Business as usual? Not quite.<\/p>\n
Chapman is shaking up its most popular major<\/a>, business administration, for the 2026-2027 academic year by turning finance, real estate and marketing into standalone majors and giving students new ways to specialize.<\/p>\n Offered through the Argyros College of Business and Economics<\/a>, business administration students can choose to specialize in business economics, entrepreneurship, international business or management. These emphases are meant to allow students to develop expertise in one of these topics while maintaining a broad foundation in business.<\/p>\n Finance, real estate and marketing were previously concentrations within the business administration major, but these disciplines are now offered as standalone majors to give students a more specialized curriculum.\u00a0<\/p>\n Business administration students can choose to specialize in business economics, but economics still remains a separate major. <\/p>\n Associate Dean of Academic Operations and assistant professor Kaan Ataman<\/a> said that both business administration and the new standalone majors include foundational business classes accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business<\/a> as well as specialized electives.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe design of the current majors provides students with both breadth and depth in business,\u201d Ataman said. \u201cSpecifically, each major includes core classes required by [the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business] that cover key competencies in accounting, finance, management, economics, information systems and marketing.\u201d<\/p>\n Ataman said that business administration students do not need to declare an emphasis, but students interested in one of the four emphases should make that decision early in their undergraduate career. Business administration students without an emphasis are required to take five upper-division electives from any Argyros College discipline.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sophomore economics and business administration double major Blaise Bowers had mixed opinions about these restructuring changes. Although Bowers respects Chapman\u2019s decision to add standalone finance and real estate majors, he said that the large number of these students may cause decreased enrollment in the business administration major.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cChapman\u2019s really more of a finance and real estate school on the business side, so I\u2019m shocked that they haven\u2019t done this before,\u201d Bowers said. \u201cHowever, most people in the business administration degree are in finance, so it\u2019s going to significantly decrease the business administration majors here and have them go with the finance major.\u201d<\/p>\n Bowers hasn\u2019t declared a specific emphasis for his business administration major, but he has considered entrepreneurship as a possible concentration. His main career goals include becoming an entertainment attorney and an economist, explaining that business administration has been more helpful in preparing for a law career than economics.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201c[Business administration] is very helpful for getting your baseline in negotiation and figuring out how to work with other people,\u201d Bowers said. \u201cIt gives you a lot of soft skills that are necessary for being an attorney, particularly in civil space, so I think business administration prepares you very well for law.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Senior Andrew Leal is pursuing a real estate emphasis under business administration. Now that real estate has become a standalone degree, he is weighing whether to switch with only one semester and an interterm left.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m super interested in actually switching to the major, but I don\u2019t really know how it would work out,\u201d Leal said. \u201cDepends on how many classes I would need to take, plus all of my minor classes and everything else I need to finish.\u201d<\/p>\n However, Leal said the emphasis has given him something the standalone major might not have.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe business administration\/real estate emphasis track has taught me a lot more than just real estate stuff,\u201d Leal said. \u201cWhich is good to have versatility with the degree, so I\u2019m not stuck to one specific niche.\u201d<\/p>\n His business administration classes have already proven useful in the real world. At an internship this past summer, Leal\u2019s boss pointed him to a finance class he is currently enrolled in.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHe said that was one of the most important classes he took as a real estate emphasis,\u201d Leal said. \u201cSo I think [taking broader business classes] directly helps with your career.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n For now, the decision is still open.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIf it\u2019s like one extra class, I wouldn\u2019t be opposed to it, but it depends on how the cookie crumbles,\u201d Leal said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Business as usual? Not quite. 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