@mesosere
I don’t know specifics of my friend’s daughter but I found this on the Foster Standard Admission website:
“To be eligible to apply to the Foster School of Business, a student must, at the time of application, have:
- a total of at least 60 graded college credits from UW and/or other accredited colleges and universities.
- a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA for all college credits, including transfer credits. Because UW does not allow forgiveness for repeated courses, GPAs are recalculated with repeated courses included.
- a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA for all of the following:
- all business course credits, including transfer credits
- all UW credits
- all UW business course (prefix courses include: ACCTG, BA, BCMU, MGMT, MKTG, QMETH, etc.) credits
- at least a 3 Writing Skills Assessment score”
If I understand it correctly, you won’t be able to apply to the program in your freshman year as you must have at least 60 credits. So you need to be at least sophomore standing to apply, and enter Foster as a junior.
I also found this (click on Undergrad tab). It has more info about prerequisite courses.
http://www.washington.edu/students/gencat/academic/school_business.html#UNDER
I think how many years it will take to finish the program depends on how many relevant credits you have at the time you enter the program, your option of study, study abroad, etc. This website may help you to figure it out.
https://foster.uw.edu/academics/degree-programs/undergraduate-programs/curriculum/