BSBA Degree Requirements 2025
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2/4/2022 BSBA Degree Requirements 2025 BSBA students must earn a minimum of 120 units including 48 units of General Education coursework and 60 graded units of Professional coursework. All core and major business courses requirements must be taken for a grade. If you substitute a non-Olin course for an Olin requirement, you must still earn 60 Olin units. 2.0 GPAs in both your overall and professional coursework are required. A student may take one pass/fail course per semester. January 2022 General Education Requirements (48 minimum units) MGT 100: Individual in a Managerial Environment* MGT 150A: Foundations of Business MGT 201: Management Communications MEC 290: Microeconomics MEC 292: Global (or Econ 1021 or MEC 292C or 292L or 292S) DAT 120: Managerial Statistics I DAT 121: Managerial Statistics II DAT 220: Modeling for Business Decision Making ACCT 2610: Principles of Financial Accounting ACCT 2620: Principles of Managerial Accounting FIN 340: Capital Markets & Financial Management MKT 370: Principles of Marketing OB 360: Organization Behavior within the Firm OSCM 356: Operations Management Global Mindset: Talk with your Olin advisor *Transfer students may substitute MGT 380. Professional Electives (18 overall minimum units) Latest updates: https://olin.wustl.edu/EN-US/academic-programs/bs-business-administration/academics/Pages/majors.aspx Accounting Healthcare Mgt Economics and Strategy Marketing Entrepreneurship Operations and Supply Chain Mgt Finance Organization and Strategic Mgt Financial Engineering - second major only Business Analytics (Minor) Business of Arts (Minor) Bus of Entertainment (Minor) Business of Social Impact (Minor) Business of Social Impact (Minor) International Business (Minor) 54 of the 60 graded business units must be in Olin. Only one major course can be double counted. A maximum of six Olin units may be taken as pass/fail after you have completed six full time semesters of enrollment or in their senior year. Olin courses taken pass/fail can't count towards the 60 business units; these units will count towards the 120 graduation units. Minors require 12 unique units as double counting isn't allowed. Declaration deadline: Feb. 28. 2023. 1/6 A maximum of 9 units of distribution or advanced electives can be taken pass/fail. If taken pass/fail, the course can only count towards one requirement, i.e., this pass/fail course can't satisfy both a distribution and advanced business elective. Math 131, Math 132, College Writing and your Ethics/Values Distribution must be taken for a grade. Writing I Math 131 and/or Math 132 Distribution Requirements: Humanities (3 units) Behavioral Analysis (3 units) Ethics and Values (3 units) International Studies (6 units) Physical/Life Sciences (3 units) Advanced 300-400 Electives (12 minimum units) Professional Requirements (42 minimum units)
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BSBA Degree Requirements 2025
BSBA students must earn a minimum of 120 units including 48 units of General Educationcoursework and 60 graded units of Professional coursework. All core and major business coursesrequirements must be taken for a grade. If you substitute a non-Olin course for an Olinrequirement, you must still earn 60 Olin units. 2.0 GPAs in both your overall and professionalcoursework are required. A student may take one pass/fail course per semester. January 2022
General Education Requirements (48 minimum units)
MGT 100: Individual in a Managerial Environment*MGT 150A: Foundations of BusinessMGT 201: Management CommunicationsMEC 290: MicroeconomicsMEC 292: Global (or Econ 1021 or MEC 292C or 292L or 292S)DAT 120: Managerial Statistics IDAT 121: Managerial Statistics II
DAT 220: Modeling for Business Decision Making ACCT 2610: Principles of Financial Accounting ACCT 2620: Principles of Managerial Accounting FIN 340: Capital Markets & Financial ManagementMKT 370: Principles of MarketingOB 360: Organization Behavior within the FirmOSCM 356: Operations ManagementGlobal Mindset: Talk with your Olin advisor *Transfer students may substitute MGT 380.
Professional Electives (18 overall minimum units)
Latest updates: https://olin.wustl.edu/EN-US/academic-programs/bs-business-administration/academics/Pages/majors.aspx
Accounting Healthcare Mgt Economics and Strategy MarketingEntrepreneurship Operations and Supply Chain MgtFinance Organization and Strategic Mgt
Financial Engineering - second major only
Business Analytics (Minor)Business of Arts (Minor)Bus of Entertainment (Minor) Business of Social Impact (Minor) Business of Social Impact (Minor)International Business (Minor)
54 of the 60 graded business units must be in Olin. Only one major course can be double counted. A maximum of six Olin units may be taken as pass/fail after you have completed six full time semesters of enrollment or in their senior year. Olin courses taken pass/fail can't count towards the 60 business units; these units will count towards the 120 graduation units. Minors require 12 unique units as double counting isn't allowed. Declaration deadline: Feb. 28. 2023.
