The curriculum structure of each degree program comprises in varying degrees of these elements.

General Education Requirements:

General Education Requirements

Bryant University’s General Education Program is the cornerstone of a Bryant education. The Program welcomes our newest members into our scholarly community; sets the foundation for success inside and outside the classroom; and cultivates the qualities of character, resilience, teamwork, and leadership vital to career growth and membership in a healthy, democratic society. Using the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) to engage with the problem of Social Impact, the General Education Program provides students with a range of coherent, interdisciplinary, and experiential opportunities to develop the cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills essential to making sense of the world and their ability to contribute to improving it. Students explore the challenges facing their communities and world through engagement with one or more of the 17 SDGs in different ways in each of the courses in the Program.

Business Core Requirements

The business core provides the student with an in-depth view of the various functional areas of business and a broad business perspective. The business core consists of an introductory course and courses selected from these business areas:

• Accounting
• Information Systems
• Finance
• Management
• Marketing

Business Minor Requirement

A business minor is required in all degree programs in the College of Arts and Sciences. Students may choose from the menu of available business minors. The business minors develop basic business knowledge and skills to provide a foundation for entering a career directly following his/her undergraduate education.

A business minor is required in all degree programs in the School of Health and Behavioral Sciences except students who are majoring in Healthcare Analytics, who can choose a business, arts and sciences, or health & behavioral sciences minor. Students may choose from the menu of available business minors. The business minors develop basic business knowledge and skills to provide a foundation for entering a career directly following his/her undergraduate education.

Liberal Arts and Health & Behavioral Sciences Minor Requirement

Business programs are enhanced by a minor in the liberal arts, emphasizing the importance of developing the whole student.  A liberal arts or health and behavioral sciences minor is required in all business administration degree programs in the College of Business.  Students may choose from the menu of available liberal arts or health and behavioral sciences minors.  All students in the Bachelor of Science in International Business program are required to complete a language minor.

Major or Concentration Requirement

In addition to studying a major, students can opt to include a concentration in a complementary field of study. For example, a biology major may choose a concentration in Psychology or some subject area. Concentrations typically require a 6-course sequence. Specific requirements can be found on various department websites.

Business, Liberal Arts, and School of Health and Behavioral Sciences Minors

Business, Liberal Arts, and School of Health and Behavioral Sciences minors provide students with an opportunity to use elective courses to develop additional depth and coherence in a specific area of business or liberal arts. Minors

• Business minors include:
  • Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Global Supply Chain Management, Human Resource Management, Information Systems, International Business, Management, Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Sales, and Team and Project Management.
• Liberal arts minors include:
  • Africana/Black Studies, Applied Statistics, Arts and Creative Industries, Biotechnology, Communication, Economics, Environmental Studies, Film Studies, French, Global Studies, History, Italian, Latin American and Latina/Latino Studies, Legal Studies, Literary and Cultural Studies, Literature, Mathematics, Media and Cultural Studies, Political Science, Professional and Creative Writing, Sociology, Spanish, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

• Health and Behavioral Sciences Minors Include:

  • Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Forensic Science, Health and Wellness, Nutrition, Psychology, and Strength and Conditioning.

Electives

Elective courses are selected from a wide range of disciplines to complement the major or concentration and provide students the flexibility to pursue other areas of interest, including additional minors or dual majors or concentrations. Electives are designated as liberal arts electives or open electives. Students must select courses in the liberal arts disciplines to fulfill a liberal arts elective requirement. Open electives can be met by selecting courses from either the Business, Liberal Arts or School of Health and Behavioral Sciences disciplines.