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Mansfield University 2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Mansfield University 2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Business Administration


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Offered by the Department of Business and Economics

 Professors Carpenter, Kutty, Solan
Associate Professors Dugan, Gaballa, Ghods
Assistant Professor Havalchak, Smith, Wang
                                                                                                                                                      

Our mission is to achieve excellence in business learning by developing innovative, principled, and insightful leaders who contribute to their local communities and interact in a diverse society.

Our goal is to achieve a business-focused learning environment and to nurture leadership potential in an academically rigorous, mutually responsible learning process, enhanced by interdisciplinary scholarship and community engagement. 

Our Core Values:
CHARACTER
We believe in integrity. We act with honesty and respect toward others. We take responsibility for our actions and reflect on their impact on others and ourselves.

SCHOLARSHIP
We believe in learning. We use rigorous, responsible, and critical inquiry to understand existing knowledge, acquire and share new knowledge, and apply what we learn. Each of us is both student and teacher.

CULTURE
We believe in celebrating humanity. We enrich ourselves and others by sharing and exploring our similarities and differences. We honor the past as we invent the future.

SERVICE
We believe in helping others. We work with others to improve the communities in which we now live and will touch in the future. Knowledge invests us with the power to improve our world and the responsibility to act.

The business program [the program] provides its students with general education experiences critical to success in our fast-paced, global environment. As the amount of information available continues to accelerate; it is the leadership skills learned at Mansfield that will provide our business graduates with the compass to navigate this complex environment. Leadership skills are buoyed by key employer-requested skills, including written and oral communication, quantitative and information literacy, teamwork, problem solving, and civil responsibility.   This valuable skill set is embedded into the program’s general education and reinforced in the student’s business coursework, including knowledge in the fields of finance, computer information systems and technology, global business, economics, management, marketing, and accounting. 

The Business Administration major:
The business administration major allows students maximum flexibility to design an individualized program of study tailored to each student’s individual interests and aspirations. Students can emphasize one or two content areas:   finance, economics, international business, management, marketing, travel & tourism, or accounting.  Alternately, students can choose a broad undergraduate business background and select courses from a blend of areas. There is flexibility built into the design of the Business and Economics degree program to permit internships, practicum work experiences, and minor studies. There is room to meet the individual needs, and interest of students in the course work they select.

The program is designed to accentuate faculty talent and focus faculty efforts in a manner that maximizes resources to best serve our student population.

In July 2008, Pennsylvania amended the CPA law. Effective January 2, 2012, candidates will need to have graduated with a bachelor’s or master’s degree and completed at least 150 credit hours, with 36 semester-credits in accounting subjects. These subjects include accounting and auditing, business law, finance, and tax subjects. Up to December 31, 2011 candidates must have graduated with a bachelor’s (120 hours) or master’s degree and completed at least 24 semester credits in accounting subjects to sit for the exam.

Business and Economics Department graduates meet all the prerequisite requirements for Clarion’s Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) program. Students will still need to take GMAT and meet all other admission requirements.

As academic advisors, the business faculty assist students with coursework selection.

There are six minors developed from the business program: Accounting, Business Administration, Economics and Finance, Management, Marketing, and Travel and Tourism. The business program minors are designed for students who do not major in Business Administration. Students with a major in Business Administration cannot also minor in any business program minor. Students with a minor should have an advisor for the host department. 

Business Electives


Take 18 credits from any of the following courses:

Total semester hours: 72 - 73


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