Business Management

The student of Business Management is afforded the opportunity to develop managerial and leadership skills; these include strategic, technical, human relations, operational, marketing, and administrative skills – in short, everything needed to successfully run a business. The program’s motto is “Doing Business Right” – which means learning to be successful through modern business techniques while also seek-ing to make the world a better place. Students may also pursue a concentration within the program in Sports Management.

The Business Management program is accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (I.A.C.B.E.):
IACBE 11960 Quivira Road, Suite 300, Overland Park, KS 66213 www.iacbe.org

Experiential Business Learning Requirement
In order to graduate, students in Business Management must complete an experiential learning requirement related to their field of interest. The experiential learning requirement can be met through 3-credits of internship, 3-credits of practicum or an equivalent non-credit experience in a real world or "out of the traditional classroom" context. The requirement offers students the opportunity to initiate lifelong learning through the development and application of academic knowledge and skills in new or different settings.
Experiential learning may fall into one or more of the following categories:

• Undergraduate Research, where students engage in systematic inquiry that contributes to the discovery or interpretation of knowledge significant to their field of study.
• Community/Civic Engagement, where students interact with people from diverse backgrounds, to challenge their understanding of community needs, and to explore ways of partnering with community members to address problems or improve community life. Examples could include a semester-long community engagement, or civic project where a student’s business studies assist them in serving the community.
• Career and Practical Experiences, where students use skills and concepts learned in the classroom while engaging in work-like settings that relate to their field of study or possible career path. Examples include internship, co-ops, student teaching, or tutoring experience.

Both credit-bearing and non-credit bearing experiences, paid or un-paid, may be proposed for meeting this requirement. All student experiential learning experiences must be approved by the student’s academic advisor. Furthermore, all internships must be approved by the  Career Development Center. All such experiences must include the following:

• significant opportunities for the student to apply academic ideas, concepts, theories and/or skills to practice;
• significant experience-based learning beyond that which typically occurs in the undergraduate classroom;
• sustained and significant interaction throughout the experience between the student and their faculty/staff advisor(s);
  sustained student involvement or immersion (with the total amount of time committed by the student being roughly equal at least to that required for a three-credit-hour
  course);
• a meaningful opportunity for student reflection (e.g., with a portfolio, final essay, faculty/student meeting or other opportunity) at the conclusion of the experience;
• and a level of academic rigor and education effectiveness com-parable to what is found in a typical Dominican University New York undergraduate course.
• Up to 6 internship credits may be applied to the degree.

Sigma Beta Delta Business Honor Society

Membership in Sigma Beta Delta is the highest national recognition a business student can receive at a college or university with a Sigma Beta Delta chapter.

Purposes:
The purposes of Sigma Beta Delta are to encourage and recognize scholarship and achievement among students of business, management and administration, and to encourage and promote personal and professional improvement and a life distinguished by honorable service to humankind.

Eligibility:
To be eligible for membership, a business student must rank in the up-per 20 percent of the senior or master’s class and be invited to member-ship by the faculty officers.