At Temple University’s Fox School of Business, we help students transform into empowered business professionals and leaders through quality education, professional development services and impactful community engagement opportunities. 

Whichever program you pursue with the Fox School, you’ll interact with leaders of academia and industry, become immersed in professional development programs and gain access to internship opportunities. You’ll take classes that teach business etiquette, professionalism and ethics. Undergraduate programs from the Fox School blend real-world skills with academic preparation, so you can hit the ground running in your career—and stand out to future employers.

At a Glance

Our Philadelphia-Based Home

With Temple’s Main Campus location in Philadelphia, the Fox School calls the City of Brotherly Love home. When you study in Philadelphia, you’ll be surrounded by rich history and a hub of financial, information technology, medical, pharmaceutical and tourism industries.

Formats That Fit Your Life

Our undergraduate programs are designed to fit into your life—and help you succeed. No matter which delivery mode you choose—in-person, online, or a combination —you’ll be supported by our expertise in online education, knowledge-creating faculty, ample student resources and dedicated faculty and staff.

Develop Your Leadership Skills—And Your Resume

Take advantage of opportunities to learn leadership through a variety of credit-bearing leadership skills activities, more than 30 active student organizations and the Center for Student Professional Development (CSPD).

Financing Your Degree

At the Fox School, we make education accessible for a variety of financial situations. From financial aid and assistance options to merit-based scholarship opportunities, our goal is to help make it financially possible to earn your degree. Plus, through  the Fly in 4 program, Temple is committed to helping you graduate on time and reduce your potential student loan debt.

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Majors and Minors

Accounting Major

Build the skills to analyze, plan and make decisions with both numerical and qualitative information. Using data analytics and cutting-edge technologies, learn to evaluate financial data and provide organizations with solutions to operate efficiently, effectively and ethically.

Concentrations

  • Data Analytics
Actuarial Science Major

Specialize in the evaluation of insurance and financial risks, and get ready to join the banking, insurance or pension industry. Students pursue a program in mathematics and risk analysis—the core of actuarial science. 

Business Management Major

Aspire to a well-rounded education in business. Gain skills in communication, conflict management, leadership and negotiation. Join any of the professional organizations available in the Fox School of Business. 

Business Minor

Gain the basic business foundations necessary to advance in the field and in your career. This minor, available to non-business majors only, also prepares students for graduate studies in business.

Digital Marketing Minor

Develop professional skills in the evolving field of digital marketing. Courses integrate foundational marketing skills with sophisticated digital technology and analytics to prepare students for new and emerging jobs in fields such as analytics, digital demographics, search engine optimization and customer relationship management.

Economics Major

Study the science of production and consumption, gaining fluency in business theories and the economic principle from which they spring. This program prepares students for leadership roles in business and consulting with a degree that appeals to top corporations and policy shops around the world. 

Available as a minor

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Major

Gain an understanding of how new ventures are created and nurtured through the management of entrepreneurial businesses. This program combines skills and experience from several business disciplines for students to learn how to realize their own business plans or help other entrepreneurs on the road to establishment. 

Finance Major

Learn to apply financial principles and methodologies to real-world situations, and develop a network that comprises industry leaders, world-class researchers and successful alumni. Students will learn the language of investment while exploring the interconnected world of financial systems. 

Financial Planning Major

Gain the skills and knowledge you need to become a financial professional who helps individuals grow, manage and protect their assets. Prepare to analyze and anticipate clients’ needs with a fundamental understanding of strategies for retirement planning, income tax and estate planning, insurance, investment allocation, and employee benefits planning. 

Available as a minor

General Business Studies Minor

Geared toward non-business students, this minor helps you to gain a broad base of foundational business knowledge. Courses focus on key high-level concepts in macroeconomics, marketing, and organizational management without digging too deep into quantitative work.

Human Resource Management Major

Understand the social and professional dynamics of human behavior in the workplace. Learn the details of compensation, hiring, recruitment, training and other essential functions necessary for mastering the “people side” of any organization. 

Information Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Minor

Combine the power of information technology with the drive of an entrepreneurial approach to develop your business acumen. Learn to create and manage a successful entrepreneurial business through the study of entrepreneurship theory and practice. Generate an idea for a new business, assess its feasibility, and make a comprehensive business plan.

International Business Major

Develop the skills and gain the experience that will prepare you for a career in today’s global economy. Learn about the dynamics of globalization and interconnected marketplaces. 

Concentrations

  • International Economics
  • International Entrepreneurship
  • International Finance
  • International Marketing
  • International Sales and Business Development
  • International Supply Chain Management, Transportation and Logistics
Legal Studies Major

Combine the study of business and law through a program that prepares students for success in professional studies or work directly after graduation. This program is ideal for future law school or MBA program applicants—it includes practical elements from the legal process and the business world. 

Management Consulting Minor

Developed in close collaboration with industry partners, this minor helps you to develop key business communication and critical thinking skills while preparing for a career in consulting. Experiential learning is incorporated into each course, and many professors are industry professionals who are active practitioners in their fields. This, along with a fresh lineup of guest speakers each semester, ensures that courses are relevant, and helps you to gain access to hiring firms as a student. 

Management Information Systems Major

Learn how to apply, design and initiate technology, in order to transform business functions and produce innovative products and services. Absorb skills and knowledge about the business applications of mobile computing, virtual private networking and other technological aids for business. 

Marketing Major

Understand how companies and services make decisions and identify their clients’ needs through psychology and economics. This program combines the qualitative skills of design and sales with the hard science of profit and risk, preparing students for careers in advertising, marketing, product design and more.

Organizational Leadership Minor

This minor is open to students in both the Fox Business School and the School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management. Courses supplement core technical competencies like accounting and macroeconomic principles with key organizational and interpersonal leadership skills. Learn to think and act in ways that support a strong leadership style and benefit the interests of multiple organizational stakeholders.

Real Estate Major

Develop the ability to analyze real estate investment opportunities and implement the risk-management strategies to capitalize on them. This program focuses on an understanding of real estate markets and the specifics of legal real estate transactions for future market analysts, brokers and specialists. 

Risk Management and Insurance Major

Acquire the technical expertise and strategic vision necessary to manage the risks facing modern businesses. Learn the qualitative and quantitative skills required to understand the many dimensions of risk and help stakeholders respond with successful strategies. 

Concentrations

  • Healthcare Risk Management
  • Managing Corporate Risk
  • Managing Human Capital Risk
Statistical Science and Data Analytics Major

Gain the quantitative knowledge to think with data by learning the basics of data management and statistical methods and theory. Learn programming and modern statistical languages and enter the workforce with your SAS Base Programming for SAS 9 certification. Develop a business-oriented perspective that will prepare you for a career in a high-demand field. 

Available as a minor

Supply Chain Management Major

Study how to streamline a business’ supply-side activities to maximize customer value and gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Learn to forecast the availability of goods, materials and services while advising executives or preparing their projects. 

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