Become a Difference Maker
At Duquesne, you’ll be part of the next generation of business leaders who will make a difference in our world. Our experienced professors offer real-world knowledge and support, ensuring you learn the skills needed to succeed in today’s fast-changing business world.
Your Dreams are within Reach
Outcomes Matter. They reflect the real value of your Duquesne education. For our graduates, strong outcomes—such as landing your dream job at a Fortune 500 company or Big Four accounting firm, earning a competitive salary, or gaining admission to a top graduate program—demonstrate the impact of your hard work and investment
Our professionally-focused majors, minors, and certificates prepare you for success. Built on a foundation of core business skills, you will embark on a experiential educational journey that is designed for help you achieve your Bigger Goals.
Cornerstone to Capstone model
Our project-based curriculum is designed to help you learn by doing from your very first semester to your final capstone. You’ll work alongside industry professionals, gaining invaluable hands-on experience every step of the way. From our First-Year Innovation Experience to course projects to your senior-year capstone projects, we proudly partner with corporations, non-profits, and other organizations that bring real-world challenges to the classroom, giving our students a chance to understand the complex and ever-changing business landscape before they land their first job.
Contact Ariana Williams, Program Director, Recruitment & Student Success to schedule a tour
or information session to learn more about the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business.
Business Core
General Info
The Business Core provides a well-rounded education in all functional areas of business. These courses are required for all business majors. For more details, view a Sample Graduation Plan.
Note: Business core courses may be taken in a different sequence depending on a student's major(s), program, or study abroad experience.
First Year
Fall Semester
BUAD 103/103L—Innovation Experience
BUAD 111—Business Math
COMM 202W—Business & Professional Comm
ISYS 184—Business Information Systems
Spring Semester
BUAD 110—Internship Prep Practicum
ISYS 284—Data for Decision Making
MKTG 271—Marketing & Business Development
SCMG 267—Supply Chain Operations
STAT 285—Business Statistics
Sophomore Year
Fall Semester
ACCT 214—Financial Accounting
BUAD 210—Career Prep Practicum
MGMT 261—Management & Organizational Behavior
MGMT 262—Global Insights
Spring Semester
ACCT 215—Managerial Accounting
BLAW 251—Business Law
ECON 201—Principles of Microeconomics
FINC 313—Business Finance
Junior Year
Fall Semester
ECON 202—Principles of Macroeconomics
Spring Semester
N/A
Senior
Fall Semester
MGMT 368W—Business Ethics & Global Citizenship
Spring Semester
MGMT 499W—Strategic Management
A strong range of professionally-focused majors provides the flexibility and marketable
skills needed to achieve your career potential. Majors include Accounting, Business
Analytics Co-Major (STEM), Economics (STEM), Entrepreneurship, Finance (STEM), Information
Systems and Technology (STEM), Management, Marketing, Supply Chain Management (STEM),
and Discover Business - Undecided.
IIA-endorsed Accounting program that prepares undergraduates for a successful career.
The program helps students to become experts in data analysis, strategic thinking,
and forecasting.
Three separate but related areas emerged in the last decade: data science, big data,
and data analytics. Our business analytics program intersects with elements of all
three areas.
Our curriculum is steeped in data analytics. Economics majors take a number of upper-level
courses in data analytics including two courses in Econometrics that require students
to complete several rigorous research projects.
Our innovative entrepreneurship undergraduate program helps students develop an entrepreneurial
mindset that benefits them in all areas of business-new ventures, corporations, government,
and the nonprofit sector.
Students have the opportunity to analyze business opportunities to identify those
that create value and to learn to structure portfolios of stocks, bonds, and other
financial assets.
Our leading Information Systems and Technology program prepares you for a career focused
on planning, applying, developing, managing, and implementing technology to transform
organizations and support data-driven decision-making.
Strong, ethical managers are sought by organizations everywhere. We provide management
majors with core courses and electives designed to make you marketable in a variety
of careers.
You will begin the marketing major by taking a three-course core curriculum, which
includes sales fundamentals, buyer behavior, and marketing research.
Students are exposed to a broad curriculum focusing on analytical and practical skills.
This approach emphasizes the integration of supply chain activities and prepares students
for careers in a variety of fields, whether in a small non-profit or large corporation.
Considering possible majors? Finding a way to combine interests? That’s good! Many
students begin college before they decide on a major, and many students change their
major at some point in their academic
A business minor gives you a competitive edge when applying for specific jobs by providing
concepts, tools, and skills that enhance your career progress. Majors
Accounting
Business Analytics Co-Major (STEM)
Economics (STEM)
Entrepreneurship
Finance (STEM)
Information Systems and Technology (STEM)
Management
Marketing
Supply Chain Management (STEM)
Discover Business - Undecided
Minors
A business minor requires students to take four courses (12 credits) in a specific discipline. The minor is designed to give students from other majors
within the Business School a general competency in another study area. Students are encouraged to meet with their Student Success Coach for specific information.
Minors are available in Accounting, Digital Marketing & Analytics, Economics, Entrepreneurship,
Finance, Information Systems and Technology, Legal Studies, Management, Professional
Sales, Sports Marketing, and Supply Chain Management.
Check out the above major pages for more information and minor requirements. Students
can choose more than one minor.
Certificates
Contact
Ariana Williams
Student Support
From your first day at Duquense, the faculty and staff of the School of Business are here to guide you as you navigate coursework, career counseling, student life, and more.
Eugene P. Beard Center for Student Success
The Beard Center for Student Success is pivotal in our students' journey. By offering personalized advice and encouragement, our Success Coaches act as trusted guides, helping students excel academically, explore and decide on majors and minors, secure valuable internships, and more.
Center for Career Development
Business students are focused on launching an exciting career, not just landing a job. The University's Center for Career Development poises students for success. The Center provides career prep programs tailored to each student's needs while fostering key relationships with potential employers. It also offers career coaching via one-on-one sessions with the School of Business Career Consultant.
Accredited by AACSB
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) awarded Duquesne's
undergraduate and graduate schools of business its full accreditation. The AACSB accreditation
is recognized as a global mark of distinction. Less than 6 percent of the world's more than 1,200 business schools have passed the
rigorous review necessary to earn the honor.