Bachelor

IBS’s Business Administration major was first established in 2009. In 2020, it was listed as one of the First-class Undergraduate Programs in Beijing; in 2022, it was approved as one of the National First-class Undergraduate Programs in China.

Students majoring in Business Administration can choose to pursue a minor in another specialty starting in their second year.

In order to fulfill the degree requirements and graduate, students must complete a total of 142 credits (2388 teaching hours), along with 12 credits of practical courses, over a period of four years.

Course credits and teaching hours are listed as follows：

1. General Compulsory Courses: Fundamental Principles of Marxism, Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought and Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Outline of Modern and Contemporary History of China, Ethics and Morality Cultivation & Fundamentals of Law, Current Affairs and Policies, The Xi’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, College English, Physical Education, Military Theories, Labor Education, National Security Education, History of the Communist Party of China (Elective), History of Socialist Development (Elective).

2. General Education Courses: (1) History, philosophy and comparative civilization; (2) Literature, art and cultural studies; (3) Social sciences and regional studies; (4) Language, translation and intercultural communication; (5) Science and technology, artificial intelligence and social development; (6) Psychology, life education and physical and mental health; (7) Research methods and speculative innovation; (8) International general courses.

3. Major Compulsory Courses: Advanced Mathematics I II, Linear Algebra, Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Statistics, Computer and the Internet, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Accounting, Management, Marketing, Corporate Financial Management, Organizational Behavior, Strategic Human Resource Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Management, Operations Management and Supply Chain, Strategic Management.

4. Major Elective Courses (choose from 40 courses listed below): Contemporary Economics and Management: Theory and Practice, Introduction and Application of Programming Language (Python), Artificial Intelligence and Business, Research Methodology, Economic Law, Business Negotiation, Internet Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Professional Development and Workplace Analysis, Consumer Behavior, Corporate Governance, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, etc.

5. Practical Courses: Military Training (Practice), Social Practice and Field Study, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Course, Graduation Internship, Dissertation.