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Join the next generation of business leaders with a Master of Science in business administration from the Murray Koppelman School of Business. We offer a transformative, distinctive, and affordable business education through innovative curricula, applied and theoretical research, and impactful engagement. Students can specialize in accounting, business analytics, economic analysis, general business, global business, marketing, or producing in cinematic arts.
This degree will help you obtain a well-rounded education in all dimensions of business management and stand out in a competitive job market. Startups to Fortune 500 companies are looking for people who demonstrate the ability to complete rigorous business degrees.
The program information listed here reflects the approved curriculum for the 2023–24 academic year per the Brooklyn College Bulletin. Bulletins from past academic years can be found here.
The program offers seven options: Economic Analysis, Global Business, Accounting, General Business, Business Intelligence, Data Analysis, Marketing, and Producing in Cinematic Arts. Accounting is open only to students who have taken introductory accounting, managerial accounting, financial accounting, and income taxation or the equivalent. The program provides students with the knowledge and skills to successfully pursue a wide range of careers in management, marketing, business analytics, international business, and economic analysis.
The Master of Science in Business Administration at Brooklyn College provides students with the knowledge and skills to successfully pursue a wide range of careers in management, marketing, business analytics, international business, economic analysis, and producing in cinematic arts. Starting fall 2022, options 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the program can be completed fully online.
All applicants must have undergraduate courses in macroeconomics, microeconomics, statistics, and calculus.
Please note that Option 3: Accounting is open only to students who have taken Accounting 2001, 3001, 3011, 3021, and 3101 (introductory accounting, managerial accounting, financial accounting, and income taxation) or the equivalent.
Applicants to option 7 are not required to have taken macroeconomics, microeconomics, statistics, and calculus.
Students must complete at least 24 credits in courses offered by the Business Management, Accounting, Finance, or Economics Departments. Consistent with college policy, transfer credits for graduate courses taken at other institutions may be accepted for some of these courses at the discretion of the chairperson or deputy chairperson.
Submit the following documents to the Office of Graduate Admissions:
Refer to the instructions at Graduate Admissions.
Please see the individual specializations.
Or contact:
222 West Quad Center 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210 E: grads@brooklyn.cuny.edu P: 718.951.4536
Mondays–Fridays, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
To make an appointment with a graduate admissions counselor, visit:
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This option is only open to students who have taken Accounting 2001, 3001, 3011, 3021, and 3101 (introductory accounting, managerial accounting, financial accounting, and income taxation) or the equivalent.
Required: 12 credits (4 courses) from the following: Business 7204X or Business 7208X or Business 7279X or Economics 7021X; Business 7206X or Economics 7000X; Business 7276X or Economics 7020X; and Business 7278X or Economics 7025X.
Major Specific requirement: 12 credits (4 courses) from the following: Accounting 7108X, Accounting 7109X, and two additional courses with an Accounting prefix (ACCT). Courses cross listed with Accounting courses such as Business 7131X may also be used to satisfy this requirement.
Electives: 6 credits (2 courses): Any Business course with a Business prefix (BUSN). This can include Business courses that were not used to fulfill the Required courses requirement. Students may find the following courses of interest: Business 7280X, Business 7281X, Business 7282X, Business 7283X, and Business 7284X. Courses cross listed with Business courses such as Computer and Information Science 7702X, Computer and Information Science 7704X ,Economics 7205X, Economics 7230X, Psychology 7246G, Psychology 7247G, and Television, Radio and Emerging Media 7727X may also be used to satisfy this requirement.
Substitutions: With the permission of the chairperson or graduate deputy chairperson, students may be allowed to take up to 6 credits of other courses to complete the Electives requirement.
216 Whitehead Hall E: mbassell@brooklyn.cuny.edu P: 718.951.5000, ext. 1536
Required: 12 credits (4 courses) from the following: Economics 7000X or Business 7206X; Business 7276X; Economics 7020X; Economics 7021X or Business 7204X or Business 7208X or Business 7279X; and Economics 7025X or Economics 7230X or Business 7230X. Major Specific requirement: 12 credits (4 courses) from the following: Business 7278X; Business 7280X or Business 7281X; Business 7282X; and Business 7281X or 7284X.
Electives: 6 credits (2 courses): Any Business course with a Business prefix (BUSN). This can include Business courses that were not used to fulfill the required courses requirement. Courses cross listed with Business courses such as Computer and Information Science 7702X, Computer and Information Science 7704X, Economics 7205X, Economics 7230X, Psychology 7246G, Psychology 7247G, and Television, Radio, and Emerging Media 7727X may also be used to satisfy this requirement.
