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Contact<\/h3>\n

For contact information, please visit the Questrom website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Students who begin Questrom in their first BU year complete QST SM 131 Business, Markets, and Society, along with their other degree requirements. This course is the first required course in the Questrom BSBA curriculum. It provides students with a philosophical, economic, and applied foundation for understanding the functions of business and the role of business, markets, governments, and other stakeholders in society. Collectively, the first year of the program is also designed to launch the development of students\u2019 critical and analytic thinking, communication (including both written and verbal communication), and teaming skills along with their understanding of the basics of business technologies and the process of investing in their professional development.<\/p>\n

Informed by their first-year experience, students have flexibility in the second year to explore functional area courses and determine the area(s) of business in which they would like to specialize. Typically, in the sophomore year, students develop foundational skills in one or more of the following functional areas of business: accounting, business law, finance, information systems, management & organizations, marketing, or operations management. In addition, they expand their understanding of critical and analytic thinking, develop skills in business analytics, and build their understanding of teaming. These capacities are reinforced by a term-long action-learning innovation project with a live company client, typically taken during the second year.<\/p>\n

In their junior and senior years, students complete their remaining required foundational disciplinary courses, including a required course focusing on business strategy and innovation in global markets; achieve depth in at least one area of specialization; complete their Global Business Experience; and participate in an Action-Learning Lab course related to their selected concentration.<\/p>\n

Over the course of the program, students must also complete a broad set of elective and required courses outside of Questrom, some of which contribute to their general education, as per the Boston University Hub program.<\/p>\n

Students engage in a variety of careers after graduating, ranging from highly quantitative and analytical roles, like financial analyst, data analyst, market researcher, and equity researcher, to positions in rotational development and leadership programs that provide a broad-based business experience and exposure to advanced internal and client projects. Questrom\u2019s undergraduate students have access to opportunities across all industries and work in areas including accounting, banking, consumer packaged goods, consulting, financial services, healthcare management, information technology, and marketing.<\/p>\n

Learning Outcomes<\/h2>\n

Responsible Leadership, Innovation, and Global Competition.<\/strong><\/p>\n