Overview of Frost's Undergraduate Program
Centenary's Frost School of Business offers majors in four areas:
To ensure a firm conceptual and quantitative foundation, all majors are required to complete classes in basic economic principles, accounting, statistics, finance, management and marketing. This blend of courses is also important because our graduates are likely to be involved as team members in all phases of a business operation.
Description of Majors
Accounting
Most students majoring in accounting plan to pursue careers in this field, many as certified public accountants. Thus the curriculum provides students with specialized and comprehensive training in the field of accounting. Introductory courses focus on basic accounting principles; while advanced courses cover topics such as cost accounting, tax accounting, governmental accounting, auditing, business law, and accounting information systems.
Business Administration
The business administration program emphasizes a generalist approach, training well rounded leaders who can recognize opportunities, analyze problems, and propose workable solutions in all areas of business. Majors take a broad base of courses across the entire business curriculum and may select upper level courses addressing such topics as organizational leadership, investments, marketing strategy, or international business.
Business & World Languages Coordinate Program
If your interests are in the international arena, you may want to consider Frost’s coordinate program with the Department of Modern Languages. Through this program, business administration majors are prepared for employment in an international business environment where Spanish, French or German are required.
Economics
Frost School of Business economics majors first approach their studies through an overview of economic society that describes how social, financial and international issues affect the economy. Both a traditional bachelor of arts in economics is offered at Centenary as well as a bachelor of science in business economics for students interested in applied economics. A student who majors in economics usually has one of the following two goals: To pursue and advanced degree in economics or to create a specialized degree with a minor in another field that will help secure specific job upon graduation. For example, several economics graduates have also studied political science, or foreign languages.
Finance
Students majoring in finance explore study and analyze the global monetary marketplace. The study of finance emphasizes analytic skills and the interrelationship between business accounting and economics. The finance program includes courses in corporate finance, investments, financial institutions, risk management, federal taxation, and money & banking.
Academic Experience
No matter which course of study you choose internship opportunities exist to help you gain “hands-on” experience. Frost School of Business students have interned at Fortune 500 companies, local and national investment firms, accounting firms, not-for-profit and governmental organizations, and local small businesses. Many of these internships have led to full-time positions upon graduation. Most Centenary business students consider internships as highlights of their educational experience.
You’ll enjoy getting to know and work with the faculty from the Frost School of Business. They are all exceptional teachers and learned scholars. They hail from such fine institutions as Duke, Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech. One professor is studying the means by which organizations can maintain productivity and morale in the wake of layoffs. The research of another faculty member focuses on the components of retail gasoline prices. The faculty actively seeks students to join them in research projects. The students can become involved in research from start to finish. Often these students have presented their collaborative research at professional meetings, and many times these presentations have led to publication in a professional journal.
In the classroom, no single method of teaching dominates. Instead, faculty use a variety of instructional techniques best suited to course objectives and optimal learning, including cases, lectures, simulations, team projects, student presentations, plant visits, and classroom visits from business leaders. The faculty genuinely cares about their students and their future success!
Job and Graduate School Placement
The placement success of Frost School of Business majors––be it in business, law schools, or MBA programs––is nothing short of extraordinary.
Many of our economics graduates have sought advanced study in the fields of law, public administration, international relations, financial analysis, economic forecasting and public finance.
Many of our accounting graduates join CPA firms. However, public accounting is not the only career open to our accounting majors. Some opt for the prospect of an eventual controllership in a manufacturing or service firm. Others are placed in government and nonprofit organizations that employ accountants such as the General Accounting Office, Internal Revenue Service and the Defense Contract Audit Agency.
Our finance majors pursue graduate study or employment with banking, corporate real estate, or investment firms.
Many Centenary business administration graduates have assumed leadership positions with Fortune 500 firms and both national and local corporations.Business majors also pursue careers in the fields of marketing, management, financial operations and a few begin their careers as budding entrepreneurs.