Bachelor of Science in Business

The Bachelor of Science in Business (BSB) degree, also known as the Business major, offers general management preparation with an opportunity for specialization in a specific field of business. This degree represents a careful balance of structure and choice, with flexibility that allows students to tailor their programs to reflect the individual career goals they have selected.

Degree Requirements

The following requirements must be fulfilled: a minimum of 120 credits, including University General Education, pre-business, and business major courses, and at least one GWSB concentration or GWSB second major.

Students pursuing business as a second major should reference the business as a second major requirements section at the bottom of this page.

Code	Title	Credits
General education courses
UW 1020	University Writing
6 credits taken in at least two writing in the disciplines (WID) courses in two or more separate semesters. ¹
One critical analysis in the humanities course. ²
One scientific reasoning with laboratory course. ²
One course with an approved oral communication component. ²

Code	Title	Credits
Pre-business courses
BADM 1001 & BADM 1002	Business Leader Foundations I and Business Leader Foundations II ³
or BADM 1003	Business Leader Foundations for Transfer Students
BADM 3001	Business Leader Career Strategy
BADM 4001	Business Leader Launch
STAT 1051	Introduction to Business and Economic Statistics
or STAT 1053	Introduction to Statistics in Social Science
or STAT 1111	Business and Economic Statistics I
or DNSC 1001	Business Analytics I: Statistics for Descriptive and Predictive Analytics
or APSC 3115	Engineering Analysis III
STAT 2112	Business and Economic Statistics II
or STAT 2118	Regression Analysis
or STAT 2123	Introduction to Econometrics
or ECON 2123	Introduction to Econometrics
or DNSC 2001	Business Analytics II: Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics
ECON 1011	Principles of Economics I
ECON 1012	Principles of Economics II
One of the following sequences in mathematics:
MATH 1231 & MATH 1232	Single-Variable Calculus I and Single-Variable Calculus II
or MATH 1051 & MATH 1252	Finite Mathematics for the Social and Management Sciences and Calculus for the Social and Management Sciences
or MATH 1051 & MATH 1231	Finite Mathematics for the Social and Management Sciences and Single-Variable Calculus I
or MATH 1220 & MATH 1221 & MATH 1051	Calculus with Precalculus I and Calculus with Precalculus II and Finite Mathematics for the Social and Management Sciences
or MATH 1220 & MATH 1221 & MATH 1232	Calculus with Precalculus I and Calculus with Precalculus II and Single-Variable Calculus II
Business major courses
ACCY 2001	Introduction to Financial Accounting
ACCY 2002	Introductory Managerial Accounting
BADM 1004	The Age of Globalization
BADM 2001	Markets and Politics
or BADM 2001W	Markets and Politics
BADM 2301	Management Information Systems Technology
BADM 3103	Human Capital in Organizations
BADM 3401	Contemporary Marketing Management
or BADM 3401W	Contemporary Marketing Management
BADM 3501	Financial Management and Markets
BADM 3601	Operations Management
BADM 4101	Business Ethics and the Legal Environment
or BADM 4101W	Business Ethics and the Legal Environment
BADM 4801	Strategy Formulation and Implementation
IBUS 3001	Introduction to International Business
Electives
In general, students complete 34 credits in elective courses to reach the 120 credits required for the degree. 18 of those credits must be taken outside of GWSB. Elective courses may be applied to a GWSB concentration, a non-GWSB minor, or a GWSB or non-GWSB second major. Reference the GWSB undergraduate policies section for course restrictions."

Concentration requirement

A GWSB concentration is required for all BS in business students. Students select a concentration from among accountancy; business analytics; business economics and public policy; entrepreneurship and innovation; finance; information systems and technology management; international business; marketing strategy and analytics; real estate; sport, event, and hospitality management; or, with faculty approval, they may structure an individualized concentration reflecting a specific interest in business. The concentration consists of five field courses designated by the department. The concentration must be selected no later than the second semester of the sophomore year. Students should contact the GWSB Undergraduate Advising Team to declare a concentration. Reference the concentration regulations in the GWSB undergraduate policies section of this bulletin.

¹ Courses must be taken after completion of UW 1020 and in separate semesters.

² See Undergraduate Education at GW for additional information regarding approved courses for this requirement.

³ First-year students taken BADM 1001 and BADM 1002; transfer students take BADM 1003.

Business as a second major

Students pursuing business as a second major are required to complete the courses listed below. Non-GWSB students may declare business as a second major directly with their home school advisor; a signature from a GWSB academic advisor is not required.

Code	Title	Credits
ACCY 2001	Introduction to Financial Accounting
ACCY 2002	Introductory Managerial Accounting
BADM 2301	Management Information Systems Technology
BADM 3103	Human Capital in Organizations
BADM 3401	Contemporary Marketing Management
or BADM 3401W	Contemporary Marketing Management
BADM 3501	Financial Management and Markets
BADM 3601	Operations Management
BADM 4101	Business Ethics and the Legal Environment
or BADM 4101W	Business Ethics and the Legal Environment
BADM 4801	Strategy Formulation and Implementation
One course selected from the following:
BADM 1004	The Age of Globalization
BADM 2001	Markets and Politics
or BADM 2001W	Markets and Politics
IBUS 3001	Introduction to International Business