Requirements for the Business Major
For students entering Fall 2014 and beyond
You may apply for the Business major only after completing three full semesters and ECON 2a or 10a; BUS 6a; and BUS 10a.
Please note prerequisites. Courses outside of BUS may have prerequisites not shown here; check Brandeis Bulletin.
You MUST earn a minimum grade of "C" in your core and Business Administration courses to count toward your Business Major.
"C-" is the minimum grade accepted for your Business & Society courses. Pass/Fail is not accepted on any courses.
BUS 89a and BUS 98a do not provide credit towards the Business major or minor, but do count as general credit towards graduation.
I. Prerequisite for the Major
ECON 2a
Survey of Economics -- or -- ECON 10a Introduction to Microeconomics
BUS 1b
BUS 6a
BUS 10a
BUS 71a
BUS 120a
BUS 152a
BUS 172a
Quantitative Methods in Business (2cr)
Financial Accounting
Functions of the Capitalist Enterprise
Introduction to Finance (or ECON 171a)
Organizational Behavior in Business (or PSYC 150b)
Marketing Management
Operations Management
AMST 103b
AMST 190a
ANTH 26a
ANTH 70a
ANTH 163b
CHIN 106b
CLAS 121b
CLAS 149b
COSI 133b
ECON/FA 87a
ENG 188b
HIST 108b
NEJS 157a
PHIL 13b
PHIL 25a
PSYC 34b
SOC 120b
SOC 150b
THA 138a
WMGS 152a
Advertising and the Media
Money, Markets, and Morals in Amer. Culture
Communication & Media
Business, Culture and Society
Production, Consumption & Exchange
Business Chinese and Culture
Money, Markets, and Society
Sailing the Wine Dark Sea
Internet & Society
Economics and the Arts
Capitalism and Culture
The Corporation in American History
Jewish Business Ethics
Idea of the Market: Economic Policies
Business Ethics
Social Psychology
Globalization and the Media
Culture of Consumption
The Business of Show Business
Women as Leaders in the Business Realm
ANTH 165a
ECON 57a
ECON 76b
HS 104b
HS 110a
HIST 157a
HSSP 104b
HSSP 106a
HSSP 107b
SOC 112b
SOC 116a
SOC 117a
SOC 175b
SOC 193a
The Amazon Forest
Environmental Economics
Labor Economics
American Health Care
Wealth and Poverty
Labor and Class Conflict in America
Health Economics
Managing Medicine
Health Care Technology
Social Class and Social Change
Work, Employment & Unemployment
Sociology of Work and Gender
II. Business Core (take all courses)
Exempted by ECON 83a, Math 8a, PSYC 51a, BIOL 51a, POL 100b
Pre-req: ECON 2a or ECON 10a
Co-req: BUS 6a (may take BUS 6a concurrently)
Pre-req: BUS 6a and BUS 1b (or equiv.)
Pre-req: BUS 10a
Pre-req: BUS 10a and BUS 1b (or equiv.)
Pre-req: BUS 10a and BUS 1b (or equiv.)
III. Thematic Electives (take 2 courses from III.A and 2 courses from III.B)
III.A. Business and Society
III.B. Business Administration
Communications, Commerce, and Culture
Management
Environment, Health and Social Policy
BUS 113a
BUS 114a
BUS 135a
BUS 153a
BUS 155a
BUS 160a
BUS 174a
LGLS 189a
Finance
BUS 117a
ECON 161a
ECON 171a
ECON 172b
Innovation
BUS 130a
ECON 135a
ECON 141b
Intermediate Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
Real Estate and Society
Marketing Research
Consumer Behavior
Competitive Strategy
Supply Chain Management
Business Law
Intermediate Corporate Finance
International Finance
Financial Economics
Money and Banking
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Industrial Organization
Economics of Innovation
Env. Movements: Org, Networks, & Partnerships
Environment, Health & Society
Law and Government
AAAS 126b
AMST 188b
ECON 20a
HIST 160b
LGLS 114a
LGLS 127b
LGLS 138b
POL 172b
SOC 123b
Political Economy of the Third World
Louis Brandeis: Law, Business, & Politics
Introduction to Macroeconomics
American Legal History II
American Health Care: Law & Policy
International Economic Law
Science on Trial
International Political Economy
The Welfare State and Nonprofit America
A specialization is achieved by taking 3 courses in one of the eight designated themes (see III.A and III.B).
This specialization does not appear on the transcripts, but may be reported on a resume.
Double-Counting
Business and Economics double majors: BUS 10a (required for the Business major) counts as a lower level elective for Economics and ECON 20a
(required for the Economics major) counts as a Business & Society elective for Business. No further "double-counts" are allowed for the
Business major, except ECON 2a or ECON 10a, which satisfies section I. Students may not count ECON 171a in both section II and section III.B