Undergraduate Programs

The College of Business Administration provides undergraduate academic programs that instill leadership skills in our graduates. The objectives are to (1) promote critical and independent thinking, (2) foster personal responsibility, and (3) develop students whose performance and commitment mark them as leaders who will contribute to the business community and society.

The College offers undergraduate majors in:

• Accounting
• Business Minor
• Entrepreneurship Management*
• *You can find the management curriculum sheets on the entrepreneurship management page.
• Finance
• Global Business/General Business Administration
• International Business
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Supply Chain Management

The University of Rhode Island's business programs are accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Detailed information concerning each major is given in the Undergraduate Bulletin. All first-year students are enrolled in University College, which offers a broad range of advising services. Since all students interested in business studies follow a similar program for the first two years, a major is often selected in the junior year. The freshman year consists of courses in mathematics, computer applications, and General Education. The mathematics includes topics from finite, modern and precalculus, as well as applied differential and integral calculus. The computer applications includes spreadsheets, word processing, presentation, and internet software. General Education requirements in Fine Arts, Literature, Foreign Language and Culture, Natural Sciences and Letters complete freshman year requirements.

The lower core courses required includes two semesters of Elementary Accounting, (BUS 201, 202), Principles of Economics, (ECN 201, 202), Managerial Statistics, (BUS 210, 211) and Business Communications (BUS 110, 111).

The upper core courses required includes Legal and Ethical Environment of Business (BUS 315), Financial management (BUS 320), Organizational Behavior (BUS 341), Business and Society (BUS 345), Operations and Supply Chain Management (BUS 355), Macro-Economics (ECN 202), Marketing Principles (BUS 365), Business Policy (BUS 445).

Activities

An important part of the undergraduate experience is getting involved with professional organizations. The first The University of Rhode Island College of Business Administration provides students with access to the following organizations:

• Beta Alpha Pse (accounting honor society)
• Beta Gamma Sigma (restricted to students based upon grade point average)
• American Marketing Association
• Council of Supply Chain Management
• Professionals Student Roundtable
• Entrepreneurship Club
• Financial Engineering Club
• Financial Management Association
• Future Business Leaders of America

All of these organizations, except the honor societies, welcome students regardless of their major or year in school.

The "Ram Fund", the University of Rhode Island's Student Managed Investment Fund, is an equity portfolio managed entirely by selected students at the University of Rhode Island. Studnets have an opportunity to engage in real-life portfolio management. This was made possible thanks to an initial investment of $100,000 by the University of Rhode Island Alumni Association. The purpose of the fund is to obtain long-term competitive rates of return for its investors, and to enhance the educational and professional experiences of the students enrolled in the program. This is a for-credit course, BUS 422, which can be used as a liberal elective in the curriculum.