Business Major

Overview

The Department of Business and Economics offers five majors leading to Bachelor of Arts degrees — Accounting, Business, International Business and Management Information Systems/Business, and Sport Management.

The Business major provides the opportunity to develop the foundation skills necessary to be competitive in many different management positions in both the private and public sectors. Students will learn to apply organizational and management theories, and quantitative techniques to interpret and analyze techniques to interpret and analyze business situations.

Problem-solving skills will allow the student to take the initiative in identifying and pursuing organizational opportunities for growth and improvement. Beyond theoretical and quantitative elements, practical leadership abilities motivating, persuading, and enabling others to achieve individual, group, and institutional goals will be developed.

The student will acquire the skills and tools necessary to manage the 21st century. We encourage students to complete an internship in their area of interest. This provides the student with the opportunity to interact with professionals in the work  environment. Many of our students have received offers for full-time employment in the firm in which they interned.

Business Major: 47 credits
Required courses for Major: AC 201, 202; BU 235, 301, 307, 311, 401.
Required auxiliary courses: MT 120, CS 104, EC 201, 202.
Plus completion of one of these five tracks:
Human Resources: BU 308 and 3 courses chosen from BU 105, 228, 280; EC 203; CA 206, 340.
International Business: BU 340; EC 341 plus 2 courses from the following: BU 344, 346, 348; EC 310.
Marketing: BU 302 and 3 chosen from BU 304, 306, 331; CA 252; EC 103.
Information Systems: An Information Systems minor or CS 305, 361, 407, 415; plus one additional course 200 or above, with MT/CS approval. If you choose this sequence, you must get approval from the MT/CS department.
Quantitative Sequence: A Mathematics minor or MT 210, 211 plus two additional courses chosen from the following: MT 212, 315, 365, 410, 470. (MT 365 or 470 can substitute for the MT 120 auxiliary course.)
Or completion of four courses from the following: AC 301, 302, 310, 320, 360, 361, 366, 368; BU 105, 228, 280, 302, 304, 306, 308, 331, 335, 340, 344, 346, 348, 403; EC 103, 203, 310, 341; CS 300, 305, 306, 326, 361, 407, 415, 450; MT 210, 211, 212, 315, 365, 410, 450, 470.

Business Minor: 23 credits
Required courses for Minor: AC 201, 202; BU 235; MT 120 plus one AC, BU, EC or CS elective.

Faculty

Barbara M. Fischer
Department Chair
(414) 410-4832
bmfischer@stritch.edu

Patrick Clemens
(414) 410-4839
pjclemens@stritch.edu

Deborah C. Hanks
Associate Professor
(414) 410-4147
dchanks@stritch.edu

Pravin C. Kamdar
Professor
(414) 410-4408
pckamdar@stritch.edu

Theresa Mark
Professor
(414) 410-4831
tlmark@stritch.edu