Many students select Business Administrationas their major. Understandable - after all, we live in a world surrounded by business jobs. It is important, however, to celarly understand the careers available to the business graduate, based typically on a selected specialty.
Typical specialties include:
- Accounting
- Marketing
- Management
- Finance
- Project Management
- International Business
- Information Systems
Each of these specialities is so different from the next, it may help to consider them as individual majors, with overlap.
Accounting
A career in accounting remains an attractive option as every company needs an accounting function. With the rapid increases in government regulation in numerous industries, accounting work is multiplying, and new graduates in accountingwill be welcome by industry and government agencies across the countryMarketing
With the Internet emerging as a fast-growing marketing medium (such as Google® Adwords™), marketing is again a great major to pick in college. Marketing jobs are reemerging as the economy continues its recovery from the Great Recession. Explore the marketing degree options in our on-campus and online programs.Management
Entry-level management positions abound in our service industries; project management jobs are proliferating in a world of cumulative complexity; and management skills are required in a broad set of assignments. Pursuing a degree in Management therefore remains attractive for a many college students across the world.Finance
Degrees in finance and accounting provide a highly viable entry into the business world, with excellent and rapid advancement opportunities. This type of degree choice is recommended, because it results in the acquisition of specific marketable skills of high value.Project Management
Careers in project managementare proliferating in government organizations, government contractor companies, high-tech enterprises, and many other industries: most work in progressive enterprises is no longer governed by hourly assembly-line work, but by long-term projects involving a complex range of tasks, subtasks, resources, and deliverables.International Business
The world is a complex web, economically, of international business relations. Degrees in international business and related disciplines are therefore excellent preparation for a successful career in business that reaches far beyond the student's native country.Information Systems
Computer-related degrees continue to maximize graduates' salaries out-of-the-gate. There is an insatiable appetite for high-tech professionals, even in times of economic downturn. Information technology degrees therefore remain popular, including network administrator, and other specialized degree programs.
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