Broaden your business sense

DePaul’s degree in Business Administration is built upon a strong liberal arts foundation that allows you to learn from a broad business curriculum. You’re encouraged to select a variety of courses to build a wide range of expertise in areas that match your career goals.

The Business Administration degree program offers a variety of courses, giving you the opportunity to learn about fields such as entrepreneurship, management, economics and marketing.

Planning on launching your own start-up or taking over a family business? Consider taking entrepreneurship courses. Thinking about attending law school? Select business and professional ethics courses. Uncertain about your future career path? Take a range of courses across multiple business fields.

You’ll also benefit from programs and networking events in DePaul’s Coleman Entrepreneurship Center and the Center for Innovation, as well as DePaul’s presence in Chicago’s 1871 business incubator.

DePaul is located in the heart of Chicago’s financial and business community, giving you access to work with leading business and consulting firms.

Classes

Coursework

• Business Ethics & Society
• Career Management Skills
• Creativity & Entrepreneurship
• Effective Business Communication
• Principles of Management
• Social Media Marketing
• Sustainable Management
• Topics in Global Economies

Resources

• Major Requirements
• Schedule of Classes

• Minor offered
• Combined bachelor's + master's degree offered

Career Options

Common Career Areas

• Accounting advising services
• Advertising
• Banking
• Brand/product management
• Business development and management
• Economic advising
• Marketing
• Real Estate
• Sales
• Statistical analysis and research

More career info

88%

of Business Administration graduates were employed, continuing their education or not seeking employment after graduation.

Course Requirements

A student majoring in Business Administration is required to complete the following courses totaling at least 30.0 hours:

Course	Title	Quarter Hours
Three required courses:		10
MGT 250	CAREER MANAGEMENT SKILLS (2.0 hours)
MGT 302	ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
ICS 394	ENTREPRENEURSHIP STRATEGY
or ICS 395	MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
Select one Advanced Analytics course from the following:		4
ACC 300	ADVANCED ANALYTICS FOR ACCOUNTANTS
FIN 315	DATA ANALYTICS IN FINANCE
MGT 314	BUSINESS ANALYTICS FOUNDATION TOOLS
MIS 300	DATA MINING AND ANALYTICS
MKT 305	INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING RESEARCH
Select four business electives to be chosen from any 300-level courses offered through any Driehaus College of Business program or department.		16
The four electives must be from at least three different departments.
Exceptions listed below.

Major Electives Exceptions

• Students are required to follow all course prerequisites.
• Students may not use the following courses in the Business Administration major: ECO 393, ECO 395, FIN 300, FIN 310, HSP 301, HSP 302, ICS 392, MGT 300, MGT 301, and MKT 301.
• The following courses are not recommended for Business Administration majors: ECO 304, ECO 305, ECO 306, ECO 375 and ECO 380 
• ICS 350 can be used only once in the Business Administration major electives.  
• BLW 201, BLW 202, and/or  BLW 203 may be used in the Business Administration Electives.
• MKT 276 may be used as a Business Administration Elective or in the Business Communication requirement (in the Business Core); not both.

Career Management Course

Students are required to complete the Career Course (250) associated with the major. Students who double major may choose the Career Course (250) associated with either major provided that hours for graduation are satisfied. Students should take the Career Course as soon as possible.

Open Electives

Open elective credit (30.0 hours) is needed to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.

Global Business Perspective

If any course is shared between Global Business Perspective and the Business Administration major, additional hours of Open Elective credit are required. Any course used toward the Business Administration major and Global Business Perspective must be passed with C- or higher.

Graduation Requirements

Any Management (MGT) courses in the Business Core and any courses used toward the Business Administration major must be completed with a minimum grade of C- and with a combined GPA of 2.000 or higher.??

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