{"id":14234,"date":"2025-02-27T19:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T00:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/?p=14234"},"modified":"2025-02-27T19:10:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T00:10:59","slug":"questrom-is-reengineering-the-undergraduate-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/blog\/questrom-is-reengineering-the-undergraduate-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Questrom is Reengineering the Undergraduate Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"8192\" height=\"4608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/UnderGrad-BBQ-2024-0466-edited.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/UnderGrad-BBQ-2024-0466-edited.webp 8192w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/UnderGrad-BBQ-2024-0466-edited-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/UnderGrad-BBQ-2024-0466-edited-700x394.webp 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 8192px) 100vw, 8192px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Involving over 70 faculty and staff, the <a href=\"https:\/\/poetsandquantsforundergrads.com\/news\/inside-the-redesign-of-boston-universitys-undergraduate-business-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Questrom Undergraduate program redesign <\/a>enhances real-world skills, offers earlier internship opportunities, and strengthens critical thinking. The changes modernize course sequencing, increase rigor, and better align the curriculum with employer needs. Launching in fall 2025, the new structure\u2014shaped by alumni and employer feedback\u2014features a revamped <em>Introduction to Business, Markets &amp; Society<\/em> course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Led by Associate Dean Jeffrey Furman, Senior Associate Dean of Programs Barb Bickart, and Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Anita Carson, the redesign also emphasizes business as a force for social impact.\u201cThe theme of the course is business as a force for good, and it was designed as part of a student quest to understand competition, markets and the role of business, all with the newly created Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets, and Society in mind. The redesign ended up with higher ratings than the earlier spring version,\u201d Furman adds.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/poetsandquantsforundergrads.com\/news\/inside-the-redesign-of-boston-universitys-undergraduate-business-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Poets &amp; Quants. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Involving over 70 faculty and staff, the Questrom Undergraduate program redesign enhances real-world skills, offers earlier internship opportunities, and strengthens critical thinking. 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