School of Business
Dean Julie Siciliano
Associate Dean Marilyn Pelosi
School of Business Mission and Vision Statement
Mission
To develop professional proficiency, a solutions orientation, and the creative spirit of our students through integrative, practical, and relevant learning experiences, the School of Business at Western New England College will:
· Collaborate with the business community and alumni, and with the Schools of the College,
· Utilize innovative course and program design,
· Integrate academic and professional challenge with an atmosphere of personal concern and individual support,
· Emphasize a culture of academic integrity to reinforce ethical decision making,
· Enrich student learning experiences through faculty scholarship that primarily focuses on instructional development and applied research.
Vision
The School of Business will be recognized nationally for preparing students with the teamwork, communication, decision making and leadership skills to achieve creative business solutions and successful business careers in a diverse workplace and a competitive, global economy.
Program learning goals
The undergraduate curriculum for students in the School of Business includes the following learning goals.
1. To solve business problems by thinking critically and applying principles of effective decision making.
2. To generate, evaluate, and select alternatives consistent with standards of ethical behavior.
3. To perform well on teams, to contribute and collaborate to achieve team goals.
4. To communicate professionally, to present analyses, recommendations, and plans clearly, both orally and in writing.
5. To apply information technology concepts and tools to support business problem solving and decision making.
6. To recognize the dynamic domestic and international factors that shape and transform the global business environment.
7. To understand the fundamental concepts from the business disciplines.
Career Preparation
In order to guide students in selecting an appropriate career path, faculty in each department in the Business School designed to a variety of classroom and outside of the classroom activities to guide the students through the process of a) Career Exploration in the freshman year, b) Career Investigation in the sophomore year, c) Career Determination in the junior year and finally d) Career Implementation in the senior year. In these progressive exercises student will link their interests and skills with career paths culminating with activities designed to help the student to enter the field of choice.
Department Chairs and Faculty
Department of Accounting and Finance
Professor John Coulter, Chair
Professors William Bosworth, R. Loring Carlson, May Lo
Associate Professor Sharon Lee
Assistant Professors Sang-Kyu Lee, Yong Wang
Department of Business Information Systems
Professor Anil Gulati, Chair
Professors Jerzy Letkowski, Marilyn Pelosi
Associate Professors Tuncay Bayrak, David Russell
Professional Educator Peter Daboul
Department of Management
Associate Professor Jeanie Forray, Chair
Professors William Ferris, Peter Hess, Julie Siciliano
Associate Professor Lynn Bowes-Sperry
Assistant Professors Lynn Bakstran, Bruce Clemens
Professional Educators John P. Greeley, Robert Statchen
Department of Marketing
Professor Paul Costanzo, Chair
Professor Harlan Spotts
Associate Professors Elizabeth Elam, Janelle Goodnight
Professional Educator James McKeon
Department of Sport Management and Business Law
Professor Sharianne Walker, Chair
Professor Harvey Shrage
Associate Professor Daniel Covell
Assistant Professors Curt Hamakawa, James Masteralexis
Requirements
Most majors in the School of Business lead to the degree Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Complete requirements for each of the majors in the School of Business are specified under a separate section of this catalogue devoted to major programs. They are accounting, business information systems, finance, general business, management, marketing, marketing communications/advertising, and sport management. Each undergraduate major in the School of Business includes a general education component that normally comprises at least 50 percent of the student’s four-year program. Requirements common to all majors are:
1. Complete at least 33 credit hours of course work at the 300-400 level.
2. Complete at least 12 credit hours of course work at the 300-400 level in the major at Western New England College. The identification of these upper-level courses are listed under each major.
3. Apply no more than 12 credit hours of ROTC courses towards the graduation requirements.
4. Meet all of the requirements specified under Academics, Undergraduate Policies, Procedures, Requirements, and General College Requirements in this catalogue.
5. School of Business Core Requirements (83 credit hours).
School of Business Core Requirements (83 credits)
The following courses are required of all business majors and include College-wide requirements. All are three credit courses unless otherwise noted.
