chosen from any 300- or 400- level course within the Gordon Ford College of Business not already required for the major or other Management Department Chair approved elective .