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Academics

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:

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.

Lower Core Classes:

  • BUS 111        - Intro to Business Analysis and Applications
  • BUS 201+202 - Financial & Managerial Accounting
  • ECN 201+202 - Micro & Macro Economics
  • BUS 210        - Managerial Statistics I

All students need to earn a 2.7 GPA in these 6 core classes and a 2.5 cumulative GPA to maintain their status in the College of Business Administration.

Other Classes Taken in the First 2 Years:

  • URI 101 - Traditions and Transformations
  • BUS 110 - Business Computing Applications
  • BUS 211 - Managerial Decision Support System
  • WRT 227 - Business Communications

College of Business General Education Requirements:

  • 6 Credits Natural Science
  • 6 Credits Foreign Language
  • 6 Credits Letters
  • 3 Credits Social Science
  • 3 Credits Math and Quantitative Reasoning
  • 3 Credits Literature
  • 3 Credits Fine Arts
  • 3 Credits English Communication

Upper Core Classes:

  • BUS 355       - Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • BUS 320       - Financial Management
  • BUS 315/318 - Legal and Ethical Environment of Business I