Admissions to this program begin Fall 2024.
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Law program is designed for D'Amore-McKim School of Business students who seek careers in fields with frequent collaboration with lawyers or in heavily regulated industries or services. Offering knowledge and skills that are highly valued across business professions, this major will also be helpful for students who are interested in law school.
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.
Business Core Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses | ||
| BUSN 1102 | Personal Skill Development for Business | 1 |
| BUSN 1103 | Professional Development for Business Co-op | 1 |
| Required Courses | ||
| ACCT 1201 | Financial Accounting and Reporting | 4 |
| ACCT 2301 | Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| FINA 2201 | Financial Management | 4 |
| INTB 1203 | International Business and Global Social Responsibility | 4 |
| MGSC 2301 | Business Statistics | 4 |
| ORGB 3201 | Organizational Behavior | 4 |
| STRT 4501 | Strategy in Action | 4 |
| Business Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Innovation! | ||
| Introduction to Information Systems and Digital Technologies | ||
| Introduction to Marketing | ||
| Supply Chain and Operations Management | ||
Business Concentration Required
A concentration is required and may be chosen from the following:
- 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 Business Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 1115 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4 |
| or ECON 1116 | Principles of Microeconomics | |
| MATH 1231 | Calculus for Business and Economics | 4 |
| or MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | |
| or MATH 1241 | Calculus 1 | |
| or MATH 1251 | Calculus and Differential Equations for Biology 1 | |
| or MATH 1340 | Intensive Calculus for Engineers | |
Law Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | ||
| LAW 3101 | Introduction to Legal Studies 1: Law and Legal Reasoning | 4 |
| LAW 3102 | Introduction to Legal Studies 2: Statutes and Regulations | 4 |
| Electives | ||
| Please consult with your advisor to select courses that support your choice of business concentration. | ||
| Complete six of the following: | 24 | |
| Data Regulation and Compliance | ||
| Introduction to Law and Organizational Management | ||
| Introduction to International Regulations and Business Strategies | ||
| Introduction to Financial Transactions | ||
| Introduction to Health Law | ||
| Introduction to Employee Rights and Employer Obligations | ||
| Introduction to Intellectual Property and Media | ||
| Introduction to Intellectual Property | ||
| Introduction to Identifying and Securing Intellectual Property Rights | ||
| Health Law and Policy | ||
| Advanced Intellectual Property | ||
| Patent Law and Practice | ||
| Law and Economic Development | ||
| Issues in Information Security Law | ||
| Law and Inequality | ||
| Issues in Law and Biotechnology | ||
Integrative Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Business | ||
| ACCT 3304 | Business Law and Professional Ethics | 4 |
| or FINA 4312 | Issues in Corporate Governance | |
| or MGMT 3420 | Managing Human Capital | |
| Law | ||
| LAW 3120 | Introduction to Law and Strategy | 4 |
| or LAW 3130 | Introduction to Negotiation and Advocacy | |
Business GPA Requirement
Minimum 2.000 GPA in business courses required
Business Cooperative Education
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one cooperative education experience: | ||
| Co-op Work Experience | ||
or COOP 3946 | Co-op Work Experience--Half Time | |
or COOP 3947 | Co-op Work Experience Abroad--Half Time | |
or COOP 3948 | Co-op Work Experience Abroad | |
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study
Fours Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ACCT 1201 | 4 | ACCT 2301 | 4 | FINA 2201 | 4 | EI or open elective | 4 |
| BUSN 1102 | 1 | ENGW 1111 | 4 | ND NUpath | 4 | Open elective | 4 |
| ECON 1115 or 1116 | 4 | INNO 2301, MISM 2301, MKTG 2201, or SCHM 2301 | 4 | ||||
| INTB 1203 | 4 | MGSC 2301 | 4 | ||||
| MATH 1231 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| BUSN 1103 | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ORGB 3201 | 4 |
| LAW 3101 | 4 | Concentration course 2 | 4 | ||||
| LAW 3102 | 4 | ||||||
| Concentration course 1 | 4 | ||||||
| DD NUpath | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Concentration course 3 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Open elective | 4 |
| DMSB integrative course | 4 | Open elective | 4 | ||||
| LAW elective | 4 | ||||||
| LAW elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Advanced writing | 4 | STRT 4501 | 4 | ||||
| Concentration course 4 | 4 | Law integrative course | 4 | ||||
| LAW elective | 4 | LAW elective | 4 | ||||
| LAW elective | 4 | LAW elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||
Sample Plan of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| BUSN 1102 | 1 | ACCT 2301 | 4 | FINA 2201 | 4 | DD NUpath | 4 |
| ACCT 1201 | 4 | MGSC 2301 | 4 | ND NUpath | 4 | Open elective | 4 |
| ECON 1115 | 4 | INNO 2301, MISM 2301, MKTG 2201, or SCHM 2301 | 4 | ||||
| MATH 1231 | 4 | ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||
| INTB 1203 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Open elective | 4 | LAW 3101 | 4 | Open elective | 4 | Co-op | |
| EI or open elective | 4 | LAW 3102 | 4 | Advanced writing | 4 | ||
| Concentration course 1 | 4 | Concentration course 3 | 4 | ||||
| Concentration course 2 | 4 | DMSB integrative course | 4 | ||||
| BUSN 1103 | 1 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | LAW elective | 4 | ORGB 3201 | 4 | Co-op | ||
| LAW elective | 4 | STRT 4501 | 4 | ||||
| LAW elective | 4 | ||||||
| Concentration course 4 | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | LAW elective | 4 | |||||
| LAW elective | 4 | ||||||
| LAW elective | 4 | ||||||
| Law integrative course | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||