BSBA Major in General Business

Drexel LeBow’s general business program provides a broad business education that introduces students to the primary functional areas of business. Students build quantitative knowledge and develop an understanding of the skills essential to today’s global organizations.

The business administration curriculum includes an array of courses designed to teach students to analyze information and communicate ideas effectively in addition to gaining an understanding of the economic, social and legal systems in which business operates.

This major provides students exposure to many areas of business, leaving them open to a variety of career choices in businesses of all types.

General Business Major Curriculum

The General Business Department is responsible for teaching the general business courses required of all LeBow undergraduate students. These courses include Foundations of Business I and II and Business Consulting. Students can enhance their business major with courses in social entrepreneurship, decision making, leadership and more.

Our expert instructors will introduce students to all the functional areas of business, the quantitative aspects of decision-making and the behavioral factors common to all organizational structures.

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View the plan of study in the Drexel Catalog

Drexel Co-op and Experience

Over 100 years of industry partnerships has taught us the value of an immersive education. We focus on ensuring students have access to a wide variety of learning opportunities beyond the classroom to gain deep expertise, broad perspectives and the essential soft skills needed to succeed in business and in life.

Drexel Co-op

Through the Drexel Co-op program, general business majors alternate six months of classroom learning with six months of full-time professional experience through Drexel-approved employers. With plans of study that allow for up to three co-ops, students can gain as much as 18 months of practical, hands-on experience in the workplace, applying what they’ve learned in real-world settings long before graduation.

Our students have done their LeBow general business co-ops in a variety of organizations, locally and around the world. Past general business co-op placements include:

• CHUBB (formerly ACE USA)
• Comcast Corporation
• Cigna Corporation
• FMC Corporation
• FS Investments
• Publicis Health
• Exelon Company
• Estee Lauder/Northtec

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Learn by Experience

In addition to the Co-op program, other experiential learning opportunities abound at LeBow, including consulting courses, case competitions, international residencies, research projects, industry thought leader events, alumni mentorship and more. Through projects made possible by the Dana and David Dornsife Office for Experiential Learning, our students apply their learning on real and simulated challenges, working with organizations domestically and internationally from Unilever, the Philadelphia 76ers, Boeing and PwC to nonprofit and governmental partners.

Learn more about the Dornsife Office for Experiential Learning

Student Organizations

At Drexel LeBow, students have many opportunities to engage outside of the classroom through student-run organizations, connecting with a community that shares their major, their heritage or any of the other unique characteristics that unite our diverse student population. The opportunities to collaborate, network and engage are endless.

Careers and Network

Earning a degree in business administration shows potential employers that you have mastered the wide array of skills professionals need to succeed in a fast-paced and competitive workplace. And with the job outlook for many careers in the field growing at a faster than average rate, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, now is the time to pursue your dream business career.

With alumni securing positions as business analysts, commercial loan officers, sales managers, human resource managers, market research analysts and more, there aren’t any limits to the direction in which you can take your career with a general business degree from Drexel LeBow.

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