Concentrations
The
Boston University School of Management
offers tremendous flexibility in the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) program, allowing you to
customize your degree by choosing a concentration from a number of disciplines.
See courses for a concentration in:
Accounting
Entrepreneurship
Finance
General Management
International Management
Law
Marketing
Management Information Systems
Operations & Technology Management
Organizational Behavior
This concentration requires a sequence of these four required courses beyond the SMG cores SMG AC221 and SMG AC222:
The following courses are offered during summer term by the department in preparation for the Certified Public Accounting Exam*:
*Successful completion of these courses results in a
Certificate in Advanced Accountancy
Additional Note: Requirements to sit for the CPA Exam vary according to state. Please check with the state in which you intend to practice for specific requirements.
The student who concentrates in Entrepreneurship must take four electives. All concentrators must take the following:
Concentrators may choose the remaining two electives from the following list:
To concentrate in finance, you must take four electives from the department beyond SMG FE323. The following three electives are required:
The final elective may be in finance or any other discipline within SMG. Go to Electives
Since the field of management is constantly changing, many students prepare for this change by pursuing a more open-ended curriculum. The general management concentration meets this need, offering a highly flexible program of study.
A minimum of four SMG electives is required, and students may choose any four SMG electives to meet the concentration's requirements. This approach is especially appropriate for students who anticipate pursuing an MBA degree later in their careers. Students who concentrate in General Management may not double concentrate.
Five to nine courses in total are required, depending on the foreign language requirement.
The following two elective courses are required:
Two courses from the following list are also required:
Students concentrating in International Management must: 1) complete a language other than English through the fourth semester level, 2) obtain a certificate of proficiency in a foreign language from CAS, or 3) earn a score of 560 or above on an SAT II foreign language section of the bulletin. All IM concentrators must also complete one CAS International Relations course.
Go to Dept. of International Relations to see available IR electives.
Students who concentrate in Law must take any three of the following Law electives:
Law concentrators are required to take one additional 300-level or higher SMG elective. Concentrators should choose this fourth elective after consulting with a member of the law faculty. It is strongly recommended but not required that this fourth elective be a non-law course.
This concentration consists of the following requirements beyond the core course SMG IS323. Five courses in total are required.
One of the following two programming courses:
The following three information systems core courses:
One of the following information systems applications courses:
To concentrate in marketing, students must take four electives from the department beyond the core course SMG MK323. The following two electives are required for this concentration:
You may choose the remaining two electives from the following list:
This concentration consists of four electives beyond the core course SMG OM323. The following three courses are required:
The remaining one elective may be chosen, in consultation with the OTM Concentration Liaison, from a selection of SMG elective courses that have a cross-functional link to Operations & Technology Management. The recommended list includes, but is not limited to:
There are four required courses for this concentration. You must take the following courses:
One must be chosen from the following list:
The fourth elective can be one of the above OB electives or an approved, behaviorally-oriented class from another functional area.
Approved Suggestions:
