Course Planning Information

Typical Four Year Plans

• For students who started in Fall 2025 and later
• For students who started before Fall 2025:
  • Accounting Majors OR Accounting Majors taking MATH 1200
  • Non-Accounting Majors OR Non-Accounting Majors taking MATH 1200

Jump to:

• Current students registering for Fall Semester (Sophomore year)
• Second year students registering for Fall Semester (Junior year)
• Third year students registering for Fall Semester (Senior year)
• Thinking about studying abroad?
• Business major information and contacts

Current students registering for Fall Semester (soph. year): register for about 15 credits

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

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Business Courses

• If taking MATH 1400 Elements of Calculus (3 cr.) in spring, take BUAD 1560 Applied Statistics (3 cr.) in fall.
• Consider courses for which you meet prerequisites:
  • 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; Accounting majors should take ACCO 3001 Intermediate Accounting I.
• Complete a Core Enhancement Structured Elective: ENTP 3001 Entrepreneurship, HURE 3001 Human Resources Management, or REAL 3001 Intro to Commercial Real Estate, especially if considering those majors/minors.
• Complete LEAD 2000 (1 cr.) and/or COMM 1100 (3 cr.) in your second year.

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Non-Business Courses

Remaining MCC foundations courses: ENGL 1001, THEO 1001, PHIL 1001, ESSV1 options, CORE 1929 (all 3 cr.); a Discovery Tier Theme course if known; or a general elective if needed for credits.

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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.

Second year students registering for Fall Semester (Junior year)

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

• Business guide to MCC Discovery Tier Themes, WRIT, and ESSV2 options
• Recent transfer students: Contact the Swift Student Center (COBAAdvising@marquette.edu) with questions.

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Business Courses

• LEAD 3000 Strategies for Entering the Business World (1 cr.)
• If needed, prioritize COMM 1100 Professional Public Speaking (3 cr.).
• Remaining 3001 introductory business courses; one Structured Elective if available; and major requirements/electives as appropriate (review Bulletin prerequisites).

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Non-Business Courses

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

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Tasks

• Declare your Business Major.
• Declare your MCC Discovery Tier Theme by 60 credits; review courses that dual-apply.
• Plan courses for WRIT and ESSV2 and the International requirement.
• Interested in study abroad? Review options and meet with Meghann Polivka, International Business Programs director.

Third year students registering for Fall Semester (Senior year)

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

• Business guide to MCC Discovery Tier Themes, WRIT, and ESSV2 options

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Business Courses

• LEAD 3000 (1 cr.) and COMM 1100 (3 cr.), if not completed.
• Remaining Structured Elective; MANA 4101 after senior standing and all 3001 requirements; major requirements/electives; and, for single majors, an upper-division business elective (3000–4000 level). Review Bulletin prerequisites.

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Non-Business Courses

Discovery Tier Theme options, CORE 4929 (junior or senior year), non-business electives for pre-Fall 2025 students, and general electives if needed for total credits.

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Tasks

• Audit final-semester courses, GPA, and credits. Contact COBAAdvising@marquette.edu with questions.
• Declare your Business Major.
• Declare your MCC Discovery Tier Theme by 60 credits; review courses that dual-apply.
• Plan courses for WRIT and ESSV2 and the International requirement.
• Students starting before Fall 2025: Review the Open Elective form if using one business course outside declared major(s), internship credit, or study abroad.

Thinking about studying abroad?

Spring sophomore year or fall junior year usually offers the most study abroad course options.

Students starting before Fall 2025 should save 9 Non-Business Elective credits for study abroad. All business students should aim to save 9 Upper Division Business Elective credits when possible. To prepare, complete ACCO 1030, ACCO 1031, BUAD 1001, BUAD 1060, BUAD 1560, ECON 1103, LEAD 1050, and LEAD 2000 at Marquette; Economics majors should also complete ECON 1104 before departure.

Finance and Marketing majors should complete their 3001 introductory major course, and any 3001 courses tied to upper-division study abroad plans, unless attending a U.S. institution’s program. Requirements vary by partner; visit the Office of International Business Programs for specific advising.

Business Major Information & Contacts

Major	Contact	Fall 2025 & Later students	If started before Fall 2025
ACCO - Accounting	Kevin.Rich@marquette.edu	Current Marquette Bulletin requirements	If declared use: CheckMarq > Degree Progress > My Academic Requirements. If not declared use: Previous Bulletin from year began at Marquette.
AIM - Applied Investment Management	Prachi.Patel@marquette.edu	Current Marquette Bulletin Requirements
AIBU - Applied Artificial Intelligence in Business Secondary Major	Terence.Ow@marquette.edu	Current Marquette Bulletin requirements	Not applicable
BUAN - Business Analytics Major Requirements Secondary Major	Badar.AlLawati@marquette.edu	Current Marquette Bulletin Requirements	If declared use: CheckMarq > Degree Progress > My Academic Requirements. If not declared use: Previous Bulletin from year began at Marquette.
ECON - Business Economics Major Requirements	Kathryn.L.Wagner@marquette.edu	Current Marquette Bulletin Requirements
ENTP - Entrepreneurship Now available only as a minor		Minor requirements	Major only possible for currently declared students: Use CheckMarq > Degree Progress > My Academic Requirements or this link for requirements.
FINA - Finance Major Requirements	Bin.Wang@marquette.edu	Current Marquette Bulletin Requirements	If started before Fall 2025: If declared use: CheckMarq > Degree Progress > My Academic Requirements. If not declared use: Previous Bulletin from year began at Marquette.
HURE - Human Resources Major Requirements	Alisa.Nagle@marquette.edu	Current Marquette Bulletin Requirements
INBU - International Business Major Requirements Secondary major	COBAAdvising@marquette.edu	Current Marquette Bulletin Requirements
INSY - Information Systems Major Requirements	Terence.Ow@marquette.edu	Current Marquette Bulletin Requirements	If started before Fall 2025: If declared use: CheckMarq > Degree Progress > My Academic Requirements. If not declared use: Previous Bulletin from year began at Marquette.
MARK - Marketing Major Requirements	Brian.Spaid@marquette.edu	Current Marquette Bulletin Requirements
OSCM - Operations & Supply Chain Management Major Requirements	Kelly.Wesolowski@marquette.edu  Marko.Bastl@marquette.edu	Current Marquette Bulletin Requirements
REAL - Real Estate Major Requirements		Current Marquette Bulletin Requirements