General Business
Major: General Business
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Total Credit Hours: 180.0
Co-op Options: Three Co-op (Five years); One Co-op (Four years); No Co-op (Four years)
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 52.0201
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 11-1021; 11-2022; 11-3011; 11-9199
About the Program
The major in general business equips students with a thorough understanding of theory and practice in the fundamental areas of business such as accounting, economics, finance, management, and marketing. This major is intended for business students who wish to gain breadth within their undergraduate studies. Students will develop the skills and competencies necessary for success across a diverse spectrum of business organizations.
Students selecting the major in general business should choose eight courses from at least five of the following fields: accounting (ACCT), economics (ECON), finance (FIN), human resource management (HRMT), international business (INTB), legal studies (BLAW), management (MGMT), marketing (MKTG), management information systems (MIS), business statistics (STAT), organizational behavior (ORGB), operations research (OPR), operations management (OPM), real estate management and development (REMD) and sport business (SPBS).
Please note that students pursuing this degree option are not eligible to obtain a business co-major or business minor.
Degree Requirements
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| General Education Requirements | ||
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| COM 270 [WI] | Business Communication | 3.0 |
| COOP 101 | Career Management and Professional Development * | 1.0 |
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 111 | English Composition I | |
| ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 112 | English Composition II | |
| ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 113 | English Composition III | |
| MATH 101 | Introduction to Analysis I | 4.0 |
| MATH 102 | Introduction to Analysis II | 4.0 |
| PHIL 105 | Critical Reasoning | 3.0 |
| PSY 101 | General Psychology I | 3.0 |
| UNIV B101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
| UNIV B201 [WI] | Career Management | 1.0 |
| English Literature elective ENGL 200 through ENGL 399 | 3.0 | |
| Fine Arts elective | 3.0 | |
Courses with the following subjects and course range from 100-499. Architecture (ARCH), Art History (ARTH), Dance (DANC), Film Studies (FMST), Interior Design (INTR), Music (MUSC), Photography (PHTO), Visual Studies (VSST), Screenwriting & Playwriting (SCRP),Theatre (THTR) | ||
| History (HIST) elective | 4.0 | |
| Select two of the following: | 6.0 | |
| Applied Cells, Genetics & Physiology | ||
or BIO 101 | Applied Biological Diversity, Ecology & Evolution | |
| Applied Chemistry | ||
| Applied Physics | ||
| General Education Electives | 12.0 | |
| Students select (12.0) credits general education electives, with a minimum of one course in each of the following four categories. | ||
| Diversity & Multicultural | ||
| Society and Culture | ||
Courses with the following subjects and course range from 100-499. Communications (COM), English (ENGL), Fine Arts (ARCH, ARTH, DANC, DIGM, FMVD, SCRP, FMST, INTR, MUSC, PHTO, THTR, WBDV, VSST), Global Studies (GST), Language (LANG) or Philosophy (PHIL) | ||
| Social Science | ||
Courses with the following subjects and course range from 100-499. Anthropology (ANTH), Criminology and Justice Studies (CJS), History (HIST), Sociology (SOC), Political Science (PSCI), Psychology (PSY) | ||
| Science | ||
Courses with the following subjects and course range from 100-499. Computer Science (CS), Information Systems (INFO), Science, Technology and Society (SCTS) | ||
| Business Requirements | ||
| ACCT 115 | Financial Accounting Foundations | 4.0 |
| ACCT 116 | Managerial Accounting Foundations | 4.0 |
| BLAW 201 | Business Law I | 4.0 |
| BSAN 160 | Business Analytics and Data Visualization | 4.0 |
| BUSN 101 | Foundations of Business I | 4.0 |
| BUSN 102 | Foundations of Business II | 4.0 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4.0 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4.0 |
| FIN 301 | Introduction to Finance | 4.0 |
| INTB 200 | International Business | 4.0 |
| MGMT 450 | Strategy and Competitive Advantage | 4.0 |
| MIS 200 | Management Information Systems | 4.0 |
| MKTG 201 | Introduction to Marketing Management | 4.0 |
| OPM 200 | Operations Management | 4.0 |
| ORGB 300 [WI] | Organizational Behavior | 4.0 |
