Bachelor of Arts - Business

Program description

The Business major is a liberal arts degree that approaches business theory and practice from an integrated, diverse, multidisciplinary, and critical perspective. The major is built around a collection of introductory courses that teach fundamental abilities, a set of more advanced courses that build on those skills, and electives that cover a broad variety of fields, viewpoints, and applications. The curriculum focuses on cooperation, critical thinking, and oral and written communication skills. Drew Business majors graduate equipped to work in varied environments from for-profit businesses to non-profit, government, and non-governmental organizations in both local and international settings with individuals from other cultures and disciplinary views.

The Social Entrepreneurship Semester gives students an immersive and multidisciplinary look at social entrepreneurship. Guest lecturers, field excursions to non-profit and for-profit social groups, skills workshops, and a hands-on group project with a non-profit are part of the twice-weekly course in New York City. Cultural institutions, cooperatives, rights and international development and relief groups, religious institutions, research and policy institutes, and foundations are visited on field tours. The skills seminars may include mission statement formulation, fundraising, project execution, cost-benefit analysis, and advocacy campaign development. The course's core philosophical concern is whether and how non-profits are experiencing pressure to become more entrepreneurial and for-profit corporations to act more socially responsible.

The Wall Street Semester introduces students to financial markets and institutions. Students spend two days a week in New York City, attending presentations and discussions by prominent executives, government officials, institutional shareholders, economists, and other financial community members and taking a Drew faculty course taught by the program director. This program examines Wall Street's financial industry and its influence on the U.S. economy at all levels. It gives students a strong understanding of Wall Street's role in the economy, covering finance, macroeconomics, history, and ethics.