Academic Departments
There are six majors within the Isenberg School of Management. Sport Management and Hospitality and Tourism Management award students with a BS., while Accounting, Finance, Management, Marketing, and Operations Management award a BBA. All BBA candidates begin their academic careers as undeclared and will choose a major during their junior year. BS candidates begin their concentrated studies freshman year.
The Business Communication Program assist all Isenberg students in developing professional writing, critical thinking, public speaking, and international business writing and communication skills.
Accounting
Four major fields of accounting are public, management, and government accounting, and internal auditing. Public accountants have their own business or work for public accounting firms. They perform a broad range of accounting, auditing, tax and consulting activities for their clients.
Finance & Operations Management
The Finance concentration prepares you for an entry-level job in many areas including investments, corporate finance, banking, and risk management.
The Operations Management concentration prepares you to help organizations coordinate all day-to-day procedures such as shipping and receiving, purchasing, facilities maintenance, production, personnel scheduling, and inventory control.
Hospitality & Tourism Management
Hospitality and Tourism Management is a multi-disciplinary field of study with the purpose of preparing students with the expertise, commitment, and skills for management, marketing, and operations positions in the expanding industry of hospitality.
Management
The management major is designed for students who are interested in working with people. The major is also ideal for students contemplating graduate school in the near future, especially in areas such as law or the MBA degree. Students in this major are provided a basic knowledge of the function of management in organizations and of organizations in society. They also develop the knowledge and skills to carry out management.
Marketing
The fundamental objective of any firm is to market its products or services profitably. To accomplish this, companies may utilize the services of an in-house marketing or advertising department, or may turn to outside firms.
Sport Management
The course of study consists of three major segments; theoretical perspectives of sociology and history of sport, foundations of business and management, and the application of management theory to the specifics of the sports industry. These areas include, but are not limited to, sport marketing and public relations, sport law, sport economics and financial and business operations for sport organizations, the management of events, media relations, broadcasting, and collegiate athletics.
Business Communication Program
Business Communication Program assist students in developing professional writing, critical thinking, public speaking, and international business writing and communication skills.