| STAT 201 | Introduction to Business Statistics | 4.0 |
| Select one of the following: | 4.0 | |
| Introduction to Entrepreneurship | ||
| For-Profit Business Consulting | ||
| Nonprofit Business Consulting | ||
| Startup Business Consulting | ||
| International Business Consulting | ||
| Negotiations and Conflict Resolution | ||
| Sport Business Consulting | ||
| Business Statistics II | ||
| Major Requirements ** | ||
| Nine required courses | 36.0 | |
Students will select nine (9) courses from the following subject codes with course range of 100-499. Accounting (ACCT), Economics (ECON), Finance (FIN), Human Resource Management (HRMT), International Business (INTB), Legal Studies (BLAW), Management (MGMT), Marketing (MKTG), Management Information Systems (MIS), Business Statistics (STAT), Organizational Behavior (ORGB), Operations Research (OPR), Operations Management (OPM), Real Estate Management & Development (REMD), and/or Sport Business (SMT) | ||
| Free electives | 18.0 | |
| Total Credits | 180.0 | |
| * | Students not participating in co-op will not take COOP 101; 1 credit of Free Elective will be added in place of COOP 101. COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101. |
| ** | Students selecting the major in general business should choose nine courses from at least five of the following fields: accounting, economics, finance, human resource management, international business, legal studies, management, marketing, management information systems, business statistics organizational behavior, operrations research, operations management, real estate management and development, and sport business. |
Writing-Intensive Course Requirements
In order to graduate, all students must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate.
A "WI" next to a course in this catalog may indicate that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. For the most up-to-date list of writing-intensive courses being offered, students should check the Writing Intensive Course List at the University Writing Program. Students scheduling their courses can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term.
4 year, no co-op
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| BUSN 101 | 4.0 | BUSN 102 | 4.0 | ACCT 115 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
| ECON 201 | 4.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | BSAN 160 | 4.0 | ||
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | ECON 202 | 4.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| MATH 101 | 4.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | PSY 101 | 3.0 | ||
| UNIV B101 | 1.0 | MATH 102 | 4.0 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ACCT 116 | 4.0 | INTB 200 | 4.0 | FIN 301 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
| BLAW 201 | 4.0 | MIS 200 | 4.0 | MKTG 201 | 4.0 | ||
| COM 270 | 3.0 | Select one of the following: | 4.0 | OPM 200 | 4.0 | ||
| STAT 201 | 4.0 | English Literature elective (ENGL 200 - ENGL 399) | 3.0 | ||||
| Select one of the following: | 3.0 | ||||||
| Select one of the following: | 3.0 | ||||||
| 18 | 15 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ORGB 300 | 4.0 | Fine Arts elective | 3.0 | General Education Elective | 6.0 | VACATION | |
| PHIL 105 | 3.0 | General Education elective | 3.0 | Major Electives | 8.0 | ||
| Major Electives | 8.0 | History (HIST) elective | 4.0 | ||||
| Major Electives | 8.0 | ||||||
| 15 | 18 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| UNIV B201 | 1.0 | MGMT 450 | 4.0 | Free electives* | 9.0 | ||
| Free electives | 6.0 | Free elective | 4.0 | Major Elective | 4.0 | ||
| General Education elective | 3.0 | Major Elective | 4.0 | ||||
| Major Elective | 4.0 | ||||||
| 14 | 12 | 13 | |||||
| Total Credits 180 | |||||||
| * | Students not participating in co-op will take one additional credit of Free Elective instead of COOP 101. |
4 year, 1 co-op (Fall/Winter)
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| BUSN 101 | 4.0 | BUSN 102 | 4.0 | ACCT 115 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
| ECON 201 | 4.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | BSAN 160 | 4.0 | ||
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | COOP 101* | 1.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| MATH 101 | 4.0 | ECON 202 | 4.0 | PSY 101 | 3.0 | ||
| UNIV B101 | 1.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ||||
| MATH 102 | 4.0 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ACCT 116 | 4.0 | INTB 200 | 4.0 | FIN 301 | 4.0 | ORGB 300 | 4.0 |
