{"id":31818,"date":"2025-11-12T09:43:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/?page_id=31818"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:49:09","slug":"self-directed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\/self-directed","title":{"rendered":"Self-Directed Concentration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Self-Directed Concentration allows students to create their own interdisciplinary course of study. It combines four upper-division (i.e., 300-400-level) courses from two (or more) academic areas into a new area of study that does not already exist in the School of Business or UW Bothell. A Self-Directed Concentration may be a good choice for students creating their own career niche or wavering between two existing concentrations\/options. The Self-Directed Concentration is NOT meant to allow students to pick and choose a handful of classes without developing a clear goal. Students interested in the Self-Directed Concentration should make an appointment with their Academic Advisor to find out about the declaration and approval process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concentration curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Course Type<\/th>Course Numbers & Titles<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Core Courses
(prerequisites in parentheses)<\/em><\/td>		BBUS 300 \u2013 Organizational Behavior, Ethics and Inclusivity, Diversity Designated Course<\/a>
BBUS 307 \u2013 Business Writing, Writing Designated Course<\/a>
BBUS 310 \u2013 Managerial Economics
BBUS 320 \u2013 Marketing Management
BBUS 340 \u2013 Operations & Project Management 
BBUS 350 \u2013 Business Finance <\/td><\/tr>
Required Courses<\/td>20 credits of upper-division (300\u2013400 level) courses from two or more academic areas.<\/td><\/tr>
Required Capstone Courses<\/td>Before you can register for the capstone courses, you must complete all core courses and meet with your advisor to file a graduation application<\/strong>.

BBUS 470 \u2013 Business Policy & Strategic Management
BBUS 480 \u2013 Global Environment of Business<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody>
Total Credits<\/strong><\/td>60 Credits<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tfoot><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Self-Directed Concentration allows students to create their own interdisciplinary course of study. It combines four upper-division (i.e., 300-400-level) courses from two (or more) academic areas into a new area of study that does not already exist in the School of Business or UW Bothell. A Self-Directed Concentration may be a good choice for students creating their…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"parent":17450,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_is_archived":false,"_archived_contact_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31818","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"related_links":{"toggle_visibility":false,"link_1":"","link_2":"","link_3":"","link_4":"","link_5":""},"highlight_box":{"toggle_visibility":false,"title":"","content":"","button":"","button_style":"angled-purple-button","button_screen_reader_text":""},"contact_type_1":{"toggle_visibility":true,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"contact_type_2":{"toggle_visibility":false,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"social_media":{"toggle_visibility":false,"facebook_url":"","instagram_url":"","linkedin_url":"","twitter_url":"","youtube_url":""},"blog_archive_sidebar_visibility":false},"yoast_head":"\nSelf-Directed Concentration - School of Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\/self-directed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Self-Directed Concentration - School of Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Self-Directed Concentration allows students to create their own interdisciplinary course of study. It combines four upper-division (i.e., 300-400-level) courses from two (or more) academic areas into a new area of study that does not already exist in the School of Business or UW Bothell. A Self-Directed Concentration may be a good choice for students creating their...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\/self-directed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"School of Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-12T16:49:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\/self-directed\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\/self-directed\",\"name\":\"Self-Directed Concentration - School of Business\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-12T17:43:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-12T16:49:09+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\/self-directed#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\/self-directed\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\/self-directed#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Undergraduate Programs\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Bachelor of Business Administration\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Self-Directed Concentration\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"\/#website\",\"url\":\"\/\",\"name\":\"School of Business\",\"description\":\"Just another UW Bothell site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Self-Directed Concentration - School of Business","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\/self-directed","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Self-Directed Concentration - School of Business","og_description":"The Self-Directed Concentration allows students to create their own interdisciplinary course of study. It combines four upper-division (i.e., 300-400-level) courses from two (or more) academic areas into a new area of study that does not already exist in the School of Business or UW Bothell. A Self-Directed Concentration may be a good choice for students creating their...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\/self-directed","og_site_name":"School of Business","article_modified_time":"2026-05-12T16:49:09+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\/self-directed","url":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\/self-directed","name":"Self-Directed Concentration - School of Business","isPartOf":{"@id":"\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-11-12T17:43:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-12T16:49:09+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\/self-directed#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\/self-directed"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\/self-directed#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Undergraduate Programs","item":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Bachelor of Business Administration","item":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Self-Directed Concentration"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"\/#website","url":"\/","name":"School of Business","description":"Just another UW Bothell site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31818"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32908,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31818\/revisions\/32908"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}