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BSBA Major in Management

Drexel LeBow’s major in management is designed with your success in mind, preparing you with the foundational skills to be an effective team player and visionary leader. Through scientific rigor and experiential learning, you’ll gain the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to approach business challenges creatively, communicate persuasively and inspire teams to achieve shared strategic goals.

Gain a Competitive Edge with Drexel LeBow’s Undergraduate Management Major

Management Major Curriculum

The major focuses on four essential managerial skills:

  • Strategic insights and decision-making
  • Leadership
  • Innovation
  • Communication and collaboration

Coursework will equip you with key analytical, interpersonal, leadership and implementation skills, as well as critical knowledge in innovation and social responsibility. You’ll learn how to manage artificial intelligence, make sense of big data and address societal needs from a managerial perspective.

The recommended plan of study includes classes in:

  • Designing Innovative Organizations
  • Fostering a Diverse, Inclusive and Ethical Workplace
  • Leadership: Theory and Practice
  • Mission-Driven Innovation
  • Negotiations and Conflict Resolution
  • Strategic Insights
  • Team Development and Leadership
  • Technology Management

More Ways to Study Management

Drexel LeBow offers a variety of minors and certificates to supplement your major, for both LeBow students and those from other Drexel colleges.

Management courses allowed me to gain practical experience in navigating team dynamics and solving real-world challenges. These experiences revitalized the importance of being adaptable, critically thinking, actively listening, resolving conflicts and collaborative leadership.

Mitchell Shapiro, Class of 2025

Careers and Network

The management major will ready you for careers in a range of fields, such as management consulting, business advisory, entrepreneurship, technology management, human resource management and project management, and a range of client-facing roles in accounting, banking, business development and marketing. Or, you may apply your skills in analytical positions requiring cross-functional business insights, such as strategic and people analytics.

This major also complements other business majors, providing a versatile skill set suited to roles that blend technical and managerial expertise.

A dual major like management and finance will equip you to be far more successful from day one and give you a much stronger career trajectory for your later career when you take on senior roles.

Joe Fielding, Management Advisory Council Co-chair, Senior Partner at Bain & Company, Head of Americas Banking Practice
Meet Our Executive and Organizational Partners

Our advisory council supports academic program growth, student career success and knowledge exchange with the department's management faculty.

A collaborative organization with industry and nonprofit partners centered on a dual mission, which balances business performance with social responsibility.

Drexel Co-op and Experience

Drexel LeBow Student on Co-op

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:

  • Blackrock
  • CHOP
  • Cigna Corporation
  • Comcast Corporation
  • Exelon Company
  • Estee Lauder
  • FMC Corporation
  • FS Investments
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Saxbys

Learn more about Drexel Co-op at LeBow

Critical thinking informed by data, leading by establishing a thriving culture of collaboration and innovation, and clearly communicating and energizing your organization with vision and mission are core foundational skills needed for all leaders. Learning and embedding these competencies will serve as an essential foundation no matter what path you take in your professional journey.

Jim Swanson, Management Advisory Council Co-chair, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Johnson & Johnson

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

Campus and Facilities

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Our 12-story, 177,500-square-foot home, Gerri C. LeBow Hall, is located at the heart of the Drexel University campus, which is located in Philadelphia’s University City neighborhood, home to the city’s vibrant research and technology corridor. Being located in Philadelphia, and within a short distance of New York and Washington D.C. means Drexel LeBow students have access, not just to our 1700+ industry partners but also to a wealth of experience from leaders in the business, research and governmental fields.

Learn more about the LeBow campus and community

Connect with Us

Our staff is ready to help you with any questions you may have about the application process, including which program is right for you. We look forward to hearing from you.

Caitlin Brady

Director, Undergraduate Programs and Recruitment

(215) 571-3570

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