Kenan–Flagler Business School
Introduction
The UNC Kenan–Flagler undergraduate business program offers a program of study that provides students with a thorough grounding in all areas of business and a broad introduction to the liberal arts. The UNC Kenan–Flagler undergraduate experience is distinctive because the school offers:
- An undergraduate business experience that is ranked highly in the nation by U.S. News & World Report (8), and Poets & Quants (8)
- Career development professionals who help students explore and identify career interests and build plans for pursuing them
- A curriculum connected to the liberal arts
- A global perspective relevant to the needs of business today
- Professional and identity-based activities and organizations for an active student life
- Personalized advising and coaching usually associated with smaller schools
- Experiential, action-based learning experiences
- Faculty who are outstanding in and out of the classroom
Students choose business electives to develop a specific area of business interest. Courses selected from other UNC–Chapel Hill schools and programs add to their depth of knowledge. The result is that students are able to engage in systems thinking to see “the big picture.” The school believes that completion of the undergraduate business program provides students with a distinct advantage in a highly selective and competitive job market.
Students may apply to complete a major, a minor in business administration, a specialized minor in real estate, or they may take a limited number of business administration courses as general electives for their chosen degree program.
The business administration program is considered a broad-based, general management degree, and the UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School encourages breadth in both the business curriculum and in the continuation of study in fine arts, humanities, and natural and social sciences. A second major may be possible and requires advance approval by both the undergraduate business program and the second academic unit.
Program Enhancement Fee
Business majors will be charged an additional fee of $1,000/semester and business minors will be charged an additional $500/semester. The money is directly applied to the undergraduate program to enhance the undergraduate student experience, including scholarships, programs, and advising.
BUSI Courses
BUSI courses are restricted to business majors and minors, unless permission is granted (see the section Taking Business Courses as a Nonmajor/Nonminor or otherwise noted). BUSI courses may run semester-long or may be a MOD (run half a semester). MOD courses may be assigned different deadlines from those provided by the Office of University Registrar. Due to the unique structure of MOD courses, these sections are not eligible for withdrawal or pass/fail.
Taking Business Courses as a Nonmajor/Nonminor
Undergraduate students who do not intend to major or minor in business administration may take a limited number of business courses (limits may change based on course availability) as free electives for their particular major. Non-business students may take one BUSI course per semester and a maximum of five BUSI courses over the course of a student’s academic career, regardless of credit hours. First-year students will not be permitted to enroll in 400-level or higher BUSI courses. Registration in business courses for nonmajors and nonminors is made on a space-available basis. Preference is given to students with an overall grade point average of 3.0. The process and guidelines can be found on the Undergraduate Business Program website. BUSI course enrollment dates and details will be updated each semester.
Advising
Once admitted to the business major, all academic matters, including academic advising, are handled through the undergraduate business office in McColl Building.
Students admitted to the business minor should continue to work with their major department for academic matters outside of business minor requirements. However, business minors have full access to Kenan–Flagler career, global, and community events and programs.
All students should meet regularly with their advisor and monitor their progress toward completion of both the business major and minor requirements utilizing Tar Heel Tracker. Upon admission, business majors and minors may utilize the Academic Resources page to connect with an academic advisor.
Admission to the Kenan–Flagler Business School
The Kenan-Flagler Business School offers the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.) as well as minors in Business Administration, Real Estate, and Business of Health. All degree options require a formal application.
For high school seniors, the business major is available through the Assured Enrollment program offered by Undergraduate Admissions. The Assured Enrollment Special Opportunity guarantees students a place in the undergraduate business major as early as the fall of their sophomore year, provided they successfully complete all program requirements, including the business prerequisite courses. Although students admitted through Assured Enrollment receive this guarantee, they must still submit a streamlined version of the application after their first year to officially matriculate into the program.
Current UNC–Chapel Hill students who were not offered Assured Enrollment may apply to the business major or minors through the intra-transfer application process after their first year. Additional information on intra-transfer deadlines and application procedures is available on the Undergraduate Business Admissions section of the Kenan-Flagler website.
Prospective Junior Transfer students interested in the business major may apply directly to the Business Administration program type through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions using the Transfer Common Application.
All business minors are available to rising sophomores and juniors and are offered exclusively through the intra-transfer application process.
