Business Administration

Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration designed to prepare students for leadership in a data-driven world. With a curriculum grounded in analytics, economics, and management, the program emphasizes problem-solving, teamwork, and innovation. Students gain hands-on experience through research, experiential learning, and campus-wide collaboration, equipping them for careers in consulting, finance, technology, and beyond.

How Our Business Curriculum Is Structured

Our business curriculum is designed around core courses that include business, economics, mathematics, and statistics course requirements. Our 11 concentrations (see below) allow students to go deep in their specific business area of interest. Courses build on leading business practices while being informed by the innovative research of our faculty.

The first-year curriculum is devoted to building foundational analysis, communication, and context skills through courses in economics, math, and the liberal arts. First-year students also enroll in Business Science, a course that sets the foundation for their business education. With one of the lowest student-to-faculty ratios of the top 10 undergraduate business programs, Tepper School faculty enjoy taking a more personal interest in your success.

After your first semester, you will discover that our curriculum is flexible and allows you to maximize your undergraduate studies to achieve your academic goals. During sophomore and junior years, you’ll concentrate on your business core classes, electives, and general education courses and select a minor. Senior year includes a senior capstone course and is flexible enough to finish your degree requirements in the pathway that works best for you.

Check the undergraduate course catalog for additional business curriculum details.

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Concentration Areas for Business Majors

Our programs' uniqueness is based on our business core courses and concentration areas.

For students in the Business major, a concentration allows students to gain knowledge and expertise in a particular area of business practice. The concentration coursework prepares students with the knowledge and skills for their career pursuits. Completing a concentration is part of the degree requirements. Students are encouraged to declare their concentration by the end of their sophomore year.

Courses taken to meet concentration requirements are not allowed to double count toward any other BA degree requirements, including the minor requirement.

• Accounting
• AI and Business
• Business Analytics and Technologies
• Entrepreneurship
• Finance
• Global Economics and Business
• Islamic Business Management
• Marketing Management
• Operations Management
• Product Management
• Strategic Management

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Student Spotlight

Evan Yukevich shares his experience as a business administration student at the Tepper School of Business.