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A maximum of 9 units of distribution or advanced electives can be taken pass/fail. If taken pass/fail, the course can only count towards one requirement, i.e., this pass/fail course can't satisfy both a distribution and advanced business elective. Math 131, Math 132, College Writing and your Ethics/Values Distribution must be taken for a grade.Writing I
Math 131 and/or Math 132
Distribution Requirements: Humanities (3 units) Behavioral Analysis (3 units) Ethics and Values (3 units)International Studies (6 units) Physical/Life Sciences (3 units)
Advanced 300-400 Electives (12 minimum units)
Professional Requirements (42 minimum units)
BSBA Degree Requirements 2025
Professional Electives (18 overall minimum units)
MAJOR: Accounting (15 minimum units)
Core Requirements
ACCT 3610 Intermediate Financial Accounting Theory I Intermediate Financial Accounting IIACCT 3620
Electives: At least 9 units from the following
ACCT 363 Cost Accounting Ethical Decision Making II (1.5 units)ACCT 400N
ACCT 365E Taxation of Business Entities AuditingACCT 464
ACCT 400A Analysis of Fin Institutions & Instruments Financial Statement AnalysisACCT 466
ACCT 400C Not-For-Profit Accounting (1.5 units) Income Tax FundamentalsACCT 467
ACCT 400M Ethical Decision Making I (1.5 units) Advanced Financial Accounting ProblemsACCT 4680
MAJOR: Economics and Strategy (12 minimum units)
Core Requirements
MEC 370 Game Theory for Business Market Competition and Value AppropriationMEC 470
MEC 400K Research in Industry Analysis Empirical Techniques for Industry AnalysisMEC 471
MAJOR: Entrepreneurship (15 minimum units)
Core Requirements
MGT 421/460L Entrepreneurship or Social Entrepreneurship Business Planning for New EnterprisesMGT 424
Electives: At least 9 units from the following
Experiential Electives (with at least 3 of the units from this category)INTL 970 Entrepreneurship and Startups in Europe CEL PracticumMGT 401P
MGT 200C Venture Creation Small Business InitiativeMGT 401S
MGT 401C CEL Entrepreneurial Consulting Team Taylor Community ConsultingMGT 401T
MGT 401M Sustainable Dev: Madagascar Marketing Metrics (1.5 units)MKT 431E
Industry Electives (with at least 3 of the units from this category)ART 223K Business of Fashion Economics of EntertainmentMEC 460
CS 131 Computer Science I Business StrategyMGT 380
ECON 335 Money and Banking Sports ManagementMGT 440
FIN 549H Real Estate Finance (1.5 units) Innovating for Defense (1.5 units)MGT 475E
INTL 320 Business, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Israel Innovating for Healthcare (1.5 units)MGT 476E
MEC 320 Olin Grand Rounds
Skill Electives (with at least 3 of the units from this category)ACCT 466 Financial Statement Analysis Legal Environment of Business ManagementMGT 301
CSE 204A Front-End Web Development Acquisition Entrepreneurship (1.5 units)MGT 445E
CSE 330S Rapid Type Dev. & Creative Programming Marketing ResearchMKT 378
CSE 438S Mobile Application Development Elements of Sales: Tools and TechniquesMKT 400E
FIN 400L Private Equity Methods (1.5 units) Business & Marketing InnovationMKT 400I
FIN 400M Private Equity Practice (1.5 units) New Product ManagementMKT 478
MEC 370 Game Theory for Business Brand ManagementMKT 482
MEC 470 Market Competition and Value Appropriation NegotiationOB 461
MAJOR: Finance (12 minimum units)
Core Requirements
FIN 441 Investments Options, Futures and Derivative SecuritiesFIN 451
FIN 448 Advanced Financial Management
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MAJOR: Finance (12 minimum units) (Con't)
Electives: At least 3 units from the following
FIN 400I Mergers and Acquisitions (1.5 units) Investment PraxisFIN 428
FIN 400J Advanced Valuation (1.5 units) International FinanceFIN 443
FIN 400L Private Equity Methods (1.5 units) Info, Intermediation, & Financial MarketsFIN 447
FIN 400M Private Equity Practice (1.5 units) Fin Tech: Methods & PracticeFIN 450F
FIN 400W Venture Capital Methods (1.5 units) Advanced Derivative SecuritiesFIN 452
FIN 400X Venture Capital Practice (1.5 units) Research Methods in FinanceFIN 470A
FIN 420 Int'l Economics and Finance (London Program)
MAJOR: Financial Engineering (48 minimum units)
Core Requirements
ACCT 2610 Principles of Finanacial Accounting Financial MathematicsESE 427
CSE 131 Computer Science I Capital MarketsFIN 340
CSE 240 Logic and Discrete Mathematics InvestmentsFIN 441
CSE 247 Algorithms and Data Structures Differential EquationsMATH 217
CSE 417T Machine Learning or CSE 427S or ESE 417 Calculus IIIMATH 233
