What you’ll learn
The BPS program will launch in August 2027 with a major in Organizations, Markets, and Society.
Most of the courses below will feature asynchronous learning for flexibility along with optional live sessions for discussion and networking.
All students will graduate with a curated digital portfolio showcasing their academic and applied work, which will culminate in a community-engaged capstone project bridging theory and practice.
You’ll also build a toolkit of data-driven approaches and problem-solving strategies drawn from Cornell’s leading academic units—resources you can apply immediately and carry forward into future professional contexts.
The Organizations, Markets, and Society (OMS) major
The OMS major integrates business, policy, and social science perspectives to prepare you for leadership roles in diverse sectors.
The curriculum includes coursework in
- Business fundamentals
- Management
- Economics and finance
- Marketing
- Entrepreneurship
- Data analytics
- Sustainability
- Global development
- Social equity
OMS learning outcomes
With a BPS graduate with a major in Organizations, Markets, and Society, you’ll be able to
- Apply fundamental skills in business and management including finance, accounting, and marketing.
- Demonstrate theoretical knowledge of organizations, markets, and society, with applications to global development, sustainability, and social inequities.
- Analyze emergent challenges and opportunities facing organizations, markets, and society, and/or propose data-driven solutions.
- Demonstrate effective written, oral, and visual communication skills to convey concepts and ideas using relevant technology and media.
- Apply quantitative tools and reasoning to analyze organizational and social issues.
- Demonstrate the ability to responsibly review, critically analyze, and ethically use data and information from appropriate, reliable sources.
- Describe the relationships among organizations, markets, and society in the context of specific, local community-based issues.