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2024-2025 Binghamton University Academic Guide
Business Administration, BS
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Binghamton University’s business administration program prepares students for successful careers. Consistently ranked as one of the best public business schools in the nation, the School of Management ensures that students learn the soft skills, such as teamwork and communication, and technical skills needed to become leaders in an economy driven by disruption and innovation. Through experiential learning opportunities, including case competitions and project courses, students explore decision-making challenges in complex contexts and situations and develop innovative solutions considering legal, environmental, and societal factors. Our curriculum is enhanced with analytics requirements to ensure students can interpret and communicate data-driven discoveries.
Students can complete a concentration in a number of areas, including marketing, leadership, entrepreneurship, finance, management information systems, and business analytics.
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Program Requirements
To receive a BS Business Administration degree, students must complete 126 credit hours in the courses outlined below with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 (C) and a minimum 2.0 grade point average in required BSBA courses. As part of the 126 credits, students complete 63 credits of liberal arts and sciences coursework. General Education Requirements, which all Binghamton University students must complete, are part of these 63 credits. For more details, refer to the General Education section of the Academic Guide or consult with the School of Management Undergraduate Academic Advising Office. All SOM students are required to complete at least 45 credits of upper level (300 or 400 level) coursework in their major.
University General Education Requirements
All Binghamton University undergraduate students are required to fulfill this set of university-wide requirements to ensure that every graduate acquires the essential core of a SUNY university undergraduate education. Please refer to the General Education page for more information.
School of Management Policies
Please see the School of Management main page in the Academic Guide for information on policies and procedures unique to School of Management
Course Requirements for All BSBA Students
To be granted a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from SOM, students must complete the following courses:
Course Requirements For All BSBA Students
A. Liberal Arts Requirements
All SOM students must complete 63 credits of liberal arts and sciences coursework. The following courses, or their equivalent(s), are required for the major and must be completed before the third-year core classes: MATH 220 - Calculus for Business and Management or MATH 223 - Introduction to Calculus and MATH 224 - Differential Calculus. If students do not place into MATH 220 or MATH 223, then MATH 108 - Algebra and Trigonometry (or the equivalent) is also a required course to complete the major. If students do not place into MATH 108, then MATH 107 - Basic Integrated Mathematics is also required to complete the major.
B. Liberal Arts Electives
As part of Binghamton University’s Comprehensive General Education (Gen ED) Curriculum, all students must complete elective courses in the following areas of study:
- Aesthetics (A)
- World Language (WL)
- Global Interdependence (G)
- Humanities (H)
- Laboratory Science (L)
- Mathematics (M)
- Physical Activity/Wellness (Y, S, B)
- Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (D)
- Social Science (N)
- Composition (C), Oral Communication (O), or Joing Composition/Oral Communication (J)
- Critical Thinking (T)
- Information Literacy (I)
Some General Education requirements are fulfilled via coursework that is part of the BS Business Administration major requirements. Of note, BS Business Administration students must take two writing emphasis courses (Gen Ed indicators C or J) in liberal arts to fulfill the writing requirement. If a student has taken one C or J course for a letter grade, they may use two writing-intensive (W) courses to meet the second C or J requirement. All SOM students must complete 63 credits of liberal arts and sciences coursework.
C. School of Management Requirements
D. Electives or Second Concentration
Students must complete electives as needed in order to meet degree completion requirements. One option, is for students to complete a second concentration.
E. Physical Education
Students must take two credits of physical education courses. Physical education classes that carry a Physical Activity (Y) designation will not count toward the required 63 credits of liberal arts electives. Only six credits in physical education/Health and Wellness Studies may be used to meet the 126 credits required for the business administration degree
Concentration Requirements and Preprequisites
Concentration Requirements and Prerequisites
Students select a concentration in order to gain more in-depth knowledge and specialty training in particular aspects of business. Concentration elective guide sheets showing approved courses for each concentration can be found in the School of Management Undergraduate Academic Advising Office. Five or more courses are required for each concentration.
- Each student enrolled in the BS Business Administration degree program may declare a concentration in one or more areas.
- Students who do not declare a concentration will by default be enrolled in the general Management Concentration.
- A student must obtain a GPA of 2.7 in all of the SOM classes required within the concentration for a concentration to be awarded and reflected on their transcript. If a student is in the management concentration, a 2.7 in the concentration coursework is not required.
- Only courses taken at Binghamton University or as part of a study abroad program will count towards a concentration GPA.
Below are the requirements to declare each concentration:
- Business Analytics: Students must have a cumulative Binghamton GPA of 3.5 or higher, have completed at least 56 credit hours towards their degree, and have received a grade of B- or better in CQS 312.
- Entrepreneurship: Students must have received a B- or higher in MKTG 311 - Introduction to Marketing.
- Finance: Students must have received a B- or higher in FIN 311 311 - Financial Management.
- Leadership and Consulting: Students must have received a B- or higher in MGMT 311 - Organizational Behavior.
- Management Information Systems: Students must have received a B- or higher in MIS 311 - Information Systems and Applications.
- Marketing: Students must have received a B- or higher in MKTG 311 - Introduction to Marketing.
- Quantitative Finance: Students must have a cumulativeBinghamton GPA of 3.5 or higher, have completed at least 56 credit hours towards their degree, and have received a grade of B or higher in FIN 311.
For more information on the Business Administration BS program, please refer to the School of Management website. To apply to the Business Administration BS program, please visit the University Admissions website.
Leadership and Consulting
Finance
- FIN 322 - Investments
- Four finance elective courses from the following list:
FIN 320 - Financial Markets & Institutions
FIN 324 - Corporate Finance
FIN 430 - Financial Statement Analysis
FIN 440 - Fixed Income Securities
FIN 450 - Derivatives
FIN 465 - Arbitrage Strategies
FIN 475 - Financial Technology
FIN 480A - Climate Finance
*or other course deemed appropriate by faculty. See SOM guide sheet in SOM Undergraduate Academic Advising for other approved courses.
Marketing
- MKTG 320 Marketing Research or MKTG 441 Customer Analytics or MKTG 475 Data Driven Marketing or MKTG 480R Data Mining Technices or another analytics MKTG course (see SOM marketing guide sheet in SOM undergraduate advising for additonal options).
- Four additional marketing electives (see SOM guide sheet in SOM Undergraduate Academic Advising for approved courses).
Management Information Systems
Management
- Students may take any five undergraduate management electives above the 311 level. See SOM guide sheet in SOM Undergraduate Academic Advising for approved courses.
Additional Information About the Program
For more information on the Business Administration BS program, please refer to the School of Management website.
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