DAT 121 Stats or ESE 326 or Econ 413/413W or Math 439 Matrix AlgebraMATH 309
ESE 403 Operations Research or ESE 415 Microeconomics or Econ 4011MEC 290
Electives: At least 6 units from the following
FIN 452 Advanced Derivative Securities Mathematical FinanceFIN 539
FIN 500Q Quantitative Risk Mgt Fixed Income DerivativesFIN 552
MAJOR: Healthcare Mgt (15 minimum units)
Core Requirements
MEC 320 Olin Grand Rounds Healthcare ManagementMEC 322
MEC 321 Health Economics and Policy Research in Healthcare ManagementMEC 420
Electives: At least 3 units from the following
ANTH 3263 BioprospectingANTH 3283 Introduction to Global HealthANTH 3310 Health and Ethics: Medical AnthropologyANTH 3626 Nature and the Meaning of Disease ANTH 3875 Pharmaceutical PersonhoodANTH 4134 The Aids Epidemic
The Political Economy of HealthANTH 4883
The Science of BiotechnologyBIO 2010
Biomedical EthicsPHIL 233FPHIL 3001 Philosophy of Medicine
Women's Health Care in AmericaWGSS 310
Contemporary Women's HealthWGSS 316
MAJOR: Marketing (12 minimum units)
Core Requirements
MKT 378 Marketing Research
Electives: At least 9 units from the following
GROUP A (with at least 6 of the units from Group A)MKT 377 Consumer Behavior New Product ManagementMKT 478
MKT 400G Digital Marketing and Customer Analytics Marketing StrategyMKT 480
MKT 400L Understanding & Conducting Bus Experiments Brand ManagementMKT 482
MKT 470E Pricing Strategy
GROUP BMKT 400E Elements of Sales: Tools and Techniques Luxury Goods and A Dash of FashionMKT 450F
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MAJOR: Marketing (12 minimum units) (Con't)
MKT 400I Business and Marketing Innovation Int'l Marketing (or MKT 477L or 477S)MKT 477
MKT 400M Sports Marketing Advertising and PromotionsMKT 481
MAJOR: Operations and Supply Chain Mgt (12 minimum units)
Electives: At least 12 units from the following
GROUP A (with at least 6 of the units from Group A)DAT 301E Data Analytics in Python Operations Fun: Data-Driven OptimizationOSCM 430E
OSCM 400D Supply Chain Management Operations Planning and ControlOSCM 458
GROUP B (with at least 3 of the units from Group B)MGT 380 Business Strategy Marketing ResearchMKT 378
MGT 460H Corporate and Global Strategy Understanding & Conducting Bus ExperimentsMKT 400L
MAJOR: Organization and Strategic Mgt (12 minimum units)
Electives: At least 12 units from the following
GROUP A (with at least 3 of the units from Group A)MGT 450V Defining Moments (1.5 units) OB 461
OB 462OB 468E
OB 400C Women in Leadership (1.5 units)
OB 431E Thinking Creatively (1.5 units)
GROUP B (with at least 3 of the units from Group B)
MGT 380 Business Strategy MGT 450RMGT 402 Ethical Issues in Managerial Decisions (1.5 units) MGT 460GMGT 429E Mgt & Corporate Responsibility (1.5 units) MGT 460H
Negotiation Leadership in Organizations Mindfulness & Performance (1.5 units)
Business and Government (1.5 units) Critical Thinking & Problem Solving (1.5 units) Corporate and Global Strategy
GROUP C
MGT 478E Ownership Insights OB 434E People Metrics (1.5 units) OB 435E Talent Analytics (1.5 units)OB 325 Personnel/HRM
MINOR: Business Analytics (15 minimum units)
Core Requirements
CS 131 Computer Science I Data Management Tools for Business-DecisionsDAT 400A
DAT 301E Data Analytics in Python
Electives: At least 6 units from the following
GROUP A (with at least 3 of the units from Group A)FIN 470A Research Methods MKT 400L
MEC 471 Empirical Techniques for Industry Analysis
GROUP BDAT 500N Predictive Analytics OB 434E
FIN 450F Financial Technology OB 435E
MGT 460I Sports Business Analytics OSCM 430E
MKT 378 Marketing Research
Understanding & Conducting Bus Experiments
Talent Analytics (1.5 units)
People Metrics (1.5 units)
Operations Fun: Data-Driven Optimization Operations PlanningOSCM 458
MKT 500T Customer Analytics
MINOR: Business of Arts (12 minimum units)
Core Requirements
MGT 401C CEL Entrepreneurial Consulting Team Business of ArtMGT 460O
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MINOR: Business of Arts (12 minimum units) (Con't)
Electives: At least 6 units from the following
ART 223K Business of Fashion Consumer BehaviorMKT 377
ART 324J Fashion Promotion and Exhibition Elements of Sales: Tools & TechniquesMKT 400E
ELIT 486 The Business of Books Business & Marketing InnovationMKT 400I
FILM 225 Making Movies Advertising & PromotionsMKT 481
MEC 460 Economics of Entertainment Brand ManagementMKT 482
MGT 301 Legal Environment of Business Management Thinking Creatively (1.5 units)OB 431E
MGT 421* Entrepreneurship
*Students may take either MGT 421 or MGT 460L: Social Entrepreneurship.