| BLAW 201 | 4.0 | MIS 200 | 4.0 | MKTG 201 | 4.0 | PHIL 105 | 3.0 |
| COM 270 | 3.0 | Select one of the following: | 4.0 | OPM 200 | 4.0 | Major Electives | 8.0 |
| STAT 201 | 4.0 | English Literature elective (ENGL 200 - ENGL 399) | 3.0 | ||||
| Select one of the following: | 3.0 | ||||||
| Select one of the following: | 3.0 | ||||||
| 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| Fine Arts elective | 3.0 | General Education electives | 6.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| General Education elective | 3.0 | Major Electives | 8.0 | ||||
| History (HIST) elective | 4.0 | ||||||
| Major Electives | 8.0 | ||||||
| 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| UNIV B201 | 1.0 | MGMT 450 | 4.0 | Free electives | 8.0 | ||
| Free electives | 6.0 | Free elective | 4.0 | Major Elective | 4.0 | ||
| General Education elective | 3.0 | Major Elective | 4.0 | ||||
| Major Elective | 4.0 | ||||||
| 14 | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Total Credits 180 | |||||||
5 year, 3 co-ops (Fall/Winter)
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| BUSN 101 | 4.0 | BUSN 102 | 4.0 | ACCT 115 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
| ECON 201 | 4.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | BSAN 160 | 4.0 | ||
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | ECON 202 | 4.0 | COOP 101* | 1.0 | ||
| MATH 101 | 4.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| UNIV B101 | 1.0 | MATH 102 | 4.0 | PSY 101 | 3.0 | ||
| 16 | 16 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ACCT 116 | 4.0 | INTB 200 | 4.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| BLAW 201 | 4.0 | MIS 200 | 4.0 | ||||
| COM 270 | 3.0 | Select one of the following: | 4.0 | ||||
| STAT 201 | 4.0 | ||||||
| Select one of the following: | 3.0 | ||||||
| Select one of the following | 3.0 | ||||||
| 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| FIN 301 | 4.0 | ORGB 300 | 4.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| MKTG 201 | 4.0 | PHIL 105 | 3.0 | ||||
| OPM 200 | 4.0 | Major Electives | 8.0 | ||||
| English Literature elective (ENGL 200 - 399) | 3.0 | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| Fine Arts elective | 3.0 | General Education Elective | 6.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| History (HIST) elective | 4.0 | Major Electives | 8.0 | ||||
| Major Electives | 8.0 | ||||||
| 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fifth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| UNIV B201 | 1.0 | MGMT 450 | 4.0 | Free electives | 8.0 | ||
| Free electives | 6.0 | Free elective | 4.0 | Major Elective | 4.0 | ||
| General Education elective | 3.0 | General Education elective | 3.0 | ||||
| Major Elective | 4.0 | Major Elective | 4.0 | ||||
| 14 | 15 | 12 | |||||
| Total Credits 180 | |||||||
| * | Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major. COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101. |
Co-Op/Career Opportunities
Visit the Drexel Steinbright Career Development Center page for more detailed information on co-op and post-graduate opportunities. To learn more about career opportunities and resources see the Career Guides provided by the Steinbright Career Development Center.
Facilities
The LeBow College of Business home is a 12-story, 177,500-square-foot academic building named Gerri C. LeBow Hall. Located in the heart of Drexel University campus, it forms a gateway to Drexel and serves as a backdrop to the historic statue of A.J. Drexel (Moses Ezekiel, 1904).
The building’s organization unites the school’s various constituencies around a five-story-high atrium ringed by 15 classrooms of varying sizes and configurations, including a finance trading lab. The atrium is immediately accessible from main entrances at the three corners of the building. An open stair within the atrium leads to a 300-seat auditorium, 100-seat lecture hall, and a behavioral studies lab one floor below. Other amenities consist of 19 collaboration rooms, 3,500 square feet of student lounges and quiet study areas, a bank of four elevators and full ADA accessibility, and an event space with catering capacity. The building's upper floors contain faculty and staff offices interspersed with seminar and conference rooms.
Gerri C. LeBow Hall brings together faculty, students, and staff in a state-of-the-art building on the University City campus. Please visit the LeBow College of Business webpage, the Behavioral Lab webpage, the Finance Trading Lab webpage, and the SAP Next-Gen webpage to learn more about Gerri C. LeBow Hall.
