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Overview

To earn a Bachelor of Science degree from the Sy Syms School of Business students must complete 128 credits including the foundation courses plus one set of major requirements.

See Residency Requirements.

Requirements (76-79 credits)

Foundation Courses

Communication:

BUS 1010Business Communication I

3
BUS 1020Business Communication II

3
 ENGL 1010 Essentials of Writing (if required)

Quantitative Courses:

IDS 1010Mathematics for Business

3
IDS 1131Statistics for Business

3
IDS 1556Regression Analysis and Visualization

3

Business Core:

ACC 1001Accounting Principles I

3
ACC 1002Accounting Principles II

3
BLW 2021Ethical and Legal Environment in Business

3
ENT 1020Principles of Strategy

3
FIN 1001Principles of Finance

3
IDS 1015Spreadsheet 101

1
IDS 1020Principles of Business Analytics

3
MAR 1001Principles of Marketing

3

General Education

Humanities

Complete two (3 credit) courses from ARTS, MUSI, ENGL, HIST, PHIL, JHIS, JPHI

6
 

Social and Natural Sciences:

ECON 1010Principles of Economics

3
Complete one course from BIOL, CHEM, PHYS, POLI, PSYC, SCIE, SOCI

General Elective

Complete one (3 credit) course

3
The general elective course may not double count as a major business elective.

Jewish Studies Requirements (36 credits)

Jewish Studies Requirements for All Beren Students (Stern College and Sy Syms School of Business)

  • All students must successfully complete a minimum of 36 credits of Jewish Studies.
  • All students must successfully complete a minimum of 18 Jewish Studies courses. 
    • Up to two of these courses may be Hebrew language courses. 
      • Two Hebrew language courses may be satisfied through successful completion (85 or above) of the Jerusalem Hebrew Exam or Bagrut Certificate or a Category 5 score on YU's Hebrew Placement Exam; students are notified of their placement or exemption as described in the undergraduate Hebrew policy.
      • One Hebrew language course may be satisfied through placement in Categories 3 or 4 on YU's Hebrew Placement Exam; students are notified of their placement as described in the undergraduate Hebrew policy.
  • All students must enroll in a minimum of 2 Jewish Studies courses per semester.
  • All students must successfully complete a minimum of 2 credits in courses with the designation “fundamentals” in each of four categories (Bible, JUDS, Jewish History, Jewish Philosophy) on campus.
    • Students enrolled in Sy Syms School of Business must also successfully complete 4 credits (=2 courses) in the Syms Jewish Values Curriculum (Jewish Business Ethics/Jewish Public Policy).

Transfer Credit

  • Students who receive a full year of credit for study in seminary/Israel may count 6 courses toward their Jewish Studies requirement; they may transfer in 12 Jewish Studies credits and 15 free elective credits for a total of 27 credits. (These “free elective credits” count towards the 128 needed for graduation, but do not fulfill a Jewish Studies or a General Education requirement.)
  • Students who receive less than a full year of credit for study in Israel, those who stay for shana bet, transfer students, and other special cases receive a prorated number of credits.

P/N Policy

  • Students may take up to 2 Jewish Studies courses as P/N.
  • Courses required for the distribution, including Hebrew, may not be taken as P/N.

Hebrew Language

All students (except those exempt as indicated below) take the Hebrew placement exam to determine their Hebrew requirement. Depending on their performance on the placement exam, students will be placed into one of the following categories. They will be notified of their placement via email shortly after the placement exam. 

Category 1: Beren students must complete a three-semester sequence, 2 credits per course: HEBR 1001 AND HEBR 1002 AND {BBLE 1405 OR 1410}. 

Category 2: Students must complete HEBR 1010 and HEBR 1020 (synchronous or asynchronous). Students in this category complete their Hebrew requirements after they complete HEBR 1020. They are not required to take Hebrew 1030. 

Category 3: Students must complete HEB 1030 (synchronous or asynchronous).  

Category 4: Students must complete one advanced course: 

        o HEBR 1240 or HEBR 1250 or HEBR 1260 

Category 5: Exempt pending writing sample

Other exemptions: Bagrut certificate; Jerusalem Exam score of 85% or above