Business Major
Fordham's School of Professional and Continuing Studies offers a bachelor of arts degree in business that provides adult undergraduates with the skills necessary to become effective leaders in the business world. The major provides a broad base of business knowledge in both a theoretical and an applied context, placing students in an optimal position to build a career focused on the future.
The curriculum emphasizes real-world financial and economic issues, accounting, ethics, management, marketing, and best organizational practices. By mastering this comprehensive business curriculum as well as a specialized liberal arts core, Fordham's adult students are not only able to comprehend the relationships among the functional areas of business but are also able to develop the knowledge base and professional skills required for career advancement in an evolving global business environment.
The program combines an excellent business curriculum with an outstanding liberal arts program so that students graduate with strong analytic, verbal, and writing skills.
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CIP Code
52.0101 - Business/Commerce, General.
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The major consists of five prerequisites and 12 business courses, several of which also satisfy requirements of the University core curriculum.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Prerequisites | ||
| ECON 1100 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 1200 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| MATH 1108 | Math for Business: Finite | 3 |
| MATH 1109 | Math for Business: Calculus | 3 |
| ECON 2140 | Statistics I | 4 |
| Required Business Courses | ||
| INSY 2300 | Information Systems | 3 |
| ACBU 2222 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACBU 2223 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| CMBU 2665 | Business Communication | 3 |
| BLBU 2234 | Legal Framework of Business | 3 |
| BLBU 3443 | Ethics in Business | 3 |
| LPBU 3223 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| ECON 2142 | Statistics II | 4 |
| OPBU 3438 | Operations and Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| FNBU 3221 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MKBU 3225 | Marketing Principles | 3 |
| SABU 4441 | Strategy | 3 |
Availability
The major in business is available to students in Fordham's School of Professional and Continuing Studies at Westchester.
Professional and Continuing Studies students: The requirements above are in addition to those of the PCS Core Curriculum and any additional electives that may be required to earn a minimum of 124 credits.