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Business Administration, B.S.
The School of Business promotes an inclusive and rigorous educational environment. We focus on ethics, active learning, entrepreneurial thinking, and strategic sustainability. Our core curriculum provides a strong foundation of business principles. Our concentrations of Accounting, Finance, Economics, Marketing, and Management & Entrepreneurship enable you to specialize in the area of your interest.
Employers today need people who are able to communicate effectively and solve problems. Our programs emphasize critical thinking, communication, and a breadth of knowledge—the building blocks for lifelong learning.
Why this program
We provide you with hands-on learning experiences. Opportunities include place based learning communities, student led clubs, business competition, and others.
Our competitive internship program provides experiential learning opportunities in local business community settings.
Our Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) internship program provides students with tax preparation experience in assisting community members file tax returns.
Concentrations
Serving as the universal language of business, accounting expertise paves the way for a multitude of opportunities across every industry sector. Representing approximately 16% of all available professional jobs, an accounting graduate may work for any type of organization, including businesses, governmental entities, and non-profit organizations. In addition to robust job opportunities, strong job growth is projected in the field. Accounting graduates may opt to work in public accounting where they prepare or audit the financial statements or sustainability reports of businesses, do tax work for companies or individuals, or offer financial consulting services.
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The Economics concentration provides the basic analytical foundations of how business firms operate and maximize their overall goals of profits and sustainability. Topics include small business development, consumer behavior, efficiency of firms, labor market policies, different market structures, effective use of resources and global competition. The impact of different types of government policies are analyzed in a broad context. The Economics concentration provides strong analytical skills that facilitate higher level critical thinking.
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A finance degree can prepare you for careers in businesses and government offices and help you make better personal financial decisions. Our approach to how enterprises can create value and solve social and environmental problems are unique among universities. The bachelor's degree in finance at Humboldt provides not only theoretical knowledge and technical skills to our students but also prepares them for professional certification such as Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Chartered Financial Analyst Program (CFA) so that our graduates can compete in the rapidly changing technology-driven world of finance.
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Marketing graduates are valuable additions to any organization offering products, services, programs, initiatives and ideas—including for-profit, non-profit and government organizations. The marketing major is also a great place to start when thinking about running your own business.
All our marketing classes explicitly engage students with the leading business trends of the 21st century: To develop strategies for long-term profitability while conserving environmental resources and creating value for society as a whole. Marketing students create sustainable marketing strategies, a skill set increasingly desired by many organizations.
Our graduates find exciting and rewarding careers in a virtually unlimited number of fields. Whether they work as advertising and promotions specialists, marketing managers, research analysts, small business owners, sales representatives, logistics experts, outreach coordinators, event planners, writers, editors, graphic designers, technical analysts or consultants, marketing graduates succeed because they approach their roles from the perspective of the ultimate customers of an organization.
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Today, most workers in America are either self-employed or work in a small business. These companies need employees who understand all functional areas of business and can think strategically about new opportunities. The Management & Entrepreneurship concentration is for students who want to explore their potential and create original business opportunities, as well as for those who want to develop hands-on skills that will give them valuable business management skills. The learning focuses on effectively starting and managing businesses, including in e-commerce, the service industry, and social entrepreneurship. Students will learn how to identify opportunities that create economic value within the ever-evolving realities of the 21st century business context, effectively utilize technology to make decisions, and to do so while operating in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. Students who acquire these skills will also be able to work in any existing organizations seeking growth.
Management & Entrepreneurship Requirements
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Did you know?
- Our program prioritizes strategic sustainability for competitive advantage.
- Small classroom sizes enable deeper connection with instructors and your peers.
- We provide competitive paid internships ($1,250 to $2,500) for gaining practical experience.
- Various scholarships are available to qualified business students.
- We strive for environmental and social justice to go hand in hand with business goals.
Careers
Businesses need people who are thinkers and communicators. Our program provides an educational approach emphasizing important business skills that prepares students for success in their chosen career.
- Accountants and auditors
- Budget Analysts
- Cost Estimators
- Financial Analysts
- Financial Examiners
- Fundraisers
Human Resources Specialists - Loan Officers
- Management Analysts
- Market Research Analysts
- Personal Financial Advisors
- Project Management Specialists
- Purchasing Managers, Buyers, and Purchasing Agents
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
