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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Business Leadership - Major


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The Business Leadership major provides students with a foundation in business knowledge. The curriculum concentrates on teamwork and leadership concepts as well as other skills needed to prepare students for helping people and organizations change.

A minimum average GPA of 2.0 is required for the business and leadership core. The Business Leadership major includes a comprehensive overview of business fields, and therefore is not able to be combined with other majors within the School of Business and Leadership such as Accounting, Finance, or Marketing. However, business leadership majors have the option to pursue a minor within SBL in any of the following areas: accounting, digital marketing, economics, finance, and BAII - business, artificial intelligence, and innovation.

Students pursuing the business and leadership major will:

  • Be immersed in a business core curriculum that provides a thorough knowledge of accounting, economics, entrepreneurship, ethics, finance, global issues, management, marketing, and technology.
  • Develop skill in the areas of communication, critical thinking, analysis, and teamwork.
  • Better understand the role of general and business education in the development and pursuit of personal and professional interests.

Students are required to pursue an internship in a field consistent with their academic and career interests. An internship is a form of experiential learning that allows students to achieve academic credit while gaining valuable work experience with a local organization.

To achieve career and life goals, students will:

  1. Analyze, Identify Business Opportunities and Solutions: Identify and leverage principles from relevant business disciplines to discover opportunities and construct innovative solutions for business issues.
  2. Communicate Professionally: Communicate effectively, demonstrating high-level interpersonal, presentation, and written skills in a professional setting.
  3. Analyze External Influences: Analyze the impact of globalization, economics, law, technology, and ethics on individuals and organizations to inform strategic decisions.
  4. Evaluate Data for Decision-Making: Evaluate and interpret data to support evidence-based analysis and decision-making in complex business situations.
  5. Build Collaborative Competencies: Build self-awareness and collaborative skills to effectively contribute as a team member in both physical and virtual environments.
  6. Articulate Leadership Philosophy: Articulate and implement a personal philosophy of leadership, guiding ethical and professional behavior across various contexts.

Core Curriculum Requirements


All Nazareth students complete Core Curriculum coursework as part of their degree requirements. The Core provides a foundation in the liberal arts and sciences while guiding students to pose and explore their own intellectual questions. See Academic Policies and Procedures  for specific core curriculum requirements. 

Business Leadership Core


Sample Program for the Business Leadership Major


          FRESHMAN  YEAR
Fall Semester Spring Semester
ACS 101 Academic and College Success   1 ECO 103 Principles of Macroeconomics    3
ECO.Q 102 Principles of Microeconomics   PEQ-1 3 MKT 216 Principles of Marketing   3
ENGW 101 Exposition      3 ENGW 102 Argument and Research   3
FYS PEQ-2 3 PEQ-3 3
BLDR 202 Data Analysis and Decision Making   3 PEQ-4 3
BLDR 222 Organizational Behavior   3    
TOTAL CREDITS  16 TOTAL CREDITS 15
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall Semester Spring Semester
ACT 209 Principles of Accounting I    3 ACT 264 Managerial Uses of Accounting Information   3
BLDR 218 Job Search Preparation    1 Elective  3
Liberal Arts Elective-1  3 CIS 241 3
PEQ-5 3 PEQ-7 science with lab 4
PEQ-6  3 PEQ-8 3
DEIB designated course 3 Health & Wellness 0
TOTAL CREDITS 16 TOTAL CREDITS 16
JUNIOR YEAR
Fall Semester Spring Semester
COMM 207 Oral Communication    3 BLDR 305 The Legal Environment of Business Leadership   3
ECO 349G International Business and Economics   3 BLDR 323 Talent Development for High Performance Organizations   3
FIN 349 Corporate Finance   3 Liberal Arts Elective-3 3
Integrative Studies-1 could be liberal arts course 3 Integrative Studies-2 could be liberal arts course 3
Liberal Arts Elective-2 3 Integrative Studies-3 could be liberal arts course 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15
SENIOR YEAR
Fall Semester Spring Semester
BLDR 410 Leadership and Ethics   3 BLDR 420 Innovation and Entrepreneurship   3
BLDR 483 Business Leadership Internship   3 BLDR 430 Senior Seminar on Leadership   3
Liberal Arts Elective-4 3 Liberal Arts Elective-6 3
Liberal Arts Elective-5 3 Elective 3
CME 050 Core Milestone Experience   0 Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS 12 TOTAL CREDITS 15

Notes:

  • ​BS degree requires completion of 60 liberal arts credits.
  • Elective courses can be used toward completion of a minor.

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