Brandeis International Business School
Accelerate Your Career
Brandeis undergraduates can increase their starting salary by more than 45 percent if they earn a master's degree at the International Business School.
Same MA offerings, Shorter Time
The program provides candidates with the opportunity to earn our flagship, highly ranked MA degree with just one additional year of study. Brandeis students may apply to the BA/MA program beginning in their sophomore year after successfully completing at least two of the prerequisites with a minimum grade of “B” in each course. Wellesley students may apply to the program in their junior year.
Practical Learning
The curriculum combines graduate business coursework and practical learning in both international economics and finance. This provides students with expanded knowledge across both subjects. Students also have access to our expansive Bloomberg Lab for financial modeling and data analysis.
STEM Designated
Study in a program that lets international students extend a 12-month post-graduate practical training experience by an additional 24 months. Learn more.
Supportive Community
Contact our student ambassadors with any questions about the student experience and for advice on making academic and career choices. Current students, staff and faculty are all here to support you in your journey to become a graduate of the International Business School.
BA/MA alumni work at companies such as Prudential, Goldman Sachs and Boston Consulting Group.
Quantitative Analyst, Bank of America
Data Analyst, HSP Group
Mather Economics
Boston Consulting Group
Boston Financial Investment Management
Goldman Sachs
ViiV Healthcare
Fredericks Michael & Co.
Prudential
GigaOM
Curriculum requirements for the BA/MA program are identical to those of the 2-year MA program. BA/MA students must take a minimum of 32 credits after they are matriculated in the MA once they've completed their bachelor's degree, and complete 64 total credits for the program.
Students must complete a minimum of 28 relevant credits toward the BA/MA while completing their BA to matriculate in their 5th year to the MA program. While BA/MA students are encouraged to gain graduate level credit while still enrolled in their BA, Brandeis BA/MA students can apply up to their final semester in their BA as long as they have the minimum 28 relevant transfer credits.
All BUS, ECON and FIN courses (100, 200 and 300 level) are eligible for transfer for the 28 credits. Students may also petition to have up to eight of those credits be 100-level related coursework. These include cross-listed courses in the Business or Economics departments, as well as related fields like Mathematics and Computer Science.
Students work closely with their MA program advisors to review their academic goals and to develop individual curriculum plans based on the undergraduate coursework they've completed.
BA/MA students are encouraged to use 16-20 of their elective credits to complete one of five concentrations.
Students who have taken undergraduate courses that are equivalent to graduate requirements may transfer these courses, or obtain an exemption from these requirements if they have met the maximum transfer limit.
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Undergraduate Course |
International Business School Course |
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ECON 80a Microeconomic Theory |
ECON 207a Managerial Economics |
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ECON 83a Statistics for Economic Analysis* |
ECON 210a: Intro to Probability and Statistics for Business and Economics |
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ECON 160a International Trade Theory |
ECON 260a International Trade Policy and Institutions |
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ECON 161a International Finance |
ECON 202a Applied International Macroeconomics |
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ECON/FIN 171a Financial Economics |
FIN 203a Financial Management |
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ECON 184b Econometrics |
ECON 213a Applied Econometrics with R |
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BUS 6a Financial Accounting* |
FIN 212a Accounting and Financial Analysis |
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Bus 71a Introduction to Financial Management* |
FIN 203a Financial Management |
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FIN 104a Corporate Finance |
FIN 204a Advanced Corporate Finance Theory and Practice |
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Fin 103a Financial Management |
Fin 203a Financial Management |
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Fin 104a Corporate Finance |
Fin 204a Corporate Finance Theory and Practice |
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Fin 105a Investments and Portfolio Management |
Fin 205a Investments and Portfolio Management |
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BUS 113a Intermediate Financial Accounting |
FIN 213a Intermediate Financial Accounting |
*Exemption only. Does not count for credit.
Brandeis International Business School and the Department of Economics at Wellesley College offer a joint BA/MA degree that can be completed by Wellesley students in one year following completion of their bachelor’s degree.
Qualified Wellesley undergraduates enter the program in their senior year, taking two courses each semester at the International Business School and the rest at Wellesley. Then they enroll at the business school for one additional year of full-time graduate study. BA/MA students are required to spend five years as full-time students.
Students will be awarded a Wellesley BA at the end of their senior year and an MA degree from the International Business School after a year of graduate study.
Are you ready to get started? Request more information about the BA/MA program or begin applying today.
Looking for more information on admissions? Contact us, connect with a BA/MA student ambassador or explore the links below: