Cocurricular Opportunities
The School of Business Administration provides several
cocurricular opportunities for students to enhance their classroom
experiences as they prepare for their professional careers.
Accounting Society
The Accounting Society promotes accounting awareness,
establishes relationships with professionals in the accounting
vocation, provides tutoring for students, and promotes fellowship
among accounting students.
Association of Information Technology Professionals
The Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
provides management information systems and computer science
majors with opportunities to network with business professionals
while attending meetings, seminars, and activities.
Delta Mu Delta
Delta Mu Delta, an international honor society in business
administration, recognizes junior and senior business majors
who maintain excellent scholastic achievement. Delta Mu Delta
membership provides recognition for a lifetime.
Financial Management Association
The Financial Management Association (FMA) provides
students with opportunities to interact with senior financial
executives from a variety of businesses. FMA also encourages
members to get to know each other better as they begin
developing a network of business contacts.
Human Resource Management
Students interested in human resources and labor relations
attend the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
chapter meetings and interact with working professionals.
Enactus
Cedarville participates in Enactus with a number of other
universities across the country. Enactus is an international student
organization committed to seeing entrepreneurial action enable
human progress. Students in the Cedarville chapter of Enactus
teach, mentor, and enable others in the area of entrepreneurship
through a variety of projects.
Women in Business
Inspires female students of business to succeed professionally
and personally by providing a forum for addressing issues relevant
to women in business, connecting with modern female business
leaders, impacting women in need, and establishing camaraderie
among female business students.
Career Opportunities
Accounting Major
Accounting involves the preparation, analysis, and
communication of relevant information for decision making.
Financial accounting, managerial accounting, auditing, tax
accounting, governmental and public sector accounting,
accounting information systems, and management consulting
services represent the major divisions of the accounting discipline.
The accounting major prepares individuals for careers as:
• Auditor
• CPA
• Budget analyst
• FBI agent
• Chief financial
• Internal audit
officer
• IRS agent
• Controller
Finance Major
Finance focuses on the financial decisions faced by business
enterprises. This includes methods of raising money, debt
management, investment and security analysis, real estate and
insurance, and virtually all aspects of finance. The finance major
prepares individuals for careers as:
• Bank branch manager
• Lending officer
• Chief financial officer
• Portfolio manager
• Financial analyst
• Securities analyst
• Financial planner
• Treasurer
Global Economics and International Business Major
Global Economics and International Business (GEIB) is an
interdisciplinary program that prepares business students to
operate in a multicultural and global marketplace. Careers in
international business include working as business professionals
in a(n):
• Foreign firm
• Multinational enterprise
• International division of a domestic company
• One of the many government organizations at the national,
state, or local level concerned with global business
development
Information Technology Management Major
Businesses and organizations have a strong need for
individuals who understand the various business functions and
can manage computer and communications technology and
information systems within modern organizations. The information
systems major prepares individuals for careers as:
• Business systems consultant
• E-business developer
• Information systems analyst
• Manager in information systems
• Manager/analyst
• Network administrator
• Programmer/analyst
• Web developer
Management Major
Management focuses on developing the leadership skills to
make things happen for the business enterprise in a dynamic
and competitive environment by organizing people, projects
and processes. The management major prepares individuals for
careers as:
• Benefits manager
• Operations manager
• Branch manager
• Plant manager
• Facility manager
• Production manager
• Human resource manager
• Project manager
• Materials manager
• Quality manager
• Operations analyst
• Risk manager
Marketing Major
A student with a major in marketing learns systematic ways
for identifying, understanding, and satisfying consumer and
organizational needs. The marketing major prepares individuals for
careers as:
• Marketing manager
• Retail manager
• Marketing researcher
• Sales manager
• Promotion manager
• Sales representative
Faculty
Loren Reno
, Dean; Professor of Management. Education:
B.A., Cedarville University, 1970; M.S., University of Southern
California, 1981. At Cedarville since 2012.
Jeffrey Haymond
, Associate Dean; Associate Professor of
Economics. Education: B.S., United States Air Force Academy,
1985; M.S., University of Tennessee, 1989; M.A., University
of Denver, 1997; Ph.D., George Mason University, 2001. At
Cedarville since 2010.
Daniel Sterkenburg
, Assistant Dean and Director of the M.B.A.
program; Associate Professor of Business and Management.
Education: B.S., Calvin College, 1977; M.P.H., University of
Michigan School of Public Health, 1999; M.B.A., Wright State
University, 1990; D.B.A., Anderson University, 2013. At Cedarville
since 2010.
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