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The Lebow College of Business

Degree Requirements

All Business Administration curriculum require a minimum of 180 credits. All Business & Engineering curriculum require a minimum of 185.5 credits. The Economics curriculum require a minimum of 187 credits. The courses in each curriculum may be grouped into three categories:

General Education
The liberal arts comprise 50 percent or more of total credits required. Courses in communications, economics, English, history, mathematics, natural science, political science, psychology, sociology, and statistics teach students to think effectively and to communicate ideas to others. In addition, they provide a good understanding of the economic, social, and political systems within which we live and business operates.

Common Body of Knowledge in Business
Courses in accounting, business strategy and social responsibility, finance, law, organizational behavior, management information systems, production management, and marketing introduce students to all the functional areas of business, the quantitative aspects of decision-making, and the behavioral factors common to all organizational structures.

Specialization (BSBA & BSB&E) or Coordinated Field (BSECON)
The curriculum permits a limited degree of specialization in a student-chosen area of concentration. The area of concentration and the common body of knowledge in business together comprise not more than 50 percent of the total credits required for graduation. In the Economics program, students must select a non-business coordinated field to augment the general education and economics course work.


Writing-Intensive Course Requirements
In order to graduate, all students beginning with the entering class of 2002/01 (fall, 2002) 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 indicates that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. Departments will designate specific sections of such courses as writing-intensive. Sections of writing-intensive courses are not indicated in this catalog. Students should check the section comments in Banner when registering. Students scheduling their courses in Banner can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term. For more information on writing-intensive courses, see the Drexel University Writing Program's Writing-Intensive Course page.