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Rensselaer Catalog 2017-2018 [Archived Catalog]

Business and Management

This four-year B.S. in Business and Management program requires a minimum of 124 credit hours. A typical program is described below.

Internship Requirement: All B.S. in Business and Management students are required to complete one summer internship in a business related area. Internships can be completed as part of the Summer Arch away semester, or can be completed another time. Internships are required but are not for credit. They can be paid or unpaid. Students are required to write a reflection paper and submit it to the Director of the Undergraduate program and the CCPD at the end of the internship experience.

First Year

Fall

  • Communications Requirement Credit Hours: 4

Spring

  • HASS Elective Credit Hours: 4

Second Year

Fall

  • Science Elective Credit Hours: 4

Spring

  • Elective Credit Hours: 4

Third Year

Summer Arch*

*For students who have applied for and been granted an exception, the Summer Arch courses would be taken during the fall semester. For listing of the exception process go to: http://info.rpi.edu/arch/students/#ExceptionProcess.

Fall or Spring

  • Science Elective Credit Hours: 4
  • Elective Credit Hours: 4
  • HASS Elective Credit Hours: 4

Fourth Year

Fall

  • HASS Elective Credit Hours: 4
  • Elective Credit Hours: 4
  • Elective Credit Hours: 4

Spring

  • Elective Credit Hours: 4
  • Elective Credit Hours: 4

Concentrations

Students are encouraged to select one or more concentrations in order to provide further depth in an area of student interest. A concentration consists of three or four courses from each of the elective areas below, dependent upon the concentration. Students may choose to gain more extensive knowledge of the field by selecting additional courses in the area of concentration.

Accounting

All four courses are required for the concentration.

Business Analytics

MGMT 4966 - Tech Fundamentals of Analytics

and any one of the following:

  • ITWS 4961 - Data Analysis Research Lab

Entrepreneurship

 

Finance

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Supply Chain Management