2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Business - Bachelor of Science (36 Credits)

CIP Code

52.0201

(36 credits plus 6 credits of experiential learning)

Lesley’s business major allows students to learn the business acumen necessary in every profession through a blend of qualitative and quantitative perspectives. The core courses provide necessary business soft and hard skills, whether a student plans to open a proprietorship, join a partnership, seek employment in the corporate environment, or work as a sole contractor.  These skills include leadership, teamwork, time management, marketing, promotion, pricing and branding, networking, customer service, tax implications, and strategic thinking and planning.    

The Business Major requires four electives.  Lesley’s electives allow the student to pursue their business career goals.  The courses offered allow students to pursue corporate interests and interests in for-profit and not-for-profit small business endeavors. 

The Business Major also requires two Internship experiences which allow the student an experiential opportunity where they can practice and hone their academic skills and learn the reality of the business career they aspire to.  The student may choose one internship related to their business interest and a second internship unrelated to an alternative passion and its possibilities. 

Degree Requirements

36 coursework credits

6 internship credits

Required Core (24 Credits):

CMGMT 1451Fundamentals of Business

3

CMGMT 1590Quantitative Modeling for Business

3

CMGMT 2100Fundamentals of Economics

3

CMGMT 2455Financial Accounting

3

CMGMT 3202Business in a Legal Context

3

CMGMT 3464Marketing Strategies

3

CMGMT 3469Organizational Behavior and Ethics

3

CMGMT 4900Strategic Management Capstone

3

Internships (6 Credits):

CINTD 3100Interdisciplinary Internship & Seminar

3-6

CINTD 4100Interdisciplinary Internship & Seminar II

3-6

Electives (12 Credits):

Students must choose four electives. 

CMGMT 1420Personal Finance

3

CMGMT 2457Managerial Accounting for Service Organizations

3

CMGMT 2550Business Analytics

3

CMGMT 3100Social Entrepreneurship

3

CMGMT 3460Fundamentals of Finance

3

CMGMT 3462Fundraising and Philanthropy

3

CMGMT 3470Human Resource Management

3

CMGMT 3560Operations Management

3

CMGMT 4100Social Innovation and Impact

3

CMGMT 4300International Management

3