The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Law program is designed for D'Amore-McKim School of Business students who seek careers in fields with frequent collaboration with lawyers or in heavily regulated industries or services. Offering knowledge and skills that are highly valued across business professions, this major will also be helpful for students who are interested in law school.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Business Core Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses | ||
| BUSN 1102 | Personal Skill Development for Business | 1 |
| BUSN 1103 | Professional Development for Business Co-op | 1 |
| Required Courses | ||
| ACCT 1201 | Financial Accounting and Reporting | 4 |
| ACCT 2301 | Profit Analysis for Managers and Advisors | 4 |
| FINA 2201 | Financial Management | 4 |
| INTB 1203 | International Business and Global Social Responsibility | 4 |
| Choose one of the following. MGSC 2301 is the recommended statistics course for this combined major: | 4 | |
| Business Statistics | ||
| Statistics and Software | ||
| Probability and Statistics | ||
| ORGB 3201 | Organizational Behavior | 4 |
| or ORGB 3203 | Behavioral Aspects of Digital Transformation | |
| STRT 4501 | Strategy in Action | 4 |
| Business Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Innovation! | ||
| Introduction to Information Systems and Digital Technologies | ||
| Introduction to Marketing | ||
| Supply Chain and Operations Management | ||
Business Concentration Required
A concentration is required and may be chosen from the following:
- Accounting
- Accounting and Advisory Services
- Brand Management
- Business Analytics
- Corporate Innovation
- Entrepreneurial Startups
- Finance
- Fintech
- Healthcare Management and Consulting
- International Business (available only as a second concentration)
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Marketing Analytics
- Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Supply Chain Management
Supporting Business Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 1115 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4 |
| or ECON 1116 | Principles of Microeconomics | |
| Complete one of the following. MATH 1231 is strongly recommended for this major: | 4 | |
| Calculus for Business and Economics | ||
| Calculus with Applications | ||
| Calculus 1 | ||
| Calculus and Differential Equations for Biology 1 | ||
| Intensive Calculus for Engineers | ||
| Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | ||
Law Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | ||
| LAW 3101 | Introduction to Legal Studies 1: Law and Legal Reasoning | 4 |
| LAW 3102 | Introduction to Legal Studies 2: Statutes and Regulations | 4 |
| LAW 3130 | Introduction to Negotiation and Advocacy | 4 |
| LAW 3140 | Data Regulation and Compliance | 4 |
| LAW 3235 | Issues in Law and Public Policy | 4 |
| Electives | ||
| Please consult with your advisor to select courses that support your choice of business concentration. | ||
| Complete a total of 12 semester hours. If choosing a 3-semester-hour course, register for a 1-semester-hour course concurrently. No more than four 1-semester-hour courses may be applied to this requirement. | 12 | |
| Introduction to Law and Organizational Management | ||
| Introduction to International Regulations and Business Strategies | ||
| Introduction to Financial Transactions | ||
| Introduction to Healthcare Compliance | ||
| Introduction to Patient Records, Privacy, Security | ||
| Introduction to Employee Rights and Employer Obligations | ||
| Introduction to Antidiscrimination Law | ||
| Introduction to Wages and Benefits | ||
| Introduction to Intellectual Property and Media | ||
| Introduction to Contract Drafting | ||
| Introduction to Global Regulation of Artificial Intelligence | ||
| Introduction to Sports Law, Business, and Society | ||
| Introduction to Intellectual Property | ||
| Introduction to Identifying and Securing Intellectual Property Rights | ||
| Reflections on Law | ||
| Writing on Legal Issues | ||
| Advanced Intellectual Property | ||
| Patent Law and Practice | ||
| Law and Economic Development | ||
| Issues in Health Law and Policy | ||
| Issues in Information Security Law | ||
| Law and Inequality | ||
| Special Topics in Law | ||
Integrative Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Business | ||
| ACCT 3304 | Business Law and Professional Ethics | 4 |
| or ENTR 3304 | Entrepreneurship and Innovation Law | |
| or MGMT 3420 | Managing Human Capital | |
| Law | ||
| LAW 3120 | Introduction to Law and Strategy | 4 |
Business Experiential Learning
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete at least one of the following experiences: | ||
| In-the-Field Experiential Professional Practicum | ||
| Co-op Work Experience--Half Time | ||
| Co-op Work Experience | ||
| Co-op Work Experience Abroad--Half Time | ||
| Co-op Work Experience Abroad | ||
| Internship Experience | ||
| Internship Experience Abroad | ||
Business GPA Requirement
Minimum 2.000 GPA in business courses required
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study
Fours Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer First Half
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ACCT 1201 | 4 | ACCT 2301 | 4 | FINA 2201 | 4 | EI NUpath or open elective | 4 |
| BUSN 1102 | 1 | ENGW 1111 | 4 | ND NUpath | 4 | Open elective | 4 |
| ECON 1115 or 1116 | 4 | INNO 2301, MISM 2301, MKTG 2201, or SCHM 2301 | 4 | ||||
| INTB 1203 | 4 | MGSC 2301 | 4 | ||||
| MATH 1231 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| BUSN 1103 | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ORGB 3201 or 3203 | 4 |
| LAW 3101 | 4 | Concentration course 2 | 4 | ||||
| LAW 3102 | 4 | ||||||
| Concentration course 1 | 4 | ||||||
| DD NUpath | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Concentration course 3 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Open elective | 4 |
| DMSB integrative course | 4 | Open elective | 4 | ||||
| LAW elective | 4 | ||||||
| LAW 3120 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Advanced writing | 4 | STRT 4501 | 4 | ||||
| Concentration course 4 | 4 | LAW elective | 4 | ||||
| LAW elective | 4 | LAW 3235 | 4 | ||||
| LAW 3130 | 4 | LAW 3140 | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||