Substitutions: Those who completed one year of calculus can substitute Economics 7025X with an additional third Elective class. With the permission of the chairperson or the graduate deputy chairperson, students may be allowed to take up to 6 credits of other courses to complete the Electives requirement.
208s Whitehead Hall E: cstone@brooklyn.cuny.edu P: 718.951.5000, ext. 2640
Required: 15 credits (5 courses): Economics 7000X, Economics 7010X, Economics 7020X, Economics 7021X, and Economics 7025X.
Major specific requirement: 18 credits (6 courses) from the following: Economics 7215X or Finance 7215X, Finance 7216X, Economics 7230X or Business 7230X, Economics 7309X, Economics 7027X, Economics 7028X, Economics 7030X, Economics 7040X, Economics 7045X, Economics 7050X, Economics 7055X, Economics 7060X or Health and Nutrition Sciences 7144X, Economics 7090X, Economics 7091G, and Economics 7095G.
Substitutions: With the permission of the chairperson or graduate deputy chairperson, students may be allowed to take up to 6 credits of other courses to complete the 18 credit Major Specific requirement: Students who have taken Mathematics 2101 or equivalent may, with permission of the graduate deputy, waive Economics 7025X, and substitute an appropriate course in Economics or another department. Students who have taken Mathematics 2501 or Mathematics 3501 or equivalent may, with permission of the graduate deputy, waive Economics 7020X, and substitute an appropriate course in Economics or another department. Students that have taken Finance 7215X may not register for Economics 7215X.
216a Whitehead Hall E: ndoytch@brooklyn.cuny.edu P: 718.951.5000, ext. 6541
Major Specific requirement: 18 credits (6 courses) from the following: Any Business course with a Business prefix (BUSN). This can include Business courses that were not used to fulfill the Required courses requirement. Students may find the following courses of interest: Business 7280X, Business 7281X, Business 7282X, Business 7283X, and Business 7284X. Courses cross listed with Business courses such as Computer and Information Science 7702X, Computer and Information Science 7704X, Economics 7205X, Economics 7230X, Psychology 7246G, Psychology 7247G, and Television, Radio and Emerging Media 7727X may also be used to satisfy this requirement.
Substitutions: With the permission of the chairperson or graduate deputy chairperson, students may be allowed to take up to 6 credits of other courses to complete the Major Specific requirement.
Major specific requirement: 12 credits (4 courses) from the following: Business 7210X, Business 7220X, Business 7257X, and Business 7260X.
Electives: 6 credits (2 courses): Any Business course with a Business prefix (BUSN). This can include Business courses that were not used to fulfill the Required courses requirement. Students may find the following courses of interest: Business 7280X, Business 7281X, Business 7282X, Business 7283X, and Business 7284X. Courses cross listed with Business courses such as Computer and Information Science 7702X, Computer and Information Science 7704X, Economics 7205X, Economics 7230X, Psychology 7246G, Psychology 7247G, and Television, Radio and Emerging Media 7727X may also be used to satisfy this requirement.
Required: 12 credits (4 courses) from the following: Business 7206X or Economics 7000X; Business 7276X or Economics 7020X; Business 7278X or Economics 7025X; Business 7279X or Business 7204X or Business 7257X or Economics 7021X or Economics 7230X or Business 7230X.
Major specific requirement: 12 credits (4 courses) from the following: Business 7203X; Business 7208X; Business 7212X; and Business 7280X or Business 7281X or Business 7282X or Business 7284X.
Electives: 6 credits (2 courses): Any Business course with a Business prefix (BUSN). This can include Business courses that were not used to fulfill the Required courses requirement. Students may find the following courses of interest: Business 7280X, Business 7281X, Business 7282X, Business 7283X, and Business 7284X. Courses cross listed with Business courses such as Computer and Information Science 7702X, Computer and Information Science 7704X, Economics 7230X, Psychology 7246G, Psychology 7247G, and Television, Radio and Emerging Media 7727X may also be used to satisfy this requirement.
Substitutions: With the permission of the chairperson or graduate deputy chairperson, students may be allowed to take up to 6 credits of other courses to complete the degree.
Required: 30 credits (10 courses) from the following: Accounting 7101X, Business 7200X, Business 7202X, Business 7203X, Business 7212X, Film 7016G, Film 7401G, Film 7411G, Film 7801G, and Film 7462G.
Electives: 6 credits (2 courses): Any Business course with a Business prefix (BUSN) or any Film course with a Film prefix (FILM). This can include Business and Film courses that were not used to fulfill the required courses requirement. Courses cross listed with Business courses such Computer and Information Science 7702X, Computer and Information Science 7704X, Economics 7205X, Economics 7230X, Psychology 7246G, Psychology 7247G.
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