Apr 02, 2025

Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Business Management, BS

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College of Business

Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science in Business Management

Dean: Haresh Gurnani
Associate Dean for Academic Programs: Danling Jiang
Undergraduate Program Director: Denise Buhrau

Office of Student Services: 109 Harriman Hall
Phone: (631) 632-7171
Email: cobundergraduate@stonybrook.edu
Fax: (631) 632-8181
Department Website

Minors or other majors of particular interest to students majoring in Business Management: Applied Mathematics and Statistics (AMS), Computer Science (CSE), Economics (ECO), Information Systems (ISE), Political Science (POL), Psychology (PSY), Technological Systems Management (TSM)

The College of Business offers undergraduate students a major in Business Management. The major program offers students a solid foundation of essential business concepts and applications. In addition to courses in statistics, decision sciences, and general management, students study the fundamentals of four business functions: accounting, finance, marketing, and operations management. The knowledge gained in the specialization assists students in finding employment in that area of a business.

Degree Requirements

Note: Many Business courses must be taken for a letter grade and do not offer students a G/P/NC option. See the courses without G/P/NC option course list for a full list of courses that do not offer a G/P/NC option.

Acceptance to the Major in Business Management

Qualified freshman and transfer students who have indicated their interest in the major on their applications are accepted directly into the major upon admission into the University. Students who did not apply for the major and those who were not accepted into the major when they entered the University may apply to the major provided that their cumulative grade point average (including, for transfer students, college coursework complete at other institutions) is 3.2 or higher. Applications must be submitted to the College of Business Office of Student Services in accordance with the Registrar’s deadlines for processing major/minor declaration forms. Application forms are available on the College of Business website.

Requirements for the Major

The major in Business Management leads to the Bachelor of Science degree. Completion of the major requires 55 credits.

Transfer Credit Policy for students in the Business Major

Students may apply a maximum of 21 transfer credits toward the Business Major. Of the total 21 credits, only 6 credits may used to fulfill an area of specialization.

Core Courses

ACC 210 - Financial Accounting 3 credits
ACC 214 - Managerial Cost Analysis and Applications 3 credits
BUS 215 - Introduction to Business Statistics 3 credits
BUS 220 - Introduction to Decision Sciences 3 credits
BUS 301 - Business Communications 3 credits
BUS 326 - Organizational Behavior 3 credits
BUS 330 - Principles of Finance 3 credits
BUS 340 - Information Systems in Management 3 credits
BUS 346 - Operations Management 3 credits
BUS 348 - Principles of Marketing 3 credits
BUS 353 - Entrepreneurship 3 credits
OR
BUS 383 - Social Entrepreneurship 3 credits
OR
BUS 441 - Business Strategy 3 credits
BUS 446 - Ethics: Critical Thinking through Film 3 credits
OR
BUS 447 - Business Ethics 3 credits
ECO 110 - Introduction to Microeconomics 3 credits
ECO 111 - Introduction to Macroeconomics 3 credits
MAT 122 - Overview of Calculus with Applications 3 credits
OR
MAT 123 - Precalculus 3 credits
OR
MAT 119 - Foundations for Precalculus 1 credit, AND
MAT 123 - Precalculus Credits: 3 credits
or a higher level calculus course

Area of Specialization

One of the following specializations must be chosen at the start of the junior year. The details are available in the College of Business Office of Student Services.

Choose one specialization from the following areas:

Accounting

Required courses

ACC 310 - Intermediate Accounting I 3 credits
ACC 311 - Federal Income Taxation I 3 credits

Select two from the following:

ACC 313 - Intermediate Accounting II 3 credits
ACC 314 - Federal Income Taxation II 3 credits
ACC 400 - External Auditing 3 credits
BUS 488 - Internship 0-3 credits

Notes:

Note: For business majors, successful completion of the accounting minor will satisfy the accounting specialization requirement. However, only the accounting minor will be reflected on the student’s academic transcript.

Finance

Select four from the following:

BUS 317 - Estate & Financial Planning 3 credits
BUS 331 - International Finance 3 credits
BUS 332 - Entrepreneurial Finance 3 credits
BUS 336 - Mergers & Acquisitions 3 credits
BUS 355 - Investment Analysis 3 credits
BUS 356 - Financial Analysis, AI, Excel 3 credits
BUS 365 - Financial Management 3 credits
BUS 366 - Money and Financial Institutions 3 credits
OR
ECO 360 - Money and Banking 3 credits
BUS 367 - Python for Finance 3 credits
ECO 383 - Public Finance 3 credits
BUS 406 - Real Estate Finance 3 credits
BUS 488 - Internship 0-3 credits

Marketing

Required courses

BUS 358 - Marketing Research 3 credits
BUS 359 - Consumer Behavior 3 credits
BUS 448 - Marketing Strategy 3 credits

Select one from the following:

BUS 302 - Social Media Marketing Strategy 3 credits
BUS 334 - Integrated Marketing Communications 3 credits
BUS 357 - Principles of Sales 3 credits
BUS 362 - Principles of International Marketing 3 credits
BUS 363 - Brand Management 3 credits
BUS 378 - Marketing Ethics, Public Policy, and Social Change 3 credits
BUS 449 - Marketing in Action 3 credits
BUS 488 - Internship 0-3 credits

Operations Management

Select four from the following:

BUS 370 - Lean Practices in Operations 3 credits
BUS 371 - Supply Chain Management 3 credits
BUS 372 - Quality Management 3 credits
BUS 375 - Data Mining 3 credits
BUS 393 - Principles of Project Management 3 credits
BUS 488 - Internship 0-3 credits

Notes:

Note: BUS 475 , BUS 476 Undergraduate Teaching Practicum I, II, and BUS 487 - Independent Research will count toward the total University credit requirement, but not toward the business major.