Business Courses (39 credits)
BUS 101 First Year Seminar*
BIS 102 Problem Solving with Business Tools
MAN 101 Principles of Management
AC 201 Financial Reporting
MK 200 Principles of Marketing
BIS 202 Introduction to Business Information Systems
AC 202 Managerial Accounting
BIS 220 Introduction to Business Statistics
FIN 214 Introduction to Finance
BL 201** Legal Aspects of Business
BIS 310 Quality and Operations Management
BUS 301 Integrated Business Operations
BUS 450 Business Strategy
*Required of all entering freshman and transfer students with fewer than 15 credit hours. Transfer students with 15 or more credit hours take a general elective in its place.
**For Sport Management majors, BL 360 replaces this requirement.
Non-Business Courses (44 credits)
ENGL 132-133 English Composition I & II (6 cr.)
MATH 111-112** Analysis for Business and Economics I & II (6 cr.)
— or —
MATH 123-124 Calculus I & II for Management, Life and Social Sciences (6 cr.)
Lab Sciences** Natural Sciences one lab Choice of: biology, chemistry, geology, meteorology, or physics (6 cr.)
EC 111-112 Principles of Economics I & II (6 cr.)
PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology
— or —
SO 101 Introduction to Sociology
HIST xxx Historical Perspective
COMM 100 Principles of Communication
PH 211 Ethics in the Professions
CUL xxx*** Cultural Perspective
ILP xxx Integrated Liberal and Professional Perspective
PEHR 151* Personal Health and Wellness (1 cr.)
PEHR 153-159* Lifetime Activities Series
(1 cr.)
*Not required for off-campus location or BBA degree programs
Note: MATH 100 Algebra Fundamentals is available for students who have a math deficiency. This course is accepted as nonbusiness elective credit counted toward graduation.
**Students in BBA program may substitute two Business Math courses for Math 111-112 or 123-124; one non-lab science for the two lab sciences; and one humanities elective for CUL XXX.
***If CUL xxx does not include the aesthetic perspective (CA), a nonbusiness elective must be selected to satisfy that requirement.
Nonbusiness majors can apply no more than 25% of business coursework to their graduation requirements.
Five-year Bachelor/MBA Program
This program allows undergraduate students in the School of Business to accelerate the completion of the bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business. Students can earn the popular and valuable Master of Business Administration degree with just one additional year of study. A detailed program of study can be found on p. 310.
Program Prerequisites:
Satisfied after completing the undergraduate business core (BIS 220, EC 111, AC 201, and FIN 214) courses with a “B” or better.
Program Application and Admission Requirements:
This program seeks students who have excelled in their undergraduate studies. Applicants must:
1. Maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher after the second semester of their undergraduate studies. It is important to note that this is not an overall GPA of 3.0 for their college career.
2. Complete the School of Business Graduate Studies application, essays, and recommendation forms for the MBA program by July 1st after completing their junior year of undergraduate study. All application materials should be submitted to the Graduate Studies program in the School of Business located in Churchill Hall.
3. Forward scores for the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) by the July 1st application deadline listed above. Students should seek to score 500 or higher on the GMAT.
Applicants will be notified of their acceptance into the program by August 1st and begin taking graduate courses in the Fall term of their senior year.
Five-year Bachelor/MSA Program
This program allows undergraduate accounting majors in the School of Business to accelerate the completion of both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Accounting. Students can earn the Master of Science in Accounting degree within five years of entry as an undergraduate. A detailed program of study can be found on p. 311.
Program Prerequisites:
Satisfied after completing the undergraduate accounting courses (AC 201, AC 202, AC 305, AC 306, and AC 309) with a grade of “B” or better.
Program Application and Admission Requirements:
(For a complete description of the requirements, please refer to the Five-year Bachelor/MBA Program)
Five-year Bachelor/MBA and Five-year Bachelor/MSA Programs – Early Acceptance
Students who have achieved a high level of success in their high school academic performance may apply for conditional early acceptance into the programs as freshmen. To qualify for this opportunity, applicants typically have earned a high school GPA of 3.5 or higher, and a combined verbal and quantitative sections score of 1200 or higher on the SAT. Once admitted, students must maintain an overall GPA of 3.3 or higher after the second year of their undergraduate studies. Applicants who attain this conditional acceptance will not have to reapply to the graduate program, or take the GMAT.
Students pursuing the Five-year Bachelor/MBA or Five-year Bachelor/MSA program will be assigned an academic advisor in their business major during their Sophomore year of study, and will keep this advisor through completion of their MBA or MSA degree. Freshman and sophomore business students who do not have an advisor in their major area of study should address their questions to the Associate Dean.