Business Administration, BSBA < Northeastern University Academic Catalog

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) program integrates the theory and practice of management through active learning, problem-driven research, corporate partnerships, and experiential assignments. Students will foster a global and entrepreneurial spirit while honing their technical skills, analytical abilities, and creative and strategic thinking. They have opportunities to define an interdisciplinary academic path through combined majors, concentrations, and minors inside and outside of the business school. Students are expected to take part in the cooperative education program, where they participate in paid work placements related to their field of study.

Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality.

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

NUpath requirements Differences and Diversity (DD) and Creative Expression and Innovation (EI) are not explicitly satisfied by required courses in the business curriculum at this time. Students are responsible for satisfying these requirements, and if these are not fulfilled in required major courses, they should use general electives to do so.

Business Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Accounting
ACCT 1201	Financial Accounting and Reporting	4
ACCT 2301	Profit Analysis for Managers and Advisors	4
Finance
FINA 2201	Financial Management	4
Marketing
MKTG 2201	Introduction to Marketing	4
Management Information Systems
MISM 2301	Introduction to Information Systems and Digital Technologies	4
Operations Management and Supply Chain Management
SCHM 2301	Supply Chain and Operations Management	4
Organizational Behavior
ORGB 3201	Organizational Behavior	4
Strategy in Action
STRT 4501	Strategy in Action	4
International Business/Social Responsibility
INTB 1203	International Business and Global Social Responsibility	4
Statistics
MGSC 2301	Business Statistics	4

Concentration

Complete the required concentration appropriate to your program. One concentration is required. A second concentration is optional.

Accounting
Accounting and Advisory Services
Brand Management
Business Analytics
Corporate Innovation
Entrepreneurial Startups
Family Business
Finance
Fintech
Healthcare Management and Consulting
International Business (available only as a second concentration)
Management
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Marketing Analytics
Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Supply Chain Management

Supporting Courses

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Mathematics
Complete one of the following:		4
MATH 1231	Calculus for Business and Economics
MATH 1241	Calculus 1
MATH 1242	Calculus 2
MATH 1251	Calculus and Differential Equations for Biology 1
MATH 1252	Calculus and Differential Equations for Biology 2
MATH 1340	Intensive Calculus for Engineers
MATH 1341	Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering
MATH 1342	Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering
Macroeconomics and Microeconomics
ECON 1115	Principles of Macroeconomics	4
ECON 1116	Principles of Microeconomics	4

Business Experiential Learning

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Complete at least one of the following experiences:
COOP 3945	Co-op Work Experience
COOP 3946	Co-op Work Experience--Half Time
COOP 3947	Co-op Work Experience Abroad--Half Time
COOP 3948	Co-op Work Experience Abroad
EEBA 2945	Internship Experience (with D’Amore-McKim Cooperative Education Department Approval)
EEBA 2948	Internship Experience Abroad (with D’Amore-McKim Cooperative Education Department Approval)

Business GPA Requirement

A minimum 2.000 GPA in business courses is required.

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1

Note: Plan of study will vary based upon student's academic program. The four-year plan of study will require summer courses throughout the student's academic career. Individual study plans will be created with an academic advisor.

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
BUSN 1101	4	ECON 1115	4	Elective	4	Elective	4
BUSN 1102	1	Business core	4	ENGW 1111, ECON 1116, or MATH 1231	4	Business core	4
ENGW 1111, ECON 1116, or MATH 1231 (FQ)	4	ENGW 1111, ECON 1116, or MATH 1231 (FQ)	4
Take two:	8	Take one:	4
MGSC 2301 (AD)		MGSC 2301 (AD)
ACCT 1201		ACCT 1201
INTB 1203 (IC and ER)		INTB 1203 (IC and ER)
	17		16		8		8
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Concentration course	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	Business core	4
Business core	4					ORGB 3201	4
Elective	4
NUpath	4
BUSN 1103	1
	17		0		0		8
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Concentration course	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	Elective	4
Elective	4					Elective	4
NUpath	4
Business core	4
	16		0		0		8
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
ENGW 3304	4	STRT 4501	4
Concentration course	4	Concentration course	4
NUpath	4	Elective	4
Elective	4	Elective	4
	16		16
Total Hours: 130

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall