Program Overview

Finance BSBA / Business Administration MBA

About the Program

Drexel LeBow's BS/MBA program provides academically qualified undergraduate students with the opportunity to earn both a bachelor's degree and an MBA within five years of study. Graduating with an MBA and an undergraduate degree provides students with a competitive edge when entering the job market without having the time constraints of typical degree pursuits. This program is offered to all students pursuing a bachelor of science in business administration as well as students from select undergraduate programs across the university.

Admission Requirements

The BS/MBA program requires a two-tiered application process which includes both undergraduate and graduate requirements. All applicants are required to complete a BS/MBA Accelerated Degree Application available through the undergraduate BS/MBA advisor for each college.

• A plan of study/sequence sheet must be completed for each applicant with the assistance of their undergraduate BS/MBA advisor to ensure that all undergraduate degree requirements are met within the required four years.
• Both documents must be submitted together for approval and processing.

Undergraduate Application Requirements

• At the undergraduate level, a provisional BS/MBA attribute code will be placed on the student record at the time of admission.
• Once the student has accumulated 90.0 credits, an Accelerated Degree Application must be completed before reaching 120.0 credits, at which time a BS/MBA code will be placed on the application.

Degree Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) Degree Requirements

• General Education Requirements:
  • CIVC 101: Introduction to Civic Engagement (1.0)
  • COOP 101: Career Management and Professional Development (1.0)
  • ENGL 101: Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research (3.0)
  • ENGL 102: Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing (3.0)
  • ENGL 103: Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres (3.0)
  • MATH 101: Introduction to Analysis I (4.0)
  • UNIV B101: The Drexel Experience (1.0)
  • UNIV B201: Career Management (1.0)
• General Education Electives (Select 18-24 credits):
  • Culture, Diversity, & Global Perspective (6.0-8.0)
  • Humanities & Social Science (6.0-8.0)
  • Natural Science & Technology (6.0-8.0)
• Business Flexible Requirements:
  • INTB 200: International Business (4.0)
  • MIS 200: Management Information Systems (4.0)
  • MKTG 201: Introduction to Marketing Management (4.0)
  • OPM 200: Operations Management (4.0)
  • STAT 201: Introduction to Business Statistics (4.0)
• 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)
  • BUSN 105: Applied Business Analysis (3.0)
  • ECON 201: Principles of Microeconomics (4.0)
  • ECON 202: Principles of Macroeconomics (4.0)
  • FIN 301: Introduction to Finance (4.0)
  • MGMT 450: Strategy and Competitive Advantage (4.0)
  • ORGB 300: Organizational Behavior (4.0)
  • STAT 202: Business Statistics II (4.0)
• Business Impact Elective:
  • Select one from the following 100-400 level courses (including T280, T380, and T480): (4.0)
    • Any ACCT (Accounting)
    • Any BLAW (Business Law)
    • Any BSAN (Business Analytics)
    • Any BUSN (General Business)
    • Any ECON (Economics)
    • Any FIN (Finance)
    • Any HRMT (Human Resource Management)
    • Any INTB (International Business)
    • Any MGMT (Management)
    • Any MIS (Management Information Systems)
    • Any MKTG (Marketing)
    • Any OPM (Operations Management)
    • Any OPR (Operations Research)
    • Any ORGB (Organizational Behavior)
    • Any REMD (Real Estate Management & Development)
    • Any SMT (Sport Management)
    • Any STAT (Business Statistics)
    • Any TAX (Taxation)
• Required Finance Major Courses:
  • FIN 302: Intermediate Corporate Finance (4.0)
  • FIN 321: Investment Securities & Markets (4.0)
  • FIN 325: Financial Institutions and Markets (4.0)
  • Select six (6) of the following: (24.0)
    • FIN 323: Risk Management
    • FIN 330: Derivative Securities
    • FIN 332: Investment Analysis
    • FIN 335: Entrepreneurial Finance
    • FIN 339: Fintech
    • FIN 340: Seminar in Finance
    • FIN 341: Applied Portfolio Management
    • FIN 342: Advanced Portfolio Management
    • FIN 345: Mergers & Acquisitions
    • FIN 346: Global Financial Management
    • FIN 440: Credit Risk Analysis
    • FIN 450: Personal Wealth Management
    • FIN T480: Special Topics in Finance
    • REMD 375: Real Estate Finance
    • REMD 410: Real Estate Investment and Asset Management
    • SMT 375: Sport Finance
• Undergraduate Free Electives: (34.0)

MBA Major Requirements

• Required Courses:
  • ACCT 510: Essentials of Financial Reporting (3.0)
  • BLAW 510: Analyzing Legal Options in Decision-Making (3.0)
  • BUSN 610: Strategic Career Management & Professional Development (3.0)
  • BSAN 601: Business Analytics for Managers (3.0)
  • ECON 601: Managerial Economics (3.0)
  • FIN 601: Corporate Financial Management (3.0)
  • MGMT 529: Strategic Management (3.0)
  • MKTG 601: Marketing Strategy & Planning (3.0)
  • ORGB 511: Leading in Dynamic Environments: A Personal, Relational, and Strategic Approach (3.0)
  • POM 601: Operations and Supply Chain Management (3.0)
• Experiential Requirement: Select one (3.0)
  • BUSN 615: Graduate Internship
  • INTB 790: International Business Seminar and Residency
  • MGMT 690: Change Management Experiential Capstone
  • MGMT 715: Business Consulting
  • MGMT 770: MBA Capstone
  • MKTG 627: Digital Marketing
  • MIS 652: Business Agility and IT
  • MIS 653: Design Thinking for Digital Innovations
  • ORGB 620: Leading Virtual Teams
  • ORGB 640: Negotiations for Leaders
  • SMT 621: Leadership in Sport Management
  • TAX 715: Tax Experiential Learning
• Graduate Free Electives: (6.0)
• Select one major from the following: (9.0)
  • Major: Applied AI in Business
    • Select three (3) of the following:
      • BSAN 620: Data-driven AI for Management Decisions
      • INDS 605: Human Plus: Augmenting Decision Intelligence through AI
      • INDS T780: Special Topics in STEM Interdisciplinary Subject
      • MGMT 610: Artificial Intelligence in Strategic Decision Making
  • Major: Accounting Analytics
    • Select three of the following:
      • ACCT 655: Data Analytics & Technology in Accounting
      • ACCT 665: Financial Statement Analysis
      • ACCT 635: Strategy & the Master Budgeting Process
      • TAX 660: Tax and Business Strategy
  • Major: Business Analytics
    • Select three of the following:
      • Any BSAN course numbers 602-699
      • Any STAT course numbers 602-699
      • MIS 612: Aligning Information Systems and Business Strategies
      • MIS 630: Inter-Active Decision Support Systems
      • MIS 632: Database Analysis and Design for Business
      • MKTG 606: Customer Analytics
      • MKTG 607: Marketing Experiments
      • OPR 601: Managerial Decision Models and Simulation
  • Major: Corporate Sustainability and Social Impact
    • Select three of the following:
      • BLAW 620: Legal Aspects of Employment
      • ENTP 535: Social Entrepreneurship
      • ENTP 601: Social and Sustainable Innovation
      • FIN 610: Corporate Governance
      • INDS 601: Corporate Sustainability for Managers
      • MGMT 670: Business Ethics
      • MGMT 676: Sustainability and Value Creation
      • MKTG 620: Social Impact Marketing
      • POM 642: Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Logistics
  • Major: Finance
    • Select three (3) courses with subject code of FIN and course number between 602-699
  • Major: Leadership
    • Select three of the following:
      • MGMT 610: Artificial Intelligence in Strategic Decision Making
      • MGMT 660: Leading the Digital Supply Chain
      • MGMT 670: Business Ethics
      • MGMT 676: Sustainability and Value Creation
      • MGMT 680: Leading for Innovation
      • ORGB 620: Leading Virtual Teams
      • ORGB 640: Negotiations for Leaders
  • Major: General Business
    • Select 9.0 credits from the same subject code from the following 500-700 level courses:
      • Any ACCT (Accounting)
      • Any BLAW (Legal Studies)
      • Any BUSN (General Business)
      • Any ECON (Economics)
      • Any FIN (Finance)
      • Any INDS (Interdisciplinary Business)
      • Any INTB (International Business)
      • Any MGMT (Management)
      • Any MIS (Management Information Systems)
      • Any MKTG (Marketing)
      • Any OPR (Operations Research)
      • Any ORGB (Organizational Behavior)
      • Any POM (Production Operations Management)
      • Any SMT (Sport Management)
      • Any STAT (Business Statistics)
      • Any TAX (Taxation)
  • Major: Marketing
    • Select any three (3) courses with subject code of MKTG and a Course number between 500-799
  • Major: Marketing Technology & Analytics
    • Choose three of the following:
      • MKTG 606: Customer Analytics
      • MKTG 607: Marketing Experiments
      • MKTG 621: Marketing Technology and Automation
      • MKTG 622: Buyer Behavior Theory
      • MKTG 627: Digital Marketing
      • MKTG 652: Marketing Information Management and Research
  • Major: Project Management
    • Required Courses:
      • PROJ 501: Introduction to Project Management
    • Select two of the following:
      • PROJ 502: Project Planning & Scheduling
      • PROJ 510: Project Quality Management
      • PROJ 515: Project Estimation & Cost Management
      • PROJ 520: Project Risk Assessment & Management
  • Major: Technology & Innovation Management
    • Required Courses:
      • MGMT 603: Technology Strategy
    • Select two of the following:
      • MGMT 602: Innovation Management
      • MGMT 600: Introduction to Change Management: An Integration of Macro and Micro Perspectives
      • MGMT 604: Strategic Change Management
      • MGMT 640: Strategic Human Resource Management
      • MGMT 655: Knowledge Management
      • MGMT 676: Sustainability and Value Creation
      • MGMT 680: Leading for Innovation
      • MGMT 686: Strategy Implementation
      • MGMT 690: Change Management Experiential Capstone
      • MKTG 638: New Product Planning, Strategy, and Development
      • ORGB 602: Leading and Executing Change
      • ORGB 640: Negotiations for Leaders
  • Major: Business Customized
    • Students can self customize a major with coordination between their program manager and with faculty guidance.
    • Select 9.0 credits from any subject code from the following 500-700 level courses:
      • Any ACCT (Accounting)
      • Any BLAW (Legal Studies)
      • Any BUSN (General Business)
      • Any ECON (Economics)
      • Any FIN (Finance)
      • Any INDS (Interdisciplinary)
      • Any INTB (International Business)
      • Any MGMT (Management)
      • Any MIS (Management Information Systems)
      • Any MKTG (Marketing)
      • Any ORGB (Organizational Behavior)
      • Any OPR (Operations Research)
      • Any POM (Production Operations Management)
      • Any SMT (Sport Management)
      • Any STAT (Business Statistics)
      • Any TAX (Taxation)

Sample Plan of Study

4+1, 1 co-op (Accelerated program completed in 5 years)

• Students complete undergraduate requirements in four years, then convert to graduate status in the fifth and final year.

First Year

• Fall:
  • BUSN 101: Foundations of Business I (4.0)
  • BUSN 105: Applied Business Analysis (3.0)
  • ENGL 101 or 111: Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research (3.0)
  • MATH 101: Introduction to Analysis I (4.0)
  • UNIV B101: The Drexel Experience (1.0)
• Winter:
  • BSAN 160: Business Analytics and Data Visualization (4.0)
  • BUSN 102: Foundations of Business II (4.0)
  • ECON 201: Principles of Microeconomics (4.0)
  • ENGL 102 or 112: Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing (3.0)
• Spring:
  • ACCT 115: Financial Accounting Foundations (4.0)
  • CIVC 101: Introduction to Civic Engagement (1.0)
  • ECON 202: Principles of Macroeconomics (4.0)
  • ENGL 103 or 113: Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres (3.0)
• Summer:
  • VACATION

Second Year

• Fall:
  • ACCT 116: Managerial Accounting Foundations (4.0)
  • Business Flexible Requirement Course (4.0)
  • Culture, Diversity, & Global Perspective Elective (3.0-4.0)
  • Free Elective (4.0)
• Winter:
  • BLAW 201: Business Law I (4.0)
  • COOP 101: Career Management and Professional Development (1.0)
  • FIN 301: Introduction to Finance (4.0)
  • STAT 202: Business Statistics II (4.0)
• Spring:
  • Business Flexible Requirement Course (4.0)
  • FIN 302: Intermediate Corporate Finance (4.0)
  • Natural Science & Technology Elective (3.0-4.0)
  • Free Elective (3.0)
• Summer:
  • Business Flexible Requirement Course (4.0)
  • Culture, Diversity, & Global Perspective Elective (3.0-4.0)
  • Free Elective (3.0)

Third Year

• Fall:
  • COOP EXPERIENCE
• Winter:
  • COOP EXPERIENCE
  • ORGB 300: Organizational Behavior (4.0)
  • UNIV B201: Career Management (1.0)
  • Humanities & Social Science Elective (3.0-4.0)
  • Required FIN Major Elective (4.0)
• Spring:
  • FIN 321: Investment Securities & Markets (4.0)
  • Required FIN Major Elective (4.0)
  • Natural Science & Technology Elective (3.0-4.0)
  • Free Electives (6.0)
• Summer:
  • Business Flexible Requirement Course (4.0)
  • Required FIN Major Elective (4.0)

Fourth Year

• Fall:
  • Business Impact Elective (4.0)
  • Required FIN Major Elective (4.0)
  • Free Electives (6.0)
  • ACCT 510: Essentials of Financial Reporting (3.0)
• Winter:
  • MGMT 450: Strategy and Competitive Advantage (4.0)
  • Required FIN Major Electives (8.0)
  • Free Elective (3.0)
  • BSAN 601: Business Analytics for Managers (3.0)
• Spring:
  • Required FIN Major Elective (4.0)
  • Free Electives (9.0)
  • ECON 601: Managerial Economics (3.0)
• Summer:
  • Undergrad Degree Awarded
  • Student classified as Graduate Student

Fifth Year

• Fall:
  • MGMT 529: Strategic Management (3.0)
  • MKTG 601: Marketing Strategy & Planning (3.0)
  • ORGB 511: Leading in Dynamic Environments: A Personal, Relational, and Strategic Approach (3.0)
  • POM 601: Operations and Supply Chain Management (3.0)
• Winter:
  • BLAW 510: Analyzing Legal Options in Decision-Making (3.0)
  • FIN 601: Corporate Financial Management (3.0)
  • Major Requirement (3.0)
  • Free Elective (3.0)
• Spring:
  • ECON 601: Managerial Economics (3.0)
  • Major Requirement (3.0)
  • Elective (3.0)
• Summer:
  • Experiential Elective (3.0)
  • Major Requirement (3.0)
  • Major Requirement (3.0)

Writing-Intensive 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.