MINOR: Business of Social Impact (12 minimum units)
Core Requirements
MGT 450V Defining Moments (1.5 units) Business of Social Impact (1.5 units)MGT 460M
Electives: At least 9 units from the following
GROUP A (with at least 3 of the units from Group A)MGT 401M Sustainable Dev: Madagascar Taylor Community ConsultingMGT 401T
MGT 401S Small Business Initiative
GROUP B (with at least 3 of the units from Group B)ACCT 400C Not-for-Profit Accounting (1.5 units) The Regulatory Environment (1.5 units)MGT 450R
MGT 402 Ethical Issues in Decision Making (1.5 units) Intro to Social EntrepreneurshipMGT 460L
GROUP C (with at least 3 of the units from Group C)AMCS 280 Exploring Inequality Intro to Global Change in 21st CenturyEPSC 111
ARCH 307X Community Building Earth and the EnvironmentEPSC 201
ARCH 490A WU & Henry Elem School Collaboration Energy and the EnvironmentEPSC 219
EN ST 101 Earth's Future (or INTER D 101) Intro to Environmental PolicyPOL SCI 2010
EN ST 105 Sustainability in Business Environmental and Energy IssuesPOL SCI 332B
EN ST 310 Ecological Economics Gender in SocietySOC 3410
EN ST 375 Urban Ecology Study of Cities and Metropolitan AmericaURST 299
EN ST 405 Sustainability Exchange
MINOR: International Business (12 minimum units)
Core Requirements
MGT 308 Introduction to International Business
Electives: At least 9 units from the following
GROUP A (with at least 3 of the units from Group A)FIN 420 International Economics and Finance CEL Consulting - Section 3 EnrollmentMGT 401C
INTL 320 Business, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Israel Asian Pacific Study Tour (1.5 units)MGT 405A
INTL 420 Business Research Internship International Business Environment SydneyMGT 405S
INTL 970 Entrepreneurship & Startups in Europe International Business: Euro PerspectiveMGT 418
MEC 292C Global Economics - South America International Internship in Business (1.5 units)MGT 450I
MEC 292S Global Economy Sydney European Study Tour (1.5 units)MGT 450Z
MGT 200B Global Perspective Series Int'l Marketing: LondonMKT 477L
MGT 200C Venture Creation Int'l Marketing: SydneyMKT 477S
MGT 400S Intl Bus Environment (or Mgt 405S)
GROUP BFIN 443 International Finance Corporate and Global StrategyMGT 460H
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MINOR: International Business (12 minimum units) (Con't)
MEC 292 Global Economy Int'l Marketing (Can't take MKT 477S or 477L)MKT 477
MINOR: The Business of Entertainment (12 minimum units)
Core Requirements
MEC 460 Economics of Entertainment
Electives: At least 9 units from the following
GROUP A (with at least 3 of the units from Group A)AMCS 3490 Media Culture Histories of Media ConvergenceFILM 423
FILM 114 Making Movies Business of Luxury HospitalityMEC 310E
FILM 220 Intro to Film Studies
GROUP B (with at least 3 of the units from Group B)FIN 448 Advanced Financial Management Marketing ResearchMKT 378
MEC 471 Empirical Techniques for Industry Analysis Brand ManagementMKT 482
MGT 301 Legal Foundations of Business
MINOR: The Business of Sports (12 minimum units)
Core Requirements
MGT 440 Sports Management Sports Business AnalyticsMGT 460I
MGT 450G The Business of Sports Sports MarketingMKT 400M
Electives: No additional electives required provided 12 core units earned.DAT 500N Predictive Analytics Legal Issues in Sports (1.5 units)MGT 460J
FIN 448 Advanced Financial Management Marketing ResearchMKT 378
MEC 460 Economics of Entertainment Elements of Sales: Tools & TechniquesMKT 400E
MEC 471 Empirical Techniques for Industry Analysis Brand ManagementMKT 482
MGT 356E Sports Entrepreneurship (1.5 units)
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