Department of Business, Accounting, and Economics at Otterbein College



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Department Mission Statement

The faculty and staff of the Department of Business, Accounting and Economics at Otterbein College strive to create regionally acknowledged leading edge business education programs for both undergraduate and graduate students. These programs will focus on the development of an integrative and interdisciplinary curricula within the department, while increasing our connection with the liberal arts components of the college.

At the undergraduate level, we wish to be the number one business program among liberal arts colleges in the Midwest, and at the graduate level, we strive to be the top private school program in central Ohio. We will establish structures and processes to develop faculty as educators, scholars, and citizens. We will also develop our students so as to meet their personal goals and bring to fruition their innate potentials. We will establish a culture of quality in all we do and will hold our students and ourselves to the highest ethical, academic, and good citizen standards.

MISSION

The mission of the Department of Business, Accounting and Economics is to prepare students for life long learning necessary to provide value to themselves, the workplace, and society. Our efforts flow from the liberal arts orientation of the College. We are guided in our efforts by the principles of:

Acquisition of Knowledge and Lifelong Learning
Instilling students with the excitement that comes from joy of discovery and the acquisition of new knowledge along with the recognition that learning will continue throughout their careers.

Independent Accountable Decision-Making
Preparing students for professional careers or graduate school by giving them the technical, analytical, research, and communication skills needed to become effective business leaders sensitive to many constituencies and insistent on accepting accountability for their actions.

Diversity
Sensitizing students to a global world in which the appreciation for culture and intellectual diversity is essential.

Ethics
Furthering a value based approach that emphasizes probity and ethics in both professional and personal lives.

The Department will accomplish its mission by:

Quality
Establishing a culture of quality in all we do and expect. The Department is committed to achieving accreditation from the leading national business accrediting body.

Curriculum
Developing and offering an integrative relevant curriculum using innovative pedagogy including new technologies and study abroad programs.

Advising
Providing quality and informed advising.

Opportunity
Afford students the opportunity to participate in professional student organizations, learn through co-ops and internships, and network with the business community. In addition, students are encouraged to participate in study abroad programs and other international experiences.

Faculty
Developing an intellectually engaged faculty who are professionals in their fields and role models for their students. The faculty is committed to quality teaching, scholarship, and service. Scholarship focuses on practitioner, pedagogical, and basic research published in refereed journals and proceedings.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Accounting: This program of study prepares students to seek careers in general accounting, tax accounting, auditing, government accounting, business consulting, or to pursue graduate work in Accounting, Business, and other related fields.

Business Administration: This program of study qualifies students to seek careers in business consulting, corporate management, sales, marketing, finance, banking, human resource management, international business, or to pursue graduate work in Business and other related fields.

Economics: This program of study prepares students to seek careers in consulting, business, banking, finance, government, or to pursue graduate work in Economics and other related fields.

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