Students who entered the program prior to Fall 2007 will continue to follow the old degree requirements.

We encourage students to complete 30 credits each year in order to earn the 120 credits required for the bachelor of science in business (BSB) degree in 4 years. At least 30 credits must be completed from the University of Minnesota, including at least 24 credits in upper division (3000 - 5000) business courses. Students must earn a C- or better in all required coursework in the major and a minimum grade point average of C in all work taken at the University of Minnesota.

Students must complete all designated courses (*) with a C- or better.

ECON 1101 Principles of Microeconomics* (4 credits)
ECON 1102 Principles of Macroeconomics* (4 credits)
MATH 1142 Short Calculus* or MATH 1271, Calculus I* (4 credits)
WRIT 1301 or 1401 Freshman Writing, or equivalent (4 credits)
PSY 1001 Introduction to Psychology (4 credits)
Liberal Education Requirements (see below)

Students must complete all designated courses (*) with a C- or better.

OMS 2550  Business Statistics: Data Sources, Presentation, and Analysis* (4 credits)
ACCT 2050 Introduction to Financial Accounting* (4 credits)
BA 3000 Career Skills* (1 credit)
Liberal Education Requirements (see below)

Declaring your major

Students should declare their major when they have earned 50 credits and have completed or are completing their final tool course (Economics, Calculus, Accounting, and Statistics). All students should have a declared major by the time they have earned 60 credits.  Students may declare their major by filling out the major declaration form in the Undergraduate Program office or by submitting the request on-line.   Major/Minor Declaration Form

Declaring additional majors outside of Carlson

Carlson School students may choose to declare an additional major or minor from another college on the Twin Cities campus and should contact the specific department as early as possible to inquire about the admission or declaration requirements for their program. 

We also encourage students to complete at least 1 or 2 of the following courses during their sophomore year:

MGMT 3001 Fundamentals of Management* (3 credits)
IDSC 3001 Information Systems for Business Processes and Management* (3 credits)
ACCT 3001 Introduction to Management Accounting* (3 credits)

Functional Core

MGMT 3001 Fundamentals of Management* (3 credits)
ACCT 3001 Introduction to Management Accounting* (3 credits)
IDSC 3001 Information Systems for Business Processes and Management* (3 credits)
FINA 3001 Finance Fundamentals (3 credits)
OMS 3001 Introduction to Operations Management (3 credits)
MKTG 3001 Principles of Marketing (3 credits)

HRIR 3021 Personnel and Industrial Relations (3 credits)
MGMT 3040 Environment of the International Firm (3 credits)
BA 3033W Business Communication (3 credits)

Start Major Coursework

*Students can complete this course during their sophomore year.

Major Coursework:

Accounting

Actuarial Science

Entrepreneurial Management

Finance

General Management - Self Design

Human Resources and Industrial Relations

International Business

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Operations Management

Risk Management and Insurance

Supply Chain Management

MGMT 4004W Business Policy: Strategy Formulation and Implementation (3 credits)

All students earning a degree at the University of Minnesota must complete the following liberal education requirements.

Liberal Education Requirements

In addition to freshman writing, students must complete at least four writing intensive courses. Two of the courses must be upper division courses, one of which must be taken in the student's major.