The College of Arts and Sciences and the Stillman School offer a joint program that leads to two degrees: a bachelor’s degree in a liberal arts or science and a Master of Business Administration.
The unique feature of this program is that both degrees can be earned in five years. By carefully selecting courses, the student can complete the requirements for both degrees in as few as 160 credit hours. The student spends the first three years taking arts and sciences courses. After the completion of 75 credit hours, the student applies for the M.B.A. program. Students must meet all requirements for admission to the M.B.A. program, including earning a GMAT score of 500 or higher and attaining an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or above. If accepted, the student takes a mixture of arts and sciences and business courses in the fourth year. The fifth year is reserved exclusively for graduate business courses. When the student has completed all undergraduate degree requirements and 130 credit hours, the student receives a bachelor’s degree. After completing the M.B.A. requirements and a minimum of 160 total credit hours, the student also receives an M.B.A.
The purpose of the program is twofold:
1. Students receive a broad-based undergraduate education. Students major in an arts and sciences discipline to gain a broad perspective in the humanities and social and physical sciences and a comprehensive grasp of one arts and sciences major;
2. Students begin graduate coursework while completing a bachelor’s degree. This enables the arts and sciences student to obtain an M.B.A. with one additional year of study.
Basic Principles and Requirements In offering this program, Seton Hall operates on three basic principles:
1. Students must complete their undergraduate arts and sciences courses and fulfill the requirements for an undergraduate major;
2. Students must apply for and gain admission to the M.B.A. program after the completion of a minimum of 75 credit hours in arts and sciences; and
3. The joint program requires a minimum of 160 credit hours; within this number, a student completes specified arts and sciences requirements, an undergraduate arts and sciences major field, and the specified M.B.A. curriculum.
The breakdown of the minimum 160 credit hours is as follows:
1. Students complete the core curriculum of the College of Arts and Sciences and major field requirements. The total credits vary depending upon the requirements of the major field.
2. Students complete the following undergraduate and graduate business courses:
First Year (30 credits)
BMIS 2701
| Management Information Systems
| 3 |
COST 1600
| Oral Communication
| 3 |
ECON 1402
| Principles of Economics I
| 3 |
ENGL 1201
| College English I
| 3 |
ENGL 1202
| College English II
(Prerequisite: ENGL 1201)
| 3 |
ENGL 3512
| Business Writing
| 3 |
MATH 1303
| Quantitative Methods for Business
| 3 |
PSYC 1116
| Psychology for Business
| 3 |
RELS xxxx
| Religious Studies Elective
| 3 |
World Culture
| World Culture Elective
| 3 |
Second Year (30 credits)
BACC 2103
| Financial Accounting
(Prerequisite: 30 credits)
| 3 |
BACC 2104
| Managerial Accounting
(Prerequisite: BACC 2103)
| 3 |
BIOL, CHEM,
PHYS, ERTH
| Science Elective
| 3 |
BLAW 2301
| Legal Foundations of Business
| 3 |
BQUA 2811
| Business Statistics
(Prerequisite: MATH 1303)
| 3 |
BQUA 2812
| Quantitative Decision Making
(Prerequisite: 45 credits and BQUA 2811)
| 3 |
ECON 1403
| Principles of Economics II
(Prerequisite: ECON 1402)
| 3 |
ECON 2408
| Money and Banking
(Prerequisite: ECON 1403)
| 3 |
PHIL 1125
| Business Ethics
| 3 |
RELS xxxx
| Religious Studies Elective
| 3 |
Third Year (21 credits):
BFIN 2201
| Business Finance
(Prerequisite: 60 credits, ECON 1403, and BACC 2104)
| 3 |
BMGT 2501
| Principles of Management
(Prerequisite: 45 credits and ECON 1403)
| 3 |
BMGT 2503
| Organizational Behavior
(Prerequisite: BMGT 2501)
| 3 |
BMKT 2601
| Principles of Marketing
(Prerequisite: 45 credits and ECON 1403)
| 3 |
COST xxxx
| Communication Elective
| 3 |
World Culture
| World Culture Elective
| 3 |
World Culture
| World Culture Elective
| 3 |
Fourth Year (6 credits) BINT 5001
| Global Business Colloquium
(Offered only in the fall semester)
| 3 |
BPOL 5000
| Business Policy
(Prerequisite: All Business Core Courses except BINT 5001)
| 3 |
Note: Prerequisites are strictly enforced. Students registering prematurely for courses will be administratively withdrawn.
Concentration Requirements (credits) Accounting: 24
Economics: 24
Finance: 15
Management: 15
Management Information Systems: 18
Marketing: 15
Sport Management: 15-21
