Faculty: Nonnenmacher (Chair) Allison, Bianco, A. Finaret, C. Finaret, Lv, Navarro-Sanchez, Onyeiwu, Ormiston, Sun, Waugh, Yusuf

The Business major is a program in the Social and Behavioral Science Area of Study. Business majors may not double major or minor in Economics.

Business Major Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete a Business major will:

•  Demonstrate the business fundamentals needed to understand the economic environment, the internal functioning, and the ethical management of business.
• Communicate business and economic arguments clearly and persuasively using both technical and non-technical language.
• Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to describe, interpret, and predict patterns in business behavior and performance.
• Evaluate complex business problems using business and economic theory, tools, and reasoning.

The Business Major

The Business major, consisting of 52 credits in Business, leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree. At graduation, Business majors must have a GPA of at least 2.0 in the major. All major courses taken for a letter grade at Allegheny are included in the calculation, with the exception of repeated courses. Only the most recent grade is considered for courses that have been repeated. All courses required for the major must be taken for a letter grade except one of the introductory courses (ECON 100  or ECON 101 ).   A maximum of 12 transfer credits may be counted toward the major; exceptions must be approved by the department chair..