The Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago offers BS in Biology/MBA Five-Year Program.

BS in Biology/MBA Five-Year Program

The BS in Biology/MBA dual-degree program provides the type of broad training that contemporary employers in these industries value.

It is the first program of its type in the Chicago area.

Program Requirements

Students will complete all the normal requirements for the BS in Biology. The MBA program is an 18-course program, including the following required courses:

ACCT 400. Accounting
MARK 460. Marketing
ISSCM 400. Quantitative Methods
ISSCM 491. Statistics
ECON 420. Economics

Biology majors who have been admitted to the five-year program can be waived from certain MBA courses, given the following:

Waived from: ISSCM 400
If: Student receives grades of B or higher in MATH 131 & 132

Waived from: ISSCM 491
If: Student receives grade of B or higher in BIOL 335

Waived from: ECON 420
If: Student receives grades of B or higher in ECON 201 & 202*

* ECON 201 & 202 also fulfill the social science requirement of the Core

Junior Year (2nd semester):

Take the GMAT and make formal application to the MBA program. Take BIOL 335. Biostatistics, which counts as an upper-level elective in the biology major and allows the student to waive out of ISOM 491.

Senior Year:

Take ACCT 400 and MARK 460, which will count as free electives toward the BS degree. Complete all requirements for the BS in Biology.

Fifth Year:

During the fifth year, students who have followed the above directions will have a total of 13 MBA courses remaining. These courses can be completed full-time at the rate of three or four per quarter (including the summer quarter). Students also have the option to complete the MBA program on a part-time basis (usually one or two courses per quarter).

For more information and advising contact:

Dr. James Cheverud
Chair, Biology Dept.
Quinlan 317D
Phone: 773.508.3681
jcheverud@luc.edu

Mark Law
Assistant Director
Quinlan School of Business, Graduate Programs Office
Loyola University Chicago
1 E. Pearson, Suite 204
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312.915.7203
mlaw1@luc.edu

Contact-

Loyola University Chicago
1032 W. Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60660
773.274.3000