Business Administration

Contact Information:
Dept.: Business and Public Affairs
Office: CH 129
Phone: 537-6223

SMSU has broadened the scope of its business-related majors and minors. Building upon a solid reputation in business administration, SMSU now offers both majors and minors in Management and Finance at the baccalaureate level. These majors will allow business students to further strengthen and define their business skills and knowledge.

Student demand helped bring about the creation of SMSU’s new majors and minors. The new curricula are founded on a strong foundation of business core courses that are necessary for success in today’s competitive economic environment.

The new Finance Major allows business students to branch into one of two concentrations:

Financial Planning and Investments Concentration
Corporate Finance Concentration.

The new Management Major offers one of four concentrations:

General Management Concentration
Human Resource Management
International Management Concentration
Healthcare Administration concentration.

These interesting and valuable concentrations provide finance and management students with real options to focus their course-work towards the career opportunities that best meet their individual goals and interests.

Students with other majors could also decide to earn a Minor in either Finance or Management. The minors are built around the same core competencies as the majors, and either minor can be a great addition to a student’s academic credentials.

SMSU also has business degree offerings that are particularly suited to transfer students who have course work and earned degrees from other colleges and universities.

For example, students with degrees from two-year colleges can pursue either a B.S. in Business Administration, or as B.A.S. in Management.

To determine which degree is the best fit, transfer students should consult with the Chairperson for SMSU’s Business and Public Affairs (BPA) Department. Students located at distant sites outside Marshall, Minnesota should know that the BPA Department works closely with SMSU’s Distance Learning Office to operate numerous outreach programs throughout Minnesota.

SMSU’s Career Services Office has years of data that consistently demonstrate the strong job placements of our business graduates. We also have a very successful and active internship program.

Our business faculty are professionals who have industry experience and strong academic credentials. More importantly, our faculty are dedicated educators with a passion for teaching and learning. We care about our students, and we are constantly improving our programs to make sure that we are fully preparing our students for a globally-competitive
business world where change is the only constant.