Bauer Hall is one of the buildings that makes up the Olin Business School. The Olin Business School offers a four-year Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) program that is "first-year-entry," meaning students take business classes starting their very first semester. Starting with the class of 2025, the Olin Business School has implemented a new Global Mindset Requirement, which students can complete by studying abroad or participating in personal and academic development activities in St. Louis.
Within Bauer Hall is the Weston Career Center, which provides career resources to Olin students, as well as WashU’s very own Starbucks! Next door to Bauer Hall is the Knight Center, a conference center with a variety of facilities including a restaurant and hotel.
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A consistently top-ranked program, the Olin Business School takes a team-based approach to learning, preparing students to take on new challenges, question current norms, and lead the way with sustainable progress. Students are immersed into the world of business on day one and continue to learn through experiential opportunities and a new global-mindset requirement.
Majors/Minors
Learn more about the different majors and minors offered by the Olin Business School here!
Research
Olin professors are renowned for their research productivity within their scholarly communities. Their research employs state-of-the-art analytical and empirical methods to address substantive questions. Recent research projects range from an analysis on loyalty programs' ability to retain customers to the development of an algorithm to improve warehouse packing efficiency.
Research can be conducted by both faculty and students in the Olin Behavioral Lab, which includes a computer lab, group interview rooms, and a central control room where interviews and behavior can be observed.
Research can be conducted by both faculty and students in the Olin Behavioral Lab, which includes a computer lab, group interview rooms, and a central control room where interviews and behavior can be observed.
Experiential Learning
Hands-on experience is embedded into the curriculum at Olin Business School. Many, if not most, courses contain an applied-learning component. For example, in the freshman-year Foundations in Business course, students work in a team to create and develop a hypothetical consumer product and present their concepts during an end-of-the-course capstone presentation.
In addition, Olin’s Center for Experiential Learning works to pair teams of business school students with Fortune 500 corporations, nonprofit organizations, and start-ups looking for cost-effective – or pro bono – management expertise. This gives students a chance to communicate and problem-solve in real-world situations.
In addition, Olin’s Center for Experiential Learning works to pair teams of business school students with Fortune 500 corporations, nonprofit organizations, and start-ups looking for cost-effective – or pro bono – management expertise. This gives students a chance to communicate and problem-solve in real-world situations.