Business Prerequisite Requirements for Admission
A pre-business track includes successful completion (defined as earning a final grade of at least a C, not C-) of the following courses (or their equivalents):
| Code | Title | Hours |
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| ECON 101 | 
Introduction to Economics H, F | 4 |
| BUSI 100 | Introduction to Business: People, Profits, Planet | 1.5 |
| Calculus: The calculus mathematics requirement can be fulfilled by taking one of the following: 1 | 3-4 | |
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Calculus for Business and Social Sciences F | ||
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Calculus of Functions of One Variable I H, F | ||
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Calculus of Functions of One Variable II H, F | ||
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Decision Models for Business and Economics | ||
| Statistics: The statistics requirement can be fulfilled by taking one of the following: | 3-4 | |
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Introduction to Data Science H | ||
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Foundations of Statistics and Data Science H, F | ||
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Introduction to Data Models and Inference H, F | ||
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
| F | FY-Launch class sections may be available. A FY-Launch section fulfills the same requirements as a standard section of that course, but also fulfills the FY-SEMINAR/FY-LAUNCH First-Year Foundations requirement. Students can search for FY-Launch sections in ConnectCarolina using the FY-LAUNCH attribute. |
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Calculus is not required for the Business administration or Business of Health minors.
Prerequisite courses do not need to be completed at the time of application. However, it is typically beneficial for the admissions committee to see grades in as many prerequisites as possible during the admissions review. All business school prerequisites must be completed before students are eligible to begin business courses in the Undergraduate Business Program.
Distinguished Professors
Barry L. Bayus, Chris Bingham, Greg Brown, Robert M. Bushman, Jennifer S. Conrad, Vinayak Deshpande, Jeffrey R. Edwards, Paolo Fulghieri, Raj Grewal, John Hand, David J. Hartzell, David A. Hofmann, James H. Johnson Jr., Eva Labro, Wayne R. Landsman, Mark H. Lang, Christian Lundblad, Arvind Malhotra, Edward Maydew, David J. Ravenscraft, Albert H. Segars, Douglas A. Shackelford, Anil Shivdasani, Brad Staats, J.B. Steenkamp, Jayashankar M. Swaminathan.
Professors
Sridhar Balasubramanian, Michael Christian, Riccardo Colacito, Katrijn Gielens, Steve Jones, Saravanan Kesavan, Camelia Kuhnen, Will Maddux, Adam Mersereau, Atul Nerkar, Paige Ouimet, Ali Parlaktürk, William P. Putsis, Adam V. Reed, Jacob Sagi, Sriraman Venkataraman.
Associate Professors
Jeffery Abarbanell, Sekou Bermiss , Richard S. Blackburn, Sreedhari Desai, Seyed Emadi, Alison Fragale, John Gallemore, Wendell G. Gilland, Isin Guler, Olga Hawn, Jeffrey Hoopes, Shimul Melwani, Mahka Moeen, Matthew Pearsall, Jana Smith Raedy, Elena Simintzi, Nur Sunar.
Assistant Professors
Yasser Boualam, Andrew Boysen, Jesse Davis, Daniela De la Parra, Chloe Glaeser, Stephen Glaeser, Bradley Hendricks, Yunzhi Hu, Pranav Jindal, Kristopher Keller, Minkyung Kim, Jeffrey Kuhn, Fei Long, Patia McGrath, Sajad Modaresi, Timothy Ott, Sandeep Rath, Daniel Ringel, Andrei Gonçalves, Gill Segal, Elad Sherf, Donghwa Shin, Longxiu Tian, Yuqian Xu.
Clinical Professors
Sharon Cannon, Patricia Harms, Claudia Kubowicz Malhotra, Mabel Miguel, Heidi Schultz, Charles Skender, Chip Snively, Judy Tisdale, Ted Zoller.
Clinical Associate Professors
Tamara Barringer, Lori Boyer, Larry Chavis, Jessica Christian, Travis Day, Elizabeth Dickinson, Timothy Flood, Paul Friga, Courtney Knoll, Michael Meredith, Arzu Ozoguz, Patrick Vernon.
Clinical Assistant Professors
Alexander Arapoglou, Mike Beeler, Lynn Dikolli, Tiesha Douglas, Jason Doherty, Melissa Geil, Jenna Haugen, Gregory Hohn, Stephanie Mahin, Breagin Riley, Allison Schlobohm, Tanja Snively, Amanda Thompson, Kristin Wilson, Courtney Wright.
Adjunct Professors
Anusha Chari, Maryann Feldman, Chirag Saraiya.
Adjunct Assistant Professors
Cooper Biersach, Don Rose.
Professors of the Practice
Stephen Arbogast, Karin Cochran, Alex Dickey, Scott Maitland, Mark McNeilly, Jeffrey Mittelstadt, Christopher Mumford, Shawn Munday, Randy Myer, Stuart Pearman, Barbara Nobles Crawford, Markus Saba, Robert Slater.
Professors Emeriti
Edward Blocher, Alan Neebe, Barry Roberts, Ben Rosen, Ann Marucheck, Valarie Zeithaml.
Dean
Mary Margaret Frank
Senior Associate Dean for Strategy and Academics
Bradley Staats
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Shimul Melwani
Undergraduate Business Help Desk
