Business Department
- Overview
The Department of Business Administration offers eight majors: business administration (BUS), management, accounting (ACC), finance (FIN), international business, management information systems (MIS), marketing (MKT), and a combined major in business and economics.
Mission and Purpose
Our mission is to prepare students for professional careers in business or for graduate studies. This preparation involves a curriculum that stresses analysis and communication, emphasizes both theory and practice, and is shaped by the needs of the business community. The department fosters close ties with the corporate community that provide a wealth of practical expertise, a variety of internship opportunities, and future job prospects.The faculty believe they can best serve both the student and the community by providing an education that is technically competent, ethically based, and socially aware.
Study Abroad
Also available to students are opportunities for international study, actively supported by international business faculty and provided through Augsburg's International Partners and through Augsburg Abroad. Many students have successfully completed major courses as well as core requirements abroad in several different countries.
Study international business and Spanish in Cuernavaca, Mexico! The International and Global Citizenship program, which is offered through the Center for Global Education at Augsburg College, is a fall semester program which focuses on the bilateral economic relationship between Mexico and the United States. Key highlights include an opportunity to finish two levels of Spanish, delve into an internship focusing on your major area, and interact with local officials and guest speakers.
Students will see first hand how the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has affected both countries since 1994. Several travel experiences are part of the program, including a seminar in Mexico City and Acapulco.
Check out the program website: http://www.augsburg.edu/global/spa/bussem.html
Internships
Students are strongly encouraged to work with the Strommen Career and Internship Center and department faculty to obtain an internship during their junior or senior year. Internships can provide valuable experience in competing for jobs after graduation. The department fosters close ties with the corporate communities that provide a wealth of practical expertise, a variety of internship opportunities, and future job prospects. Companies where our business majors have had internships and received job offers include:
- Target Corporation
- IBM
- Prudential
- Wells Fargo Corportaion
- Honeywell
- Minnesota Vikings
- Land O'Lakes
- Best Buy
- Digital Biometrics, Inc.
- Ernst & Young
- 3M
Transfer Students
Transfer students must complete at least four of the upper division courses required in the major at Augsburg or obtain an exemption from the department. Transfer courses must be approved by the department. Courses taken more than 10 years ago will not be accepted.
Advising
Students who plan to pursue a major within the department are strongly encouraged to select a departmental adviser who teaches in their major. This should be done by the end of the sophomore year at the latest.
Departmental faculty can also counsel majors on their careers, assist in majors in obtaining internships or jobs, and provide letters of recommendation for prospective employers or graduate programs. In addition to your faculty advisor, Kelly Ackerman is the Department Administrator who can also help with questions related to declaring a major, registration, transfer credits, study abroad, course planning.
