- BEREN CAMPUS (EFFECTIVE FALL 2015; UPD JULY 2017) B.S. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS 128 CREDITS MAJOR To earn a Bachelor of Science degree from the Sy Syms School of Business a student must complete 128 credits including all of the basic course requirements listed here plus one set of major requirements. Honors Requirements: Sy Syms Honors students must complete five (5) honors courses plus an honors summer internship in the summer prior to senior year, combined with the Leadership Seminar in the prior spring. Residency requirements: Sixty percent of the major and minor, and at least 84 credits and 6 semesters must be completed at the Sy Syms School of Business. Transfer students should consult with an academic advisor. COMMUNICATION COURSES (6 CREDITS) ENGL 1100 Composition & Rhetoric BUS 1012 Business Communication HUMANITIES (6 CREDITS) One from English Literature or Foreign Literature other than Hebrew and one from Art History, Music, History, Philosophy or Foreign Language English or Foreign Literature Art History 1 Music 1 History Philosophy Foreign Language 2 QUANTITATIVE, SOCIAL, & NATURAL SCIENCES (9-12 CREDITS) IDS 1001 Business Algebra 3 IDS 1131 Statistics for Business IDS 1456 Quantitative Methods for Management 4 ECON 1010 Principles of Economics 5 One of the following courses: One Natural Science course with lab from Biology, Chemistry or Physics or one of Political Science or Psychology or Sociology BUSINESS CORE (21 CREDITS) ACC 1001 Accounting Principles I ACC 1002 Accounting Principles II BLW 1800H Business as a Human Enterprise (year 1) FIN 1001 Principles of Finance IDS 1020 Introduction to Information Systems MAN 1020 Managing in a Global Environment MAR 1001 Principles of Marketing MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (27 CREDITS) See requirement sheets and department websites for specific departmental requirements. JEWISH STUDIES (25-43 CREDITS) 6 semesters CORE (18-36 credits) plus 14 credits. Minimum one course per semester. JS CORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 DISTRIBUTION Bible (15 credits) Judaic Studies (15 credits) JUDS 1502 Jewish Business Ethics Jewish History (5 credits) Jewish Philosophy (5 credits) Hebrew: If assigned to: HEBR 1101 (4 courses) HEBR 1102-1104 (3 courses) HEBR 1105-1107 (2 courses) HEBR 1108 or above (1 course) GENERAL ELECTIVES (9 CREDITS) Any 3 credit liberal arts or business courses. AP credits do not count towards this requirement. ELEC #1 ELEC #2 SY SYMS HONORS CHECKLIST 1. BLW 1800H Business as a Human Enterprise (year 1) 2. MAN 2800H Entrepreneurial Leadership (year 2) 3. IDS 3800H Analytical Driven Decision Making (year 3) 4. Honors #4 5. Honors #5 6A. MAN 4932H Leadership Seminar (Spring year 2) 6B. ACC/BUS 4741H Honors Internship (Summer year 2) Notes: 1 Any course that fulfils the SCW Interpreting Literature and the Arts category 2 Except Hebrew. Student must complete 1102 to fulfill Foreign Language requirement. 3 Course is waived for students who passed the Math Proficiency Exam or received a Math SAT score of 670 or above or Math ACT score of 30 or above or took MAT 1412. Students who are required to take Business Algebra may count this course as one General Elective. 4 Students who took Math 1412 (received C or better) may take IDS 1400 Regression Analysis (1 credit course) instead of IDS 1456. 5 ECON 1031 also satisfies this requirement.
ACCOUNTING MAJOR CPA TRACK 1 BS / MS BS COMPONENT (27 CREDITS) ACC 1101 Intermediate Accounting I ACC 1102 Intermediate Accounting II ACC 2403 Management Accounting ACC 3201 Advanced Accounting ACC 3601 Principles of Auditing (Capstone) BLW 2111 Business Law I BLW 2112 Business Law II TAX 6124 Individual Taxation 2 TAX 6125 Taxation of Entities 2 NON-CPA TRACK (27 CREDITS) ACC 1101 Intermediate Accounting I ( ) ACC 1102 Intermediate Accounting II ( ) ACC 2403 Management Accounting ( ) ACC 3201 Advanced Accounting ACC 3601 Principles of Auditing (Capstone) ( ) One (1) Accounting elective course: (TAX 6124 is highly recommended) ACC / TAX MS DEGREE (24 CREDITS FROM THE LIST BELOW): ACC 5506 Forensic Accounting ACC 6140 Governmental & Not-for-Profit Accounting ACC 6275 Contemporary Topics in Accounting ACC 6625 Accounting Information Systems ACC 6805 Business Ethics ACC 6806 Financial Statement Analysis TAX 6130 Advanced Taxation: Contemp Problems ELECTIVES MAN 7721 Business Leadership TAX 6145 Deferred Compensation MAN 4932H + ACC/BUS 4741H (year 2) 1 In order to be licensed as a CPA, a student must complete 33 accounting credits, 36 business credits and 150 total credits. The Sy Syms Master s program in Accounting, although not mandatory, is one way to satisfy all of the above requirements. The courses listed above in the MS Degree section are the offerings in our two semester Master s Program. Note that a student must also have one year of working experience in order to be licensed. 2 These two courses count for 6 credits of the 30 credit MS Accounting program
BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT MAJOR FINANCE CONCENTRATION (27 CREDITS) FIN 1408 Corporate Finance FIN 2505 Investment Analysis FIN 2521 FIN 3510 FIN 2409 Portfolio Management or Options and Futures Advanced Corporate Finance (Capstone) BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND MARKETING ANALYTICS CONCENTRATION (27 CREDITS) IDS 2030 Business Analytics and Programming IDS 2550 Business Intelligence and Consumers Insights IDS 2160 Decision Models IDS 3000 Business Intelligence Project (Capstone) MAR 2501 Buyer Behavior Two (2) Finance elective courses: FIN FIN One (1) of the following courses: IDS 2460 Data Management for Business Analytics MAR 2621 Applied Research MAR 3318 Social Media Marketing MAN 4932H + ACC/BUS 4741H (year 2) DUAL MAJORS: Students who select two majors or concentrations must complete the major required and major elective courses for both majors--a total of at least 12 courses.
BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT MAJOR MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION (27 CREDITS) MAN 3780 Principles of Entrepreneurship MAN 2110 Organizational Behavior MAN 3015 Management and Leadership MAN 3720 Business Strategy (Capstone) Two (2) Management elective courses: MARKETING CONCENTRATION (27 CREDITS) MAR 2501 Buyer Behavior MAR 2621 Applied Research MAR 3318 Social Media Marketing MAR 3720 Marketing Capstone Two (2) Marketing elective courses: MAN 2800H Entrepreneurial Leadership MAR MAN MAR One non-business or correlate elective may qualify subject to prior departmental approval. Bus. Elective #3 _ DUAL MAJORS: Students who select two majors or concentrations must complete the major required and major elective courses for both majors--a total of at least 12 courses.
MINORS ACCOUNTING (9 CREDITS) ACC 1101 Intermediate Accounting I ACC 1102 Intermediate Accounting II ACC 2403 Management Accounting FINANCE (9 CREDITS) Any 3 Upper Level Finance Courses FIN FIN FIN INFORMATION AND DECISION SCIENCES (9 CREDITS) Any 3 Upper Level IDS Courses IDS IDS IDS MANAGEMENT (9 CREDITS) Any 3 Upper Level Management Courses MAN MAN MAN MARKETING (9 CREDITS) Any 3 Upper Level Marketing Courses MAR MAR MAR