Business & Enterprise Management

The Business & Enterprise Management (BEM) major is designed to preserve a generalist business curriculum that develops in students a holistic and integrated perspective of business while simultaneously giving them a unique and compelling story to tell about themselves, their aspirations, and their business education.

• The Business & Enterprise Management major offers a comprehensive classroom curriculum and real-world experience in one dynamic degree. An internship is a graduation requirement, and it’s one of several benefits in the program.
• BEM offers opportunities in specifically enumerated concentrations (marketing; international business; new business development; management consulting) and the flexibility to design your own area of expertise.
• BEM has been the sixth most popular major among Wake Forest graduates in the past 10 classes (2016-25). One of every 11 grads in that time has declared the major.

The BEM degree is offered as a Bachelor of Science (B.S.).

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Our model and curriculum educate the whole person and often help students discover interests they had never previously discovered. Students generally take 100-200 level courses during their first year of college, while registering for higher level courses as upperclassmen.

Sample courses that you may take as a BEM student include:

* Courses listed above are offered during the current academic year. Course availability and offerings can change at any time. Refer to the Academic Bulletin to view all major requirements.

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Key curriculum components include a practicum experience consisting of a required internship combined with a reflective overview and personal portfolio component, a professional development workshop series, a Capstone Leadership Experience, a 3-course concentration, and a unique structure for the required organizational behavior and strategic management courses.

Business and Enterprise Management is one of the rare business majors in the country that allows customization according to the student’s interests. In addition to providing students with a strong foundation in business knowledge and skills, on-the-job internship experience, professional development and leadership training, students can choose to build on their talents by selecting one of the following concentrations or designing their own:

• Build your own
• Marketing
• International Business
• New Business Development
• Nonprofit

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Joining a club or organization is a great way to get involved and do more with your major. Our BEM students participate in the following programs:

• Case Competition Club
• Dow Jones Club
• Management and Consulting Club
• Finance Club
• Alpha Kappa Psi
• Campus Grounds

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Careers that often interest BEM majors, and fields our graduates work in, include:

• Financial Consultants
• Credit Analysts
• Accountants

Our graduates have worked as an astronaut trainee at NASA; a data analyst in Major League Baseball; teachers; lawyers; and doctors.