Upper-Division Writing Requirement

BUS 301 contains the necessary writing components which satisfy the Upper Division Writing Requirement for the business major, and also satisfies the Stony Brook Curriculum learning objectives SPK and WRTD. This course must be taken at Stony Brook.

Grading

All courses taken to satisfy the business management major requirements must be taken for a letter grade. All students accepted to the business management major must complete all BUS courses, ECO 110 , ECO 111 , and MAT 122 with a grade of C or higher in order to satisfy the requirements for the major.

Business Honors Program (BHP)

Qualified students may graduate with honors in the College of Business.

Admission requirements for the honors program are:

A-minus or better in BUS 215: Introduction to Business Statistics or BUS 220: Introduction to Decision Sciences.
An overall GPA of 3.5 or above.
Admission committee decisions.

To graduate with honors requires:

A cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better, fulfillment of the courses (BUS 380, BUS 495, BUS 496),
A student presentation during the Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities Celebration of Undergraduate Research & Creativity (an annual event organized by the URECA Program that showcases undergraduate research, open to all SBU undergraduates conducting faculty-mentored research and creative projects).

Sustaining Program Eligibility

Students who earn below a B-minus in BUS 380 cannot progress with BHP (i.e., these students will be automatically dropped from the BHP).
Students have to maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or above before graduation.
Students who have been found guilty of academic dishonesty, regardless of having completed the Q course, may not graduate with University honors. No exceptions to this policy will be made for students graduating with majors in the College of Business.
Students’ progress and performance will be monitored throughout the program. Students who perform poorly (below a cumulative 3.5 GPA) in their academic studies will be counseled and warned that they are in jeopardy of being dropped from the BHP. Following at least one warning, such students will not be permitted to continue in the BHP.
Students entering as a business major, either as an existing Stony Brook student or transfer student, will be evaluated under the same criteria for curriculum and admittance to the BHP.

Required Courses (each 3 credits):

A 3-semester sequence of courses

BUS 380 Honors: Emerging Topics in Business (Required)
BUS 495 Business Honors Program Thesis (Capstone Experience)
BUS 496 Business Honors Program Thesis (Capstone Experience)

Program Structure

Junior-year training

BUS 380 - Honors: Emerging Topics in Business (Students must earn a B-minus or better in BUS 380 to progress with the BHP)

Senior-year track options

BHP students take the BUS 495/496 sequence below by selecting one of two tracks:

Track 1 (Research): Academic or applied research

Work with a business faculty member on an academic/applied research project based on shared interest in research topics.

Track 2 (Experiential): Experiential learning and societal impact fieldwork

The experiential learning experience includes team-based consulting projects for Broadridge, a Fortune 500 company (or other select partner firms), designed to add value to the partner firm and integrate mentorship from senior executives. The societal impact fieldwork includes team-based projects to create societal impacts on the University or local communities. Both are guided teamwork advised by a faculty member.

Acceptance to the Business Honors Program

Applicants must complete the BHP application. The deadline is Oct 15; however, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Select students may be interviewed by the program director or co-directors. Students are encouraged to apply prior to Oct 1.

Please contact the Office of Student Services at cobundergraduate@stonybrook.edu with any questions regarding the Honors program.

SBC Courses

This table illustrates major courses that can also be used to fulfill SBC requirements. (See Note 1 & Note 2)

SBC Category	Required Major Courses	Optional Major Courses (see Note 3)
ARTS
GLO
HUM
LANG (see Note 4)
QPS		MAT 122, MAT 123
SBS	ECO 108, ECO 110, ECO 111
SNW
TECH		BUS 340
USA
WRT
STAS
EXP+		BUS 449, BUS 475, BUS 476, BUS 488, BUS 496
HFA+
SBS+
STEM+	BUS 220
CER		BUS 446, BUS 447
DIV (see Note 5)
ESI		BUS 358, BUS 365
SPK	BUS 301
WRTD	BUS 301

Note 1: Some course information may be subject to change. Please contact your major advisor for additional consultation.

Note 2: For majors that require study in a related area or completion of a minor, visit the respective program’s “Major SBC Courses” page to view expanded SBC options.

Note 3: Denotes any course in which students can choose from more than one option. These may include, but are not limited to, major electives, concentration/track/specialization courses, or calculus/physics/chemistry sequences.

Note 4: CEAS majors, the Athletic Training major, the Respiratory Care major, and the Clinical Laboratory Sciences major are exempt from the LANG learning objective. Students enrolled in the major in Social Work are exempt from the LANG learning objective, but are required to enroll in and pass with a letter grade of C or higher the first semester of an elementary foreign language course numbered 111, or satisfy through alternate methods.

Note 5: Students are responsible for completing the general education requirements published in the Bulletin that was current as of the first semester of matriculation (or rematriculation). The following student groups must satisfy the DIV learning objective as part of their degree requirements:

Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later

Sample Course Sequence

Sample Course Sequence for the Major in Business Management