Additional Major In Business Administration

Students may apply for the additional major (.pdf) in their junior year. Applications will be accepted two weeks prior to Spring & Fall registration week. The current application deadline is Monday, October 27, 2008 for current juniors.

An information session will be held on Monday, October 20 at 4:30pm in Simon Auditorium for any student wanting more information on the additional major in business.

The decision to accept a student into the additional major will be based upon a variety of factors including: 

• Overall GPA  (3.0 or greater)
• Completion of the Mathematics & Statistics, Economics, and Computing requirements
• Extent of completion of business course requirements
• Space availability in the graduating class year for which the student is applying

Acceptance in the additional major is still subject to the University policy which states that ability to satisfy the requirements for an additional major cannot be guaranteed for any student.

Students seeking an additional major in Business Administration are required to complete all of the courses in each of the sequences listed below, including 70-401 Management Game.

Students seeking an additional major do not complete 70-201, Professional Service Project.

Course Requirements

Mathematics and Statistics

• 21-120 Calculus (or 21-111 and 21-112)
• 21-256 Multivariate Analysis and Approximation (or 21-259)
• 21-257 Models and Methods of Optimization (or 21-292, Operations Research)
• 70-207 Probability and Statistics (or 36-201 Statistical Reasoning)
• 70-208 Regression Analysis  (or 73-226 Quantitative Economic Analysis)

Computing

• 99-101 or 99-102 Computing @Carnegie Mellon
• 15-1xx programming course

Economics

• 73-100 Principles of Economics
• 73-150 Microeconomics
• 73-200 Macroeconomic

Business

• 70-122 Introduction to Accounting
• 70-311 Organizational Behavior
• 70-332 Business, Society, & Ethics
• 70-340 Business Communications
• 70-345 Business Presentations
• 70-371 Production/Operations Management
• 70-381 Marketing
• 70-391 Finance
• 70-451 Management Information Systems* (IS and CS students select different course; see below)
• 70-401 Management Game**
• 70-3xx or 70-4xx Electives (2)

*Students in IS and CS must select a 70-4XX course from the Computing and Information Technology Track.

**Students seeking an additional major in BA may not substitute 70-440 for 70-401.

 TOTAL COURSES: 22