Mays Business School
General Statement
A goal of Mays Business School is to help develop students to become effective managers, concerned citizens and life-long learners. Through challenging academic and enrichment programs, the business school provides students with numerous opportunities for intellectual, leadership and personal development.
In support of this student development goal, the curriculum in business has a dual emphasis—a broad-based education in the foundation disciplines of the liberal arts and the sciences, and a focused development of business knowledge and behavioral skills.
The program of study in business provides students a background in the basic academic areas—mathematics; humanities; natural, social and behavioral sciences; and, rhetoric and composition. Students simultaneously pursue introductory course work in accounting, economics, business computing systems and the legal environment of business. This broad educational foundation provides an enriching dimension to the university experience that cannot be attained in a more limited course of study.
Upon successful completion of this broad-based course work, the student will begin to focus on a major field of study and a full range of business courses. The major field—chosen from the fields of accounting, finance, information and operations management, management, marketing and agribusiness—is designed to prepare students for an entry-level organizational position as well as subsequent career development. Each major has a set of required courses, as well as electives, from which students may gain additional depth in the chosen area. Students admitted to Mays’ Business Honors program pursue an interdepartmental degree in business honors.
This combination of a broad educational foundation and more specialized study produces graduates uniquely qualified to deal with the rapidly changing and diverse global economy.