Business, Technology and Entrepreneurship Curriculum Overview
NYU Stern's unique Business, Technology and Entrepreneurship curriculum incorporates business, technology, and entrepreneurial coursework with international study to offer you a real-world understanding of today's global business environment.
The program leverages NYU’s excellence in data analytics, computer science, and technology through strategic partnerships with NYU Courant and NYU Tandon.
Along with all NYU Stern students, you will also complete Stern’s renowned business core and have the option to participate in global immersion programming to develop strong critical thinking and global awareness.
The Liberal Arts Core, the cornerstone of the NYU Stern curriculum, is a solid grounding in the liberal arts and sciences. This includes five courses designed to hone critical quantitative skills, promote creative and logical thinking, and build reading and writing skills.
The Business Core provides an introduction to the key business disciplines of accounting, finance, and marketing, as well as an introduction to international business. After completing these business fundamentals, you may choose advanced business courses to complete some of the NYU Stern elective requirements.
The Technology coursework helps you to build foundational competency in computer science and data analytics in an approach geared for business application.
The Entrepreneurship coursework will help you think like an entrepreneur by developing an agile leadership style that is action oriented and focused on imagining and creating solutions for the challenges of the 21st century.
The Social Impact Core is a four-course sequence focusing on issues of personal and professional ethics; corporate social responsibility; the role of law in business and commerce; and the interconnections between corporations, markets, cultures, governments, and our global society. Coursework emphasizes writing, debate, and discussion.
University Electives in the liberal arts complete the undergraduate degree requirements. You have the opportunity to pursue elective courses, which can be used to pursue a minor or to sample a wide range of courses that align to professional or personal interests.
The program leverages NYU’s excellence in data analytics, computer science, and technology through strategic partnerships with NYU Courant and NYU Tandon.
Along with all NYU Stern students, you will also complete Stern’s renowned business core and have the option to participate in global immersion programming to develop strong critical thinking and global awareness.
The Liberal Arts Core, the cornerstone of the NYU Stern curriculum, is a solid grounding in the liberal arts and sciences. This includes five courses designed to hone critical quantitative skills, promote creative and logical thinking, and build reading and writing skills.
The Business Core provides an introduction to the key business disciplines of accounting, finance, and marketing, as well as an introduction to international business. After completing these business fundamentals, you may choose advanced business courses to complete some of the NYU Stern elective requirements.
The Technology coursework helps you to build foundational competency in computer science and data analytics in an approach geared for business application.
The Entrepreneurship coursework will help you think like an entrepreneur by developing an agile leadership style that is action oriented and focused on imagining and creating solutions for the challenges of the 21st century.
The Social Impact Core is a four-course sequence focusing on issues of personal and professional ethics; corporate social responsibility; the role of law in business and commerce; and the interconnections between corporations, markets, cultures, governments, and our global society. Coursework emphasizes writing, debate, and discussion.
University Electives in the liberal arts complete the undergraduate degree requirements. You have the opportunity to pursue elective courses, which can be used to pursue a minor or to sample a wide range of courses that align to professional or personal interests.
Sample 4-Year Curriculum
The following is a sample 4-year curriculum for a typical student pursuing NYU Stern's BS in Business, Technology and Entrepreneurship degree. Your personal program would vary depending on your individual interests, such as your concentration(s), minor(s), study abroad option(s), and more, and you would work closely with an academic adviser to help you adjust your courses to meet your academic and personal goals.
First Year
- Business & Society (Social Impact Core)
- Cohort Leadership Program (CLP)
- Calculus I (Liberal Arts Core)
- College Core: Texts & Ideas and Cultures & Contexts (Liberal Arts Core)
- Introduction to Tech & Entrepreneurship (BTE)
- Introduction to Computer Science (Tech)
- Microeconomics (Business Core)
- Natural Science (Liberal Arts Core)
- Statistics (Business Core)
- Writing (Liberal Arts Core)
Sophomore Year
- Data Structures (Tech)
- Electives
- Financial Accounting (Business Core)
- Foundations of Finance (Functional Business Core)
- Introduction to Marketing (Functional Business Core)
- Economics of Global Business (Functional Business Core)
- Organizational Communication & Its Social Context (Social Impact Core)
- Patterns of Entrepreneurship (BTE)
- Technology course (choose from menu of options)
Junior Year
- Entrepreneurship course (choose from menu of options)
- Electives
- Law, Business, and Society (Social Impact Core)
- Option to spend a semester away at any NYU global site or International Business Exchange (IBEX) location
- Technology course (choose from menu of options)
Senior Year
- Electives (Option to complete a Stern Concentration)
- NYC Entrepreneurship Lab (BTE Capstone)
- Professional Responsibility and Leadership (Social Impact Core)
- Partner with the Wasserman Center for Career Development to explore your future options