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Business Administration Department

Bachelor of Science in Business - Overview

EFFECTIVE FALL 2010

 

Mission Statement

  

 

The mission of the Undergraduate Program of Business Administration is to provide an education that develops effective decision-makers and leaders in both the private and public sectors through a strong practical business education as well as a comprehensive liberal arts education. The undergraduate programs of Business Administration focus primarily on strengthening students’ critical thinking, problem-solving, effective communication, flexible managerial perspective, and information-technology skill, all of which are highly required of effective leaders in the challenging world of modern business.
                                                                                                                                               

Expected Student Learning Goals

By graduation, a Business major should know or have demonstrated:

  • An enhanced knowledge of the relationship between business and economy
  • Mastery of key concepts and skills in business areas: accounting, finance, management, marketing, and international business
  • How to use quantitative methods to analyze and describe major business issues
  • How to conduct empirical study and report the results effectively and professionally

Program Director

  

Admissions Information
Professor Janice Buddensick
Campus Hall Room 220
(718) 390-3438
jbuddens@wagner.edu		  

Wagner College Office of Admissions
http://www.wagner.edu/admissions
Phone: (800) 221-1010 
Email: admissions@wagner.edu

 

Overview

A common core curriculum for all concentrations and a capstone internship insure that all students will have a broad-based and practical understanding of business. Graduates of their major generally work in areas such as banking, brokerage firms, corporate financial management, international business, securities market operations, marketing research, advertising, sales, management, and management information systems in both small and large companies. New York City affords students a rich source of businesses in which to have internships.
 

Concentrations

The Business Administration Department offers the following five concentrations for undergraduates seeking to obtain a bachelors in business. They include:
 
      

Accounting 

 

 

 A minimum of 7 units distributed as follows:
Accounting 201, 211, 401, 411; Business Administration 202; and two business electives.
For additional accounting concentration details, click here.
       
      

Finance
   

A minimum of 7 units distributed as follows:
Required Courses:  BU 211 International Business

                                FI 301 Financial Modeling & Forecasting

                                FI 312 Money & Investing

Elective Finance Courses:  Choose any 2 "FI" courses from FI 311, FI 411,

                                           FI 412
Elective Business/Economics:  Choose 2 units of Business Electives or

                                                 Internship (1-unit or 2-units) or                                                 

                                                 EC 301   Intermediate Macroeconomics or

                                                 EC 304 International Finance or

                                                 EC 305 International Trade
For additional finance concentration details, click here.
       

 

   

International Business
   

A minimum of 7 units distributed as follows:
BU 211 International Business

FI 411 International Corporate Finance

MK 411 International Marketing

MG 421 International Management

1 unit of a foreign language at the Intermediate level or above

1 unit of a foreign experience, such as Study Abroad, EYH or BU 531.  Must be approved by the department

1 unit from among:  GOV 251, GOV 350, EC 304, EC 305

For additional international business concentration details, click here.
       

 

 

 

Management

 

   A minimum of 7 units distributed as follows:
BU 211 International Business
Choose any 4 "MG" courses from MG 301, MG 311, MG 313, MG 333, MG 411, MG 421
Two units of business electives.
For additional management concentration details click here.
       

 

   

Marketing
   

A minimum of 7 units distributed as follows:
Required courses:  BU 211 International Business

                               MK 301 Consumer Behavior

                               MK 311 Advertising
Elective Marketing course:  Choose any 2 "MK" courses from MK 310, 

                                            MK 401, MK 411
Elective Business course:  Choose any 2 courses from any business

                                           administration concentrations or approved

                                           internships
For additional marketing concentration details, click here.