It was developed by the Department of Economics in cooperation with a number of other departments to enable interested students to pursue a broad introduction to the field of Business and its major subfields combined with a strong liberal arts education. The program includes courses in Management, Finance, Marketing, Quantitative Techniques, Accounting, Economics, Business Law, and Ethics or Business Communications, with optional courses in other areas. Capstone seminars are offered in Business Management and Policy, Business Finance, Marketing Research and Computer-Assisted Management Games. These seminars are designed to simulate the atmosphere and decision-making behaviors found in major corporate organizations and board rooms. Knowledge and use of computers will be emphasized throughout the curriculum to familiarize you with what has now become the essential information medium and resource in the business world.
Optional internships are also available to selected upper-division students in the program.
These afford first-hand experience in the business and corporate world and enable you to earn elective credit under the direct supervision of a faculty member and an employer. The business world wants employees who communicate well, think creatively, know how to deal with people, and have technical skills. The B.B.A. degree offered at business schools often produces a graduate with too many applied courses and too few courses that teach one to communicate effectively or think creatively. The BMF major at Brooklyn College, on the other hand, combines a strong liberal arts base with a reasonable number of theoretical and applied business courses and thus produces a well-rounded graduate with marketable skills. It responds to the strong demand today by major businesses for graduates who are not only familiar with fundamental business concepts but are literate and have well-developed communication, analytical, and quantitative skills.