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"You will discover your potential through hands-on experience as well as the many extracurricular activities that develop leadership skills."



Business

 

At C-SC, students who major in business get a solid foundation in business principles, financial and legal issues, and business strategies before pursuing one of our 12-credit-hour specializations.

For details about the business major or business minor, see the C-SC Academic Catalog.

> Accountancy and Finance

Select 12 hours from cost management, risk management, real estate, investments, international corporate finance, or financial institutions and monetary policy.


> Corporate Leadership
Select 12 hours from legal issues, ethical decision making, fraud prevention, cost management, investments, organizational communication or other special topics.
> Marketing
Delve into consumer behavior, business innovation, advertising, sports marketing, graphic design, public relations, or multimedia uses in business.
> Management Information Systems
Learn about business programming, web programming, web development, intelligent systems, operations management or systems and networks.
> Organizational Management
Cap off your business courses by focusing deeper on legal issues, risk management, real estate, monetary policy, industrial psychology, operations management, advertising, management techniques or current economic trends.
> Individualized

Work with your advisor to tailor your specialization to achieve your unique career goals.

Students often combine a minor or a second major with business, such as psychology, sports management, criminal justice or math.


  •          Careers        

  •    Experiential    
    Programs
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The average post-commencement job placement rate for C-SC graduates was a business degree is 96 percent. Careers pursued by recent graduates include:

  • Relationship manager, U.S. Bank
  • Assistant manager, Wells Fargo
  • Human resource specialist, Correctional Medical Services
  • Event planner, Chicago Mayor’s Office
  • Market planning specialist, Roquette America

In addition to job shadowing and internships, students also learn through:

  • Traveling to conferences around the United States
  • Participating in the student chapter of Students in Free Enterprise/Phi Beta Lambda
  • Building a network of business professionals, especially C-SC alumni
  • Interacting with CEOs and other business leaders through C-SC Business Leadership Exchange
  • Making real investments of a portion of C-SC’s endowment through an investment group
  • Learning about today’s corporations through the Corporate Experience Travel Program, including annual trips to Chicago and Kansas City
  • Obtaining global knowledge through travel abroad, such as the 2008 trip to China

C-SC accountancy majors have been successful both as undergraduates and as career professionals. For example:

  • Members of the C-SC Students in Free Enterprise chapter participated in the Walgreen’s Wrangle 2007 Entrepreneurship Competition.
  • Members of the C-SC SIFE chapter participated in the SIFE Financial Case Study Competition.
  • In 2006, SIFE team won its third overall regional championship and captured four other awards during the Students in Free Enterprise regional competition.
  • C-SC business graduates have founded their own companies, including Advance Physical Therapy; Heatron, Inc.; and Charles Industries Ltd.
  • C-SC graduates have held senior management positions with such companies as PepsiCo, Shell Oil, State Farm Insurance, First Bankers Trust, and Express Scripts.


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