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As a business management major pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree, you will prepare for leadership positions in the business and corporate world or the public and nonprofit sectors. You will obtain a well-rounded education in all dimensions of business management and develop the skills you need to solve today’s biggest business challenges. You will experience a transformative, distinctive, and affordable business education through innovative curricula, applied and theoretical research, and impactful engagement.
This degree equips you with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in a wide range of professional careers in management, human resource management, operations management, business analytics, marketing, and international business in small and large companies as well as nonprofits. These skills will also prepare you to start your own business.
The program information listed here reflects the approved curriculum for the 2024–25 academic year per the Brooklyn College Bulletin. Bulletins from past academic years can be found here.
The program prepares graduates for leadership positions in the business and corporate world or the public and other nonprofit sectors as well as for graduate studies in various related fields. Its interdisciplinary courses cover topics such as introductory accounting, economics, operations management, statistics, computer applications, business analytics, business law, and management. It emphasizes communication skills, information literacy, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and ethical reasoning.
In order to declare a major in this program, a student must have completed at least 32 credits at Brooklyn College with a grade point average (GPA) of 2.20 or better.
Students who enter Brooklyn College after earning at least 28 credits elsewhere may declare a major in this program after earning at least 15 credits at Brooklyn College with a GPA of 2.20 or better.
Majors must complete the following course requirements:
All of the following: Economics 2100 or Business 2100; Economics 2200 or Business 2200; Economics 3410 or Business 3410 or Business 3421 or Computer and Information Science 2590 or Mathematics 1201; Business 3400 or Economics 3400 or Mathematics 2501 or Mathematics 3501 or Psychology 3400; Business 3430 or Computer and Information Science 2531; Business 3200; Business 3100; Accounting 2001; Accounting 3201; FINC 3310; Philosophy 3314; Computer and Information Science 1050 or Computer and Information Science 1110 or Computer and Information Science 1115
Three additional electives in business not used to satisfy the Business Core or Capstone Seminar requirement.
To satisfy the requirement of two additional electives, students may take:
Accounting 3001, 3041, 3051, 3101, 4201, Computer and Information Science 3820, Economics 3202, 3342, 3352, 3362, Mathematics 2601, Psychology 3171.
One of the following seminars: Business 4000W, or Business 4100W, or Business 4101W, or Business 4200W, or Business 4202W or Computer and Information Science 1580W, or [Business 4300W] or Finance 4300W.
Students are required to take at least one writing-intensive course (W course).
At least 21 credits of the above courses, including the required capstone seminar course, must be completed at Brooklyn College.
Attainment of a grade point average of 2.00 in all courses taken to satisfy department requirements. This does not mean that a student must earn a grade of C or better in every single course; it is the overall grade point average in the major that matters.
To help you pursue your studies in the most efficient manner, and to maximize your efforts to graduate in four years, Brooklyn College has created four-year degree maps for all its majors.
View degree maps for this major and others.
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Brooklyn College is an integral part of the cultural and artistic energy of New York City. Our faculty members in the Department of Business Management offer incomparable expertise and tremendous talent, and each brings a unique perspective to their teaching and mentoring in and out of the classroom.
Through job fairs, the internship database, and internship panels, the Magner Career Center gives students in the business management B.S. program access to career opportunities at a wide variety of employers, including:
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