About the Curriculum

You have the flexibility to personalise your study path according to your ambitions and interests. Students will master fundamental skills of business management and gain insights into major areas of global business. Through our small class learning environment taught by world-class faculty members, students get involved in numerous team projects and challenging real-life business case studies.

Bachelor of Business Management Curriculum

**Students will be able to fulfil the Asia Studies requirement through Economics and Society (wef AY21/22) and the Singapore Studies requirement through Big Questions (wef AY20/21). Students may delve deeper into these topics through a curated list of courses from the Core Curriculum and disciplinary curriculum, as well as co-curricular activities.

Core Curriculum

Capabilities (6 Course Units)

Students will fulfil Course Units across five baskets:

  • Managing
  • Modes of Thinking
  • Numeracy
  • Writing and Reasoning
  • Internship

Communities (4 Course Units)

Students will fulfil Course Units across four baskets:

  • Economics and Society
  • Technology and Society
  • Cultures of the Modern World
  • Community Service

Civilisations (2 Course Units)

Students will fulfil the following requirements:

  • Ethics and Corporate Responsibility
  • Big Questions
  • Global Exposure (non-credit bearing)
Business Programme Requirements

Business Core (11 Course Units)

  • Finance
  • Marketing
  • Operations Management
  • Management of People at Work
  • Strategy
  • Decision Analysis
  • Financial Accounting
  • Management Accounting
  • Business Law
  • A ‘Business in Context’ course
  • Capstone: The Design of Business

Business Major (6 Course Units)

A business major is an area of specialisation. Students may choose to do one or two majors from the following options:

  • Finance
  • Marketing
  • Operations Management
  • Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
  • Strategic Management
  • Communication Management
  • Quantitative Finance
  • Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Only as second major:

  • Digital Business
  • Sustainability Management

Free Electives (7 Course Units)

  • Choose courses from any of the SMU's schools to fulfil the Free Electives requirement.
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