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Concentrations

The Boston University School of Management offers tremendous flexibility in the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) program, allowing you to customize your degree by choosing a concentration from a number of disciplines. Click here to view a printable version of the Concentration Sheet.

Students must declare a concentration by completing a Concentration and Graduation Application by March 1st of their Junior Year. Students may drop a concentration by emailing upoforum@management.bu.edu.

Please see the University Class Schedule and the list of Tentative 2009-2010 Electives to determine when courses are offered.

Concentrations:


• Accounting • Law
• Entrepreneurship • Marketing
• Finance • Management Information Systems
• General Management • Operations & Technology Management
• International Management • Organizational Behavior
• concentration liaisons  

Accounting

Sixteen credits in total are required. All courses are four credits except as noted.

All Accounting concentrators must take the following courses:

AC Required Courses
AC347 Intermediate Accounting I
AC348 Intermediate Accounting II

And eight credits from the following list (see note below for students planning to complete the Certificate in Advanced Accountancy):
AC “B” list
AC414 Financial Statement Analysis
AC430 Accounting Research (2 cr., new in Spring ’10)
AC445 Advanced Managerial    Accounting (formerly AC345)
AC469 Princ. of Income Taxation I
AC541 Advanced Accounting
AC544 Int'l Accounting 2 cr
AC555 Not for Profit Accounting 2 cr
AC565 Auditing
AC579 Princ. of Income Taxation II

SMG offers a Certificate in Advanced Accountancy (CAA) program during the summer. The CAA requires completion of the following courses, over and above the completion of an Accounting concentration.

AC541 Advanced Accounting
AC544 International Accounting 2 cr
AC555 Not for Profit Accounting 2 cr
AC565 Auditing
AC579 Princ. of Income Taxation II


Please Note: Requirements to sit for the CPA exam vary from state to state. Students should check with the state in which they intend to practice to ensure they have met specific requirements.

SMG students completing the CAA must take the following courses for their Accounting concentration: AC 347, AC 348, AC 469, and either AC 414 or AC 445
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Entrepreneurship


Four courses in total are required.

The following two courses are required:

EP Required Courses
* SI444 Entrepreneurship
* SI445 Small Business Management

Two courses from the following list are required:

EP “B” list
FE450 Private Equity: Leveraged Buyouts
FE469 Real Estate Finance
IM345 International Management Environment
IM445 Int'l Management Policy
IS472 Electronic Commerce
LA346 Law and Ethics
LA349 Law of the Internet
LA360 Real Estate Law
LA430 Entertainment Law (offered in Los Angeles)

EP “B” list (continued)
MK463 Services Marketing and Management
MK486 Internet Marketing
OB445 Managing the Family Firm
OB448 Negotiations
OM456 Technology and Management
OM467 Global Supply Management
* SI429 The European Business Environment (offered in London)
* SI435 Entertainment Management (offered in Los Angeles)
* SI449 Corporate Entrepreneurship
* SI455 Leadership & Management of Nonprofit Organizations
* SI468 Strategy in High Technology Environments
* SI469 Real Estate Development
* SI471 Int'l Entrepreneurship

 

* All 'SI' courses were formerly 'MG'


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Finance


Four courses in total are required.

The following three courses are required:
FE Required Courses
FE442 Money, Financial Markets, and Economic Activity
FE445 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
FE449 Corporate Financial Management
FE “B” list Finance concentrators are required to take one additional SMG elective in Finance or in any other discipline within SMG in order to satisfy their fourth SMG elective requirement.

Go to Electives

 
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General Management


Four courses in total are required.



Based on career or graduate school plans, or to develop a broad, generalized program students may prefer to take courses in an area in which no concentration is offered.  In these instances, students may choose a General Management concentration.  Any four SMG elective courses can be used to fulfill the requirements for this option.  Students who concentrate in General Management cannot double concentrate.

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International Management


Five to nine courses in total are required, depending on the foreign language requirement.

IM Required Courses
FE427 International Financial Management
IM345 International Management Environment

For students graduating from May 2009 – September 2011, two courses from the following list are required. For students graduating in January 2012 and beyond, one course from the following list is required as well as one additional course as explained at the end of this section.
IM “B” list
IM445 Int'l Management Policy
MK467 Int'l Marketing Management
OB444 International Management
OM467 Global Supply Management
* SI429 The European Business Environment (offered in London)
* SI471 Int'l Entrepreneurship

Additional IM requirements
-- Students concentrating in International Management must 1) complete a language other than English through the fourth-semester level, 2) obtain a certificate of proficiency in a foreign language from CAS, or

Additional IM requirements (continued)

3) earn a score of 560 or above on an SAT II foreign language exam as described in the foreign language section of the bulletin.

-- All International Management concentrators must also complete one CAS International Relations course.

-- For students graduating in January 2012 and beyond, all International Management concentrators must complete a study abroad program sponsored by Boston University’s International Programs or a non-BU study abroad program of no less than 6 to 8 credits approved by the SMG Undergraduate Program Office and the International Programs Office.  Please note that only students considered to be international according to university regulations may fulfill this requirement through participation in Boston University’s programs in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles.


Note for the Class of 2012 and beyond: Students completing the International Management concentration are required to take one additional SMG elective in order to satisfy their fourth SMG elective requirement. This elective may be taken in any SMG department.

* All 'SI' courses were formerly 'MG'

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Law


Four courses in total are required.

Three courses from the following list are required:

LA “A” list
LA346 Law and Ethics
LA349 The Law of the Internet
LA355 Employment Law
LA360 Real Estate Law
LA430 Entertainment Law (offered in Los Angeles
LA450 Advanced Business Law
LA “B” list

Law concentrators are required to take one additional 300-level or higher SMG elective.  Concentrators should choose this fourth elective after consulting with a member of the law faculty.  It is strongly recommended but not required that this fourth elective be a non-law course.
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Management Information Systems


Five courses in total are required.

One of the following CAS programming courses is required:

MIS Programming Requirement
CAS CS108: Introduction to Applications Programming
CAS CS111: Introduction to Computer Science I

The following three MIS courses are required:
MIS Required Courses
IS465 Managing Data Resources
IS467 Networking and Data Communications
IS469 Designing Information Systems (formerly IS369)

One course from the following list is required:

MIS “B” list
IS428 Managing Data Security
IS472 Electronic Commerce
IS474 Information Products: Applied Economics & Strategy
IS479 Innovating with Information Technology (only offered in the summer)
IS498 An approved four-credit directed study with an MIS faculty member

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Marketing


Four courses in total are required.

The following two courses are required:



MK Required Courses
MK445 Consumer Behavior
MK447 Marketing Research

Two courses from the following list are required:
MK “B” list
MK449 Business Marketing
MK463 Services Marketing and Management
 MK465 Retailing Management

MK “B” list (continued)
MK466 Personal Selling and Sales Force Management
MK467 Int'l Marketing Management
 MK468 Advanced Marketing Strategy
 MK469 Advertising and Communication Strategy
MK470 Pricing Strategy and Tactics
MK486 Internet Marketing
 MK487 Brand Management
MK498 An approved four-credit directed study with a Marketing faculty member

 
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Operations & Technology Management


Four courses in total are required.
Three courses from the following list are required:

OM “A” list
OM440 Operations Strategy
 OM441 Operations Analysis
OM443 Supply Chain Modeling Practicum
OM447 Service Operations Mgmt
OM456 Technology and Management
OM465 Improving Quality: Six Sigma Certification
 OM467 Global Supply Management



The remaining one elective may be chosen from the list above, or in consultation with the OM concentration liaison from a selection of SMG elective courses that have a cross-functional link to Operations and Technology Management.

The recommended list for the remaining requirement includes, but is not limited to:

OM “B” list
AC445 Adv. Managerial Accounting
FE449 Corporate Financial Mgmt
IS469 Designing Information Systems
MK447 Marketing Research
 MK449 Business Marketing
 MK463 Services Marketing and Management
OB441 Human Resource Mgmt
OB448 Negotiations
OM498 An approved four-credit directed study in OM
QM450 Modeling in Excel
SI435 Entertainment Management (offered in Los Angeles; formerly MG435)
* SI444 Entrepreneurship
 * SI445 Small Business Management
* SI449 Corporate Entrepreneurship & Innovation
* SI468 Entrepreneurship in High Technology Environments

* All 'SI' courses were formerly 'MG'

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Organizational Behavior


Four courses in total are required beyond OB221.

Two courses are required:
OB Required Courses
OB441 Human Resource Mgmt
OB460 The Leadership Challenge



One must be chosen from the following OB electives:
OB “B” list
OB442 Effective Group Dynamics
OB444 International Management
OB445 Managing the Family Firm
OB448 Negotiations
* SI445 Small Business Management

The fourth elective can be:
- One of the above OB electives or
- An approved, behaviorally-oriented class from another functional area (see list)

 

Approved Suggestions:

OB “C” list
IS472 Electronic Commerce
IS479 Innovating with Information Technology
LA346 Law and Ethics
LA355 Employment Law
MK445 Consumer Behavior
MK463 Services Marketing and Management
MK469 Advertising and Communication Strategy
MK486 Internet Marketing
OB498: An approved four-credit directed study with an OB faculty member
OM440 Operations Strategy
OM447 Service Operations Mgmt
OM465 Improving Quality: Six Sigma Certification
* SI435 Entertainment Management (offered in Los Angeles)
* SI444 Entrepreneurship
* SI449 Corporate Entrepreneurship & Innovation
* SI455 Leadership & Management of Nonprofit Organizations
* SI471 International Entrepreneurship

* All 'SI' courses were formerly 'MG'

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Concentration Liaisons

Concentration
Liaisons
Contact Information
Accounting
Ms. Patricia Doherty
     (for students interested in the CPA)
Prof. Eng Wu
     (all other students)
SMG Room 524A - pdoherty@bu.edu

SMG Room 518D - engwu@bu.edu
Entrepreneurship
Mr. Peter Russo
SMG Room 556 - prrusso@bu.edu
Finance
Mr. Ted Chadwick - Last names (A-C)
Ms. Kathryn Griner - Last names (D-J)
Mr. Robert James - Last names (K-M)
Mr. Keith Osher - Last names  (N-R)


Mr. Donald Santini - Last names  (S-Z)
SMG Room 522K - tchad@bu.edu
SMG Room 546H - kgriner@bu.edu
SMG Room 640 - jamesr@bu.edu
SMG Room 522J - kosher@bu.edu
SMG SMG Room 525 - dsantini@bu.edu
General Management
Prof. Jeffrey Furman
SMG Room 653A - furman@bu.edu
International Management
Prof. Jay Kim
SMG Room 657A - jkimjr@bu.edu
Law
Ms. Rachel Spooner
SMG Room 640A -
rspooner@bu.edu
Management Information Systems
Prof. Jeffrey Allen
SMG Room 631 - jwallen@bu.edu
Marketing
Prof. Suchi Chandran  - Last names (A-G)
Prof. Seema Pai - Last names (H-N)
Ms. Deborah Utter - Last names (O-Z)

SMG Room 605 - suchic@bu.edu
SMG Room 614 - seemapai@bu.edu

SMG Room 670 - utter@bu.edu
Operations and Technology Management
Prof. John Neale
SMG Room 671 - jneale@bu.edu
Organizational Behavior
Dr. Sandra Deacon
SMG Room 620 - sdeacon@bu.edu 


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