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The BS in Business Administration at Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business is a quantitatively rigorous, analytically driven undergraduate program focused on developing leaders with strong problem-solving, computational, and communication skills. The curriculum integrates business fundamentals with data-driven decision-making, management science, and a liberal arts foundation.
Students engage in a structured yet flexible curriculum, allowing for deep specialization through concentrations such as Business Analytics, Finance, Product Management, and Strategic Management. With a required minor from outside Tepper, the program fosters interdisciplinary thinking. A series of leadership development courses and capstone projects ensures students graduate career-ready, with both the technical acumen and leadership experience needed for success.
Course Overview:
Business Core: Business Science, Business Computing, Intro to Accounting, Organizational Behavior, Business, Society, and Ethics, Business Communications, Business Presentations, Operations Management, Marketing I, Finance, Business Leadership Endeavour I, II & III, Management Game or Client Consulting Project
Business Electives, Minor, Core @ Carneige Mellon, Concentration
Concentration Areas (choose one):
Accounting
Business Analytics and Technologies
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Global Economics and Business
Islamic Business Management (CMU-Q)
Marketing Management
Operations Management
Product Management
Strategic Management
Capstone Projects: Client Consulting Project or Management Game simulation
Leadership Development: Business Leadership Endeavor (3-course sequence)
Quantitative Skill Application: Advanced modeling, statistics, and business computing
Flexibility to Explore: Minors and electives outside business (arts, engineering, CS)
Graduates pursue roles in consulting, finance, analytics, and tech firms
Strong placement into top graduate business, law, and policy programs
Interdisciplinary preparation fosters success across industries and sectors
Supported by Tepper Career Services, alumni mentoring, and internship guidance
Applications to be done through Common AppStudy Abroad options availableSchool Report, Counselor Recommendation, Mid Year Report & Final Report requiredTeacher Evaluation(s): 1 Required, 1 Optional; Other Evaluation(s): 0 Required, 1 OptionalTwo letters of recommendation, one from a high school counselor and one from a teacher. While accept a third recommendation from a teacher or other recommender is accepted, the committees are required to consider only two recommendations in the decision-making process.Common App personal essay requiredWriting Supplement: 3 required questionsConsultantFinancial AnalystProduct ManagerBusiness AnalystInvestment BankerOperations ManagerEntrepreneurStrategy Associate
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