Students looking to minor in human resource management must complete 18 semester credits. Courses are each three credits and five weeks in length.

• BUS 318A | Performance Management, Strategy & Change | 3 credits
• BUS 327A | Employee Training & Development | 3 credits
• BUS 329A | Cross-Cultural Communication, Staffing & Recruitment | 3 credits
• BUS 330A | Components of Workplace Compensation | 3 credits
• BUS 460A | Fundamentals of Employee Benefits | 3 credits
• BUS 497A | HR Capstone | 3 credits

WPU strives to provide students with a valuable education at an affordable cost, with tuition rates that are more than 40% lower than the average private university tuition in the Pacific Northwest. To explore your financial aid options, please visit our Financial Aid page.

Adult Degree Undergraduate Programs

For a full list of fees, please reference the below fee schedules:

2025-26 Tuition and Fees — Adult Degree (Undergraduate)/Professional and Graduate Studies (PGS)
2026-27 Tuition and Fees — Adult Degree (Undergraduate)/Professional and Graduate Studies (PGS)

Students in the accelerated MBA program complete 42 semester credits, 36 of which must be completed at WPU. Courses are three credits and six weeks in length unless noted otherwise.

• BUS 500A | Foundations for Successful Graduate Studies | 3 credits
• BUS 501A | Leading Diverse, High-Performing Teams | 3 credits
• BUS 502A | Technology Trends in Business Culture | 3 credits
• BUS 503A | Corporate Finance | 3 credits
• BUS 505A | Managing Change | 3 credits
• BUS 600A | Business Ethics | 3 credits
• BUS 603A | Behavioral Economics and Strategy | 3 credits
• BUS 604A | Business Innovation | 3 credits
• BUS 606A | Managerial Accounting and Financial Strategies | 3 credits
• BUS 607A | Strategic Marketing | 3 credits
• BUS 608A | Project and Operations Management | 3 credits
• BUS 609A | Business Analytics | 3 credits
• BUS 610A | Leading in a Global Environment | 3 credits
• BUS 613A | Research Methods Workshop | 1 credit
• BUS 614A | Strategy/Capstone | 2 credits

All MBA students must maintain a 3.0 GPA throughout the program, with no individual course grade lower than a C-, and finish all coursework within six years from their start date. Following the completion of the first five courses, WPU will evaluate each student’s performance. From this point, students will be directed to continue the MBA program or be recommended for the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership degree program.

WPU’s business administration partners include the following organizations:

Offered through WPU’s Professional and Graduate Studies (PGS) division, the accelerated MBA degree program has been created to accommodate the unique needs of today’s adult learners, many of whom are balancing work and family responsibilities. 

Students in the program may choose to participate in a 100% online, asynchronous learning experience or select a hybrid flexible (HyFlex) learning model, which includes one synchronous class per course. All MBA courses are scheduled in six-week blocks for accelerated completion. 

Regardless of the format:

• Expert faculty members bring their professional experiences into the classroom, enhancing the curriculum with real-world examples.

• Rolling monthly start dates let you begin working toward your MBA as soon as possible, rather than wait a full semester.

• Courses use WPU’s Learning Communities cohort model, which is ideal for building connections with your fellow students and professors.

Online Experience

Asynchronous lectures are scheduled weekly, and students then complete all assignments and readings within this time frame.

Participation is key to the online format of the MBA degree program. After registering for a course, the typical online student logs in on average five out of seven days per week to access materials and must contribute at least three substantial posts to class forums over two days per week.

HyFlex Experience

Most of the coursework for the HyFlex format of the MBA program is completed asynchronously, but the first class meeting is conducted in a synchronous format. Students may choose to attend the synchronous class remotely or in person at our main and local campuses in Portland. 

Some students may choose to participate in WPU’s 4+1 MBA program, which is also offered in multiple formats.

WPU strives to provide students with a valuable education at an affordable cost, with tuition rates that are more than 40% lower than the average private university tuition in the Pacific Northwest. To explore your financial aid options, please visit our Financial Aid page.

Adult Degree Undergraduate Programs

For a full list of fees, please visit our Tuition and Fees page.

An accelerated Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration degree program enables students to develop a broad foundational knowledge of business principles along with leadership skills, preparing them for a number of management roles in the business world. 

WPU’s BA in Business Administration program is designed as a degree completion program, allowing students with existing college credits to complete their degree on an accelerated timeline.

Whether you choose to pursue a bachelor’s degree in business administration, an associate degree in business administration, or a minor in business administration to build on your existing degree, the program of study will cover foundational business principles and leadership skills to prepare you for management roles in the business world.

• BUS 301A | Management and Leadership: From Theory to Practice | 3 credits
• BUS 303A | Business and Employment Law | 3 credits
• BUS 306A | Economics for Managers (Prerequisite: BUS 223A) | 3 credits
• BUS 313A | Accounting for Managers (Prerequisites: BUS 107A, 223A) | 3 credits
• BUS 319A | Introduction to Human Resource Management | 3 credits
• BUS 321A | Organizational Behavior and Design | 3 credits
• BUS 340A | Marketing for Managers | 3 credits
• BUS 401A | Quantitative Analysis for Business (Prerequisites: BUS 107A, 223A) | 3 credits
• BUS 445A | Global Business | 3 credits
• BUS 450A | Business Policies (Prerequisite: BUS 223A) | 3 credits
• BUS 453A | Operations Management (Prerequisite: BUS 223A) | 3 credits
• BUS 461A | Finance for Business | 3 credits

WPU strives to provide students with a valuable education at an affordable cost, with tuition rates that are more than 40% lower than the average private university tuition in the Pacific Northwest. To explore your financial aid options, please visit our Financial Aid page.

Adult Degree Graduate Programs

For a full list of fees, please visit our Tuition and Fees page.

Students in the bachelor’s degree in business administration program also have the option to choose one of two concentrations: 

• Health Care Administration Emphasis

• Human Resource Management Emphasis

If you’re ready to apply to the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program or the Associate of Science in Business Administration program, please review WPU’s admissions requirements.

For traditional undergraduate students, requirements include:

• A completed application for admission

• Official transcripts from all schools attended

• Minimum 2.5 high school GPA

For transfer students, requirements include:

• A completed application for admission

• Official transcripts from all schools attended (high school transcripts are not required for students who have earned 12 or more credits since graduation)

• Minimum 2.0 transfer GPA

Applicants who do not meet the minimum academic standards are still encouraged to apply, and may be required to submit additional materials for review by the Admissions Review Committee.

Some applicants may be asked to submit writing samples or personal references, or to participate in an admissions interview. Learn more about our admissions requirements in our course catalog.

Program Requirements: 48 credits: 16 credits in residence, 22 credits total upper division

Prerequisites: 6 credits

• BUS 223 | Introduction to Microsoft Office | 3 credits
• MA 111 or MA 243 | College Algebra or Intro to Statistics (or higher level math) | 3 credits

Major Requirements: 42 credits

• BUS 101 | Introduction to Business and Personal Finance | 3 credits
• BUS 195 | Internship Preparation | 2 credits
• BUS 211 | Financial Accounting | 3 credits
• BUS/COMM 261 | Organizational Writing and Presentations | 3 credits
• BUS 290 | Ethics, Social Issues, and Responsibility | 3 credits
• BUS 303 | Business and Employment Law | 3 credits
• BUS 310 | Management Theory and Practice | 3 credits
• BUS 319 | Intro to Human Resource Management | 3 credits
• BUS/PSY 321 | Organizational Behavior | 3 credits
• BUS 363 | Introduction to Business Finance | 3 credits
• BUS 394 | Research Methods and Applied Statistics | 3 credits
• BUS 445 | Global Business | 3 credits
• BUS 495 | Internship | 1-6 credits
• EC 203 | Economics | 3 credits
• MKTG 242 | Marketing | 3 credits

In order to earn a baccalaureate degree at WPU, you need to meet the following criteria:

• All major requirements and general education core requirements with grades of at least C- in each course
• A total of 120 semester credits, including at least 40 upper-division credits (300-level and 400-level courses)
• A cumulative GPA of at least 2.0

View the four-year traditional and two-year transfer degree plans and the course catalog for more information.

The business administration program’s completion time frame varies depending on the number of transferable credits a student has brought in through their previously completed college-level coursework. Students who transfer to WPU with an associate degree who have taken foundational courses (such as English composition, math, science, social science, and humanities) are typically able to complete the program in approximately two years, or after earning 60 semester credits.

Our graduate program partners include the following organizations: 

• BUS 301A | Management and Leadership: From Theory to Practice | 3 credits
• BUS 303A | Business and Employment Law | 3 credits
• BUS 306A | Economics for Managers (Prerequisite: BUS 223A) | 3 credits
• BUS 319A | Introduction to Human Resource Management | 3 credits
• BUS 321A | Organizational Behavior and Design | 3 credits
• BUS 340A | Marketing for Managers | 3 credits
• BUS 401A | Quantitative Analysis for Business (Prerequisites: BUS 107A, 223A) | 3 credits
• BUS 461A | Finance for Business | 3 credits

WPU strives to provide students with a valuable education at an affordable cost, with tuition rates that are more than 40% lower than the average private university tuition in the Pacific Northwest. To explore your financial aid options, please visit our Financial Aid page.

Traditional Undergraduate Programs

For a full list of fees, please visit our Tuition and Fees page.

Warner Pacific University is accredited by The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). Warner Pacific University is an educational member of the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) located at 11960 Quivira Rd. in Overland Park, Kansas. Educational members have not yet undergone accreditation reviews and do not have business programs that are accredited by the IACBE.

• BUS 318A | Performance Management, Strategy and Change | 3 credits
• BUS 327A | Employee Training and Development | 3 credits
• BUS 329A | Cross-Cultural Communication, Staffing and Recruitment | 3 credits
• BUS 330A | Components of Workplace Compensation | 3 credits
• BUS 460A | Fundamentals of Employee Benefits | 3 credits
• BUS 497A | HR Capstone | 3 credits

All industries need effective managers and leaders. Not specific to a single field or organizational structure, this versatile emphasis helps students hone their communication, team-building, and connection-making skills and develop a Christ-centered ethical mindset.