Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration provides a solid foundation in business fundamentals along with a basic grounding in science. Core business competencies include accounting, economics, statistics, finance, business law, marketing, management, entrepreneurship, and leadership.

Stuart School of Business is a global leader in bridging technology and business, offering distinctive education that trains students to become outstanding professionals in economics, finance, analytics, marketing, business, public administration, operations, and management. 

Business at Illinois Tech has a prestigious history that dates back to the late 1800s, with some of the nation’s first courses in "Family and Consumer Science" (including “Home Economics” and “Household Management”) being offered by the Lewis Institute, Stuart’s original home, and the Institute’s subsequent formation of the Department of Business and Economics in 1926.

Over a period of more than 125 years, building on curricular innovations by Julia A. Beveridge and George N. Carman, and on foundational scholarly works by trailblazing Illinois Tech scholars Herb A. Simon (author of Administrative Behavior, later awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics), Karl Menger (developer of the St. Petersburg paradox in economics) and Abe Sklar (developer of the Copula in financial modeling), the Stuart School of Business has refined education in business disciplines.

A long-standing leader in curricular innovation, in 1990, building on the foundational works of numerous Illinois Tech scholars, and Harold L. Stuart’s own contributions to finance and the broader business community, the Stuart School of Business established quantitative finance as an academic discipline, with a world’s first postgraduate Master’s program in Financial Markets and Trading – a program that highlighted a new model for embedding into a postgraduate academic program the emphases on career readiness and connectedness with the business community, and transformed business school education.

Today, the Stuart School of Business continues to be a frontier innovator in accredited education, offering academic programs and co-curricular opportunities that place students on the path to self-actualization and career success. Leadership, entrepreneurship, experiential learning, positive societal impact, and connectedness to the business community, combined with a human-centered approach to student development, and an unyielding focus on student success, continue to be core pillars at Stuart. Stuart is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) – an accreditation achieved by fewer than 6% of business schools worldwide.

Situated within Chicago, whose business community is known for its spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation, Stuart benefits from and contributes to the city’s status as a global market leader in analytics, economics, finance, marketing, and sustainable enterprise, as reflected in all of our academic programs. Stuart programs:

● Embrace technology, innovation, rigor, and interdisciplinary learning
● Link with industry experts to dynamically evolve and meet the needs of the marketplace
● Offer a special learning environment, with smaller class sizes and cohorts – a place to form lifelong relationships with peers, faculty, staff, and industry members
● Focus on experiential learning through hands-on experiences such as internships, student organizations, competitions, and industry-relevant and faculty-guided research
● Place students in phenomenal careers, tapping Stuart’s connected alumni network

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration provides rigorous education in business fundamentals, grounded in an understanding of science, technology, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Core business competencies include accounting, economics, statistics, finance, business law, marketing, management, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Students are able to select a specialization that enables them to develop a depth of knowledge in a discipline from across the university, including in engineering, computing, architecture, and the sciences. Available specializations span across fields and include psychology, entrepreneurship, architecture, construction management, and logistics, in addition to customized specializations that are specifically created to meet a student's unique individualized interests.

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Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Curriculum