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The College of Business provides a distinctive learning environment that actively engages students, faculty, and the business community in developing knowledge and skills relevant for success in a complex, global economy.
This environment stimulates student learning and faculty research so that our graduates are able to: a) apply a holistic, integrated approach to business problems; b) apply the communication, leadership, team and technological skills needed to succeed in their business careers; c) understand how to work with people from other cultures and to operate effectively in other countries; and d) understand the social responsibilities of individuals and organizations and evaluate the ethical dimensions of decisions in a business context.
The mission of the accounting major is to prepare bright men and women for successful careers in the accounting profession. We provide a superior education with competent professors who challenge their students to excel and who support their students' professional aspirations. The School of Accountancy received separate AACSB (the highest accounting accrediting body) accounting accreditation in 1995.
We are committed to preparing students to take the certified public accountant examination (generally referred to as being CPA ready) in four years.
The School of Accountancy offers many opportunities for students in addition to those at the College of Business level. Some of these opportunities include membership in the nationally superior Beta Alpha Psi chapter, internships with public accounting firms and corporations, interaction with the School's Advisory Council, Foundation SOX 404 fellows program, and tutoring students in Accounting 101.
The Department of Finance offers courses in business financial management (both national and international), banking and financial institutions, investments and security markets, real estate finance, and risk and insurance.
The Department of Finance offers courses in business financial management (both national and international), banking and financial institutions, investments and security markets, real estate finance, and risk and insurance.
General Business
The General Business major prepares professionals on a broad
basis for business careers. Five upper-level courses are required
from the following areas: accounting, quantitative business
analysis, management, management information systems, business
law, finance, marketing, opÂerations, business administration,
and economics. Each course will be in a different functional area
or discipline. This major is of special interest if you have a
generalized view of business and do not possess strong interests
in any one concentration.
Upon graduation, students with a general business major enter what might be the broadest area of positions of any major within the College of Business. Recent graduates have entered such fields as sales, banking, government services, personnel, advertising, small business entrepreneurship, production, and insurance.
Business Economics
The B.B.A. business economics major, designed to provide a broad
business background, is intended for those who plan careers in
business and economic research for both private firms and
government, in banking, and in marketing analysis. It also is an
important component for business management, law, operations, and
financial analysis. In addition to completing the B.B.A. core
requirements, you must complete at least 20 additional hours of
economics.
The B.B.A. business economics major, designed to provide a broad business background, is intended for those who plan careers in business and economic research for both private firms and government, in banking, and in marketing analysis. It also is an important component for business management, law, operations, and financial analysis.
Marketing is the lifeline of any firm; it connects the organization with its customers. The marketing major prepares students for a variety of career opportunities in sales, product management, marketing research, retailing, advertising, business-to-business marketing, international marketing, or other aspects of the profession.
Students who major in marketing must complete at least 25 credit hours of upper-division courses in consumer behavior, business-to-business marketing, distribution management, services marketing, international marketing, and promotions management. All marketing majors are required to take professional selling techniques, marketing research, consumer behavior, and marketing strategy. The curriculum is revised frequently to keep pace with the changing business world.
The management information systems (MIS) curriculum is designed to develop skills in the analysis, design, and implementation of business information systems. Our program teaches students to look at businesses holistically, as an integrated system of people, business processes, and information technology. We move beyond "techie" skills, such as programming, to emphasize a functional understanding of technologies and how they can promote business strategies. In other words, improving business processes through the use of technology. For example, redesigning the purchase process at a store to enable payment to be charged to a cell phone, in order to meet the strategic goal of improved customer service.
Because of the strategic importance of MIS to all business areas, it is the ideal double major with any of the other business disciplines. In partnership with companies that hire our students, we have built a consistent, highly integrated course sequence that develops skills our employers are seeking. Our innovative curriculum has been nationally recognized for its quality and relevance to the modern business world.
In the Department of Management Systems, students are our primary focus, and we view ourselves as members of a team engaging in a collaborative teaching and learning process. In support of this, we strive for continuous improvement of course content, delivery, and integration. We value diversity in ourselves, our students, and our various constituencies, and we affirm our commitment to be responsive to the opportunities and challenges inherent in that diversity. Our primary objective is to help students learn, and our primary reference group is the global business community. Therefore, we strive to prepare our graduates to make significant contributions to that community and the larger community throughout their careers. To accomplish this, we commit ourselves as a faculty to being current, relevant, creative, and innovative in working with our students and the business community. We value honesty, integrity, and openness to new ideas in our interactions and our intellectual pursuits, and we recognize the importance of lifelong development through research efforts and professional activities commensurate with this mission statement.
Business Prelaw
While law schools do not prescribe any rigid undergraduate
curriculum, a substantial number of prelaw students choose one of
the business fields of study as their major for the baccalaureate
degree. You might wish to combine the business prelaw major with
one of the other majors in the College of Business if the
profession of law is your ultimate career goal.
The business prelaw major recognizes the business and economic emphasis of the practice of law and also provides the breadth of training and philosophical background that is conducive to success in law school.
International Business
In today's global economy, all businesses-whether large or
small-are affected by international competitors and global
events. Success in the global marketplace will depend on the
capabilities of managers to understand the structures and
processes that underlie international business. The International
Business major is designed to provide this understanding and to
develop the requisite competencies of global business leaders.
Students will be required to complete a minimum of 25 credit
hours at the 300 and 400 level beyond the minimum requirements
for the College of Business. The international business major
must be completed in conjunction with at least one other major in
the College, excluding the Business Prelaw and General Business
majors.
Management and Strategic Leadership
Today's dynamic and highly competitive businesses require
energetic and capable leaders who can add value and create high
performance at all levels of enterprise responsibility. The major
in Management and Strategic Leadership is designed to create the
foundations of knowledge and personal capability requisite to
lifelong professional learning and career-long success in
business leadership.
Success in strategic business leadership requires a broad base of conceptual knowledge, personal skills, and competencies. The required courses ensure a variety of rich developmental experiences that can include community service learning, individual leadership and emotional intelligence assessments, case analyses, research projects, team-based active learning projects, and guest speakers, in addition to traditional classroom lectures and discussions. The major places a strong emphasis on written and oral communications skills, teamwork, and personal initiative.
The Sport Management major, designed to meet the needs of the sport industry, provides the student with academic preparation and practical training that are required to be successful in various careers in the sport industry. These careers include, sport sales or ticket operations, collegiate athletic administration, administration in professional sports, sports agencies, sport promotion and marketing, sports information, sports media, customer and community relations, facility and event management, and sport or corporate sponsorship.
Professional preparation for the field of sport management consists of foundation courses in management and courses that apply management principles to the various segments of the sport enterprise. Students are encouraged strongly to complete SASM 490, Internship in Sport Management, and/or the Sales Certificate as well. A business minor is incorporated within the Sport Management curriculum. Students must declare the minor upon entering the major. Upon successful completion of all requirements and official application for degree conferral, you will be awarded the Bachelor of Science in Sport Sciences.
If you have not settled on a major but wish to be enrolled in the College of Business to benefit early on from this advising perspective, you may apply to Ohio University as an undeclared or "undecided" major in Business. While on average, most students choose a major within the first four quarters of exploration, you are allowed to earn up to 90 credit hours before you must select a degree program.
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