The following requirements must be fulfilled: a minimum of 120 credits, including University General Education, pre-business, business core, and entrepreneurship and innovation major courses.

Students pursuing entrepreneurship and innovation as a second major should reference the entrepreneurship and innovation as a second major requirements section at the end of this page.

General education courses
UW 1020University Writing
6 credits taken in at least two writing in the disciplines (WID) courses in two or more separate semesters. 1
One critical analysis in the humanities course. 2
One scientific reasoning with laboratory course. 2
One course with an approved oral communication component. 2
Pre-business courses
BADM 1001
& BADM 1002		Business Leader Foundations I
and Business Leader Foundations II 3
or BADM 1003 Business Leader Foundations for Transfer Students
BADM 3001Business Leader Career Strategy
BADM 4001Business Leader Launch
STAT 1051Introduction to Business and Economic Statistics
or STAT 1053 Introduction to Statistics in Social Science
or STAT 1111 Business and Economic Statistics I
or DNSC 1001 Business Analytics I: Statistics for Descriptive and Predictive Analytics
or APSC 3115 Engineering Analysis III
STAT 2112Business and Economic Statistics II
or STAT 2118 Regression Analysis
or STAT 2123 Introduction to Econometrics
or DNSC 2001 Business Analytics II: Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics
or ECON 2123 Introduction to Econometrics
ECON 1011Principles of Economics I
ECON 1012Principles of Economics II
One of the following sequences in mathematics:
MATH 1231
& MATH 1232		Single-Variable Calculus I
and Single-Variable Calculus II
or MATH 1051
& MATH 1252		 Finite Mathematics for the Social and Management Sciences
and Calculus for the Social and Management Sciences
or MATH 1051
& MATH 1231		 Finite Mathematics for the Social and Management Sciences
and Single-Variable Calculus I
or MATH 1220
& MATH 1221
& MATH 1051		 Calculus with Precalculus I
and Calculus with Precalculus II
and Finite Mathematics for the Social and Management Sciences
or MATH 1220
& MATH 1221
& MATH 1232		 Calculus with Precalculus I
and Calculus with Precalculus II
and Single-Variable Calculus II
Business core courses
ACCY 2001Introduction to Financial Accounting
BADM 4101Business Ethics and the Legal Environment
or BADM 4101W Business Ethics and the Legal Environment
Three courses selected from the following:
BADM 2001Markets and Politics
or BADM 2001W Markets and Politics
BADM 2301Management Information Systems Technology
BADM 3103Human Capital in Organizations
BADM 3401Contemporary Marketing Management
or BADM 3401W Contemporary Marketing Management
BADM 3501Financial Management and Markets
BADM 3601Operations Management
BADM 4801Strategy Formulation and Implementation
IBUS 3001Introduction to International Business
Entrepreneurship and innovation major courses
MGT 3300Entrepreneurship
or MGT 3300W Entrepreneurship
MGT 4003Management of the Growing Entrepreneurial Venture
MGT 4082New Venture Initiation
Seven courses selected from the following:
School of Business
ACCY 2002Introductory Managerial Accounting
ACCY 4601Business Law: Enterprise Organization
DNSC 4404Essentials of Project Management
IBUS 4401Managing the Multinational Enterprise
ISTM 4223Innovation Ventures
ISTM 4233Emerging Technologies
MGT 3201Leadership in Action
MGT 3301Small Business Management
MGT 3302e-Entrepreneurship
MGT 3303Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership
MGT 3305Human Capital Sustainability
MGT 4084Family Business
MGT 4085Social Entrepreneurship
MGT 4086Creativity and Innovation
MGT 4900Special Topics
or MGT 4900W Special Topics
MKTG 3142Consumer Behavior
MKTG 3143Marketing Research
MKTG 4148Advertising and Marketing Communications
MKTG 4159Marketing Strategy
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
COMM 1025Introduction to Communication Studies
ENGL 1210Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 3390Topics in Creative Writing
PHIL 2135Ethics in Business and the Professions
SMPA 3195Selected Topics in Journalism and Mass Communication (Entrepreneurship New Media Industry)
SOC 1002The Sociological Imagination
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
CE 2510Environmental Sustainability
CSCI 1030
EMSE 4410Engineering Economic Analysis
MAE 2170History and Impact of the U.S. Patent System
SEAS 4800Special Topics
Interdisciplinary and Special Programs
SUST 1001Introduction to Sustainability
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
HSCI 2109Trends and Innovations in Health Care
Electives
In general, students complete 40 credits in elective courses to reach the 120 credits required for the degree. 18 of these credits must be taken outside of GWSB. Elective courses may be applied to a GWSB concentration, a non-GWSB minor, or a GWSB or non-GWSB second major. Reference the GWSB undergraduate policies section for course restrictions.

1 Courses must be taken after completion of UW 1020  and in separate semesters.

2 See Undergraduate Education at GW for additional information regarding approved courses for this requirement.

3 First-year students take BADM 1001 and BADM 1002; transfer students take BADM 1003.

Entrepreneurship and innovation a second major

Students pursuing entrepreneurship and innovation as a second major are required to complete the courses listed below. Non-GWSB students may declare entrepreneurship and innovation as a second major directly with their home school advisor; a signature from a GWSB academic advisor is not required.

Required major courses
MGT 3300Entrepreneurship
or MGT 3300W Entrepreneurship
MGT 4003Management of the Growing Entrepreneurial Venture
MGT 4082New Venture Initiation
Seven courses selected from the following schools:
School of Business
ACCY 2002Introductory Managerial Accounting
ACCY 4601Business Law: Enterprise Organization
DNSC 4404Essentials of Project Management
IBUS 4401Managing the Multinational Enterprise
ISTM 4223Innovation Ventures
MGT 3201Leadership in Action
MGT 3301Small Business Management
MGT 3302e-Entrepreneurship
MGT 3303Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership
MGT 3305Human Capital Sustainability
MGT 4084Family Business
MGT 4085Social Entrepreneurship
MGT 4086Creativity and Innovation
MGT 4900Special Topics (Entrepreneurship and the Arts)
MKTG 3142Consumer Behavior
MKTG 3143Marketing Research
MKTG 4148Advertising and Marketing Communications
MKTG 4159Marketing Strategy
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
COMM 1025Introduction to Communication Studies
ENGL 1210Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 3390Topics in Creative Writing
PHIL 2135Ethics in Business and the Professions
SMPA 3195Selected Topics in Journalism and Mass Communication
SOC 1002The Sociological Imagination
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
CE 2510Environmental Sustainability
CSCI 1030
EMSE 4410Engineering Economic Analysis
MAE 2170History and Impact of the U.S. Patent System
SEAS 4800Special Topics
Interdisciplinary and special programs
SUST 1001
Introduction to Sustainability
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
HSCI 2109Trends and Innovations in Health Care