College of BusinessFrederick Niswander, Dean, 3119 Bate Building Stanley G. Eakins, Associate Dean James Westmoreland, Associate Dean for External Affairs Richard L. Kerns, Associate Dean for Computer Services Margaret T. O'hara, Assistant Dean for Online Programs Paul H. Schwager, Assistant Dean for Assessment, Accreditation, and Curriculum Anne K. Bogey, Director of Professional Programs James H. Bearden, Director of the BB&T Center for Leadership Development James W. Kleckley, Director of Business Bureau Research The College of Business provides an environment where students, faculty, and business professionals can pursue the acquisition of applied and theoretical knowledge relevant to the operation of profit and nonprofit organizations. The college, which consists of five departments, offers the BSBA degrees in finance, management, accounting, management information systems, and marketing; and a stand-alone MSA program in professional accounting; and the MBA degree. The college also offers a tax option in the professional accounting program as well as health care and apparel textiles options in the MBA program. Graduates are expected to be prepared to be managers and analysts in large and small organizations that operate on both a profit and nonprofit basis. In addition, the faculty is engaged in the expansion of knowledge through research. The college supports the business practitioner through the Division of Professional Programs, Bureau of Business Research, Small Business Institute, and applied research projects in both graduate and undergraduate classes. The college supports primary and secondary education in the state through its Center for Economic Education. AccreditationThe undergraduate and master’s business programs are accredited by AACSB International. Since the primary objective of accreditation and the College of Business is to foster high quality in education for business administration and management, most of the school’s resources are dedicated to its degree programs. Consequently, non-business majors will not be permitted to enroll in more than 30 s.h. of undergraduate course credit offered by the College of Business.AdmissionUpon admission to the university, students may declare a major in business administration. Students must declare a concentration before taking upper-level business courses. Students may declare concentrations in accounting, finance, management, marketing and supply chain management, or management information systems. To declare a concentration, students must meet the following requirements:
The admission of a student seeking a second undergraduate degree in the College of Business must be approved by the chairperson of the department in which the student will concentrate. At the time of such approval, the chair will also approve the specific courses which will lead to the receipt of the second degree. ReadmissionStudents applying for readmission to the university who were previously enrolled in the College of Business and who have been out of school no more than three academic years must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 to be eligible for readmission to the College of Business.Students previously enrolled in the College of Business who have been out of school more than three academic years and students who were previously enrolled in the university but not in the College of Business must meet the requirements for admission outlined in the section above. Transfer Credit for Upper-Level CoursesThe College of Business will not accept for credit upper-level courses (numbered 3000 and 4000 at East Carolina University) taken at a junior or community college. The department chair will determine the applicability of upper-level courses taken at senior colleges in meeting the BSBA degree requirements. No course may count as a College of Business concentration requirement and also count as fulfilling the business core requirements of the College of Business. |
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