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BUSINESS STUDIES

Majors:

Number of 2006 Graduates: 151

The Department of Business Studies offers majors and minors which, when combined with a heavy exposure to the liberal arts, uniquely provide our students with the knowledge necessary to enter the world of business. Our majors gain experience both in intensive pre-professional courses and in an extensive range of liberal arts courses that provide a foundation for their studies. Students majoring in other disciplines often benefit from coupling their studies with a business minor.

The department establishes practical, real-world applications of classroom work. Accounting majors, for example, work with low-income Worcester residents to prepare tax returns.
Department offers the BA/MBA program for accounting majors/CPA candidates.
Over 90% of accounting majors accept jobs by December of their senior year. Frequently these alumni enroll in part-time MBA programs to prepare to sit the CPA exam.
In other Business Studies majors, alumni have accepted positions with local and multinational corporations, with the federal government and with small businesses, including family businesses.
Faculty have solid and impressive practitioner experience coupled with their academic training, which is in a wide range of speciality areas.
The department has developed a strong ethics component and project-based learning as comparative advantages.
Technology is used as an integral component to the program.
Internships, study abroad and community service learning are highly encouraged.

Faculty Areas of Interest:

Carol Harvey – Author of the best–selling text on diversity, Understanding and Managing Diversity: Readings, Cases and Exercises
Gene Diodati – Researching “Cultural Causes of the Recent Sexual Assault Scandals and Religious Intolerance Allegations at the U.S. Air Force Academy."
Jeanne McNett – Author of three books including: The Blackwell Handbook of Global Management
Saeed Mohaghegh - Sponsors the student chapter of The Association for Operations Management, which recently won a coveted Gold Circle Award.
Bill Sullivan – Personal finance

Recent Internship Sites

Bank of America
DCU Center
John Hancock Life Insurance Co.
New Haven County Cutters (baseball)
LEGO Corp.
Rhode Island Export Assistance Center
Sheehan Sales Associates
Waltham Family YMCA
Worcester Business Journal
Worcester Ice Cats
Cross-cultural Management International Business (Shangai, China)

Recent Graduate Schools

Assumption College
Bentley College
Boston College
Boston University
Bryant University
Columbia University
Naval War College
Northeastern University
Suffolk University
University of Arizona

Career Fields

Advertising
CPA firms
For-profit and non-profit management
Marketing
Product and brand management

Recent Employers

Allmerica Financial
Commonwealth Financial Group
EMC Corporation
ESPN
Fidelity Investments
General Dynamics Corp.
Harvard Management
Johnson and Johnson
Lehman Brothers
Nine West Group
Phillip Morris USA
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC
Putnam Investments
Reebok
Staples
World Wrestling Federation

Did you know?

Through volunteer, community service learning, student teaching and internship placements, students are contributing about 93,000 hours per year to our local communities.