Naveen Jindal School of Management
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Molecular Biology (Double Major)
Degree Requirements (144 hours)1
I. Core Curriculum Requirements2: 42 hours
Communication (6 hours)
3 hours Communication (RHET 1302)
3 hours Communication Elective (BCOM 3311)
Social and Behavioral Sciences (15 hours)
6 hours Government (GOVT 2301 and GOVT 2302)
6 hours American History
3 hours Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective (ECON 2301)
Humanities and Fine Arts (6 hours)
3 hours Fine Arts (ARTS 1301)
3 hours Humanities (HUMA 1301)
Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning (6 hours)
6 hours Calculus (MATH 2417 and MATH 2419)
Science (9 hours)
9 hours (CHEM 1311/1111, CHEM 1312/ 1112 and CHEM 2123)
II. Major Requirements: 93 hours
Business Major Preparatory Courses (16 hours beyond Core Curriculum)
ACCT 23013 Introductory Financial Accounting
ACCT 23023 Introductory Management Accounting
BA 3100 Professional Development
BLAW 23013 Business and Public Law
ECON 23013 Principles of Macroeconomics4
ECON 23023 Principles of Microeconomics
OPRE 33333 Quantitative Business Analysis
or MATH 23333 Matrices, Vectors, and Their Application5
Business Core Courses (27 hours)
BCOM 3311 Business Communications4
BCOM 4350 Advanced Business Communications
FIN 3320 Business Finance
MIS 3300 Introduction to Management Information Systems
OPRE 3310 Operations Management
OBHR 3310 Organizational Behavior
MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing
BPS 4305 Strategic Management
IMS 3310 International Business
STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics
or STAT 3332 Statistics for Life Sciences
or OPRE 3360 Managerial Decision Making under Uncertainty
Biology Major Preparatory Courses (17 hours beyond Core Curriculum)
CHEM 1111 General Chemistry Laboratory I4
CHEM 1112 General Chemistry Laboratory II4
CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I4
CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II4
CHEM 21233 Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM 21253 Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
CHEM 23233 Introductory Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 23253 Introductory Organic Chemistry II
PHYS 2325 and PHYS 2125 Mechanics with Laboratory
PHYS 2326 and PHYS 2126 Electromagnetism and Waves with Laboratory
Biology Core Courses (33 hours)
BIOL 21113 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop I
BIOL 21123 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop II
BIOL 22813 Introductory Biology Laboratory
BIOL 23113 Introduction to Modern Biology I
BIOL 23123 Introduction to Modern Biology II
BIOL 3101 Classical and Molecular Genetics Workshop
BIOL 3102 Eukaryotic Molecular and Cell Biology Workshop
BIOL 3161 Biochemistry Workshop I
BIOL 3162 Biochemistry Workshop II
BIOL 3301 Classical and Molecular Genetics
BIOL 3302 Eukaryotic Molecular and Cell Biology
BIOL 3361 Biochemistry I
BIOL 3362 Biochemistry II
or BIOL 3335 Microbial Physiology
BIOL 3380 Biochemistry Laboratory
BIOL 4461 Biophysical Chemistry
III. Elective Requirements: 9 hours
Guided Electives (9 hours)
Business: (6 hours) to be selected from any upper level JSOM course. If qualified, the student may select from JSOM graduate courses.
Biology: (3 hours) BIOL 4380 Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory or approved upper-level biology course.
1. Degree is 145 hours if students are required to take BA 1100.
2. Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from accredited institutions of higher education. The courses listed in parentheses are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.
3. Indicates a prerequisite class to be completed before enrolling for upper-division classes.
4. A required Major course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Hours are counted in Core Curriculum.
5. Students may substitute MATH 2418 or CS 2305.