Academics

Our curriculum is both general and flexible. We aim to produce fast learners rather than specialists. We recognize that Tepper graduates may work in areas that do not even exist today, so we prepare them with skills for the future. Our track specialties are rated among the best business undergraduate programs in the world.

Please review our four year course plan.

Our academic requirements are broken into seven components. Students must complete 364 units to graduate. Courses are normally 9 units.

Business Core  -  102 Units
The essential elements on which the practice of leadership for all business is based are found in the Business Core courses.

Breadth Requirements  -  81 Units
Business, global business in particular, requires broad knowledge of people and culture that is at the basis of all human understanding.

Tracks  -  54 Units
While the practice of business is general, in-depth knowledge creates strengths for accessing careers and further study.

Mathematics, Statistics, and Computing  -  59 Units
The use of quantitative information in management decision making is the hallmark of Carnegie Mellon business education.

Economics  -  27 Units
Quantitative and theoretical knowledge about resource allocation creates the foundation for understanding business policy and practice.

General (Free) Electives  -  32 Units
The unique feature of our undergraduate business curriculum is found in electives that give you the ability to explore, to grow, and to become. Students must take 3 to 4 courses of their choice to meet the 364 unit graduation requirement.

Professional and Service Project  -  9 Units
Professional and social networks can be cultivated through service in professional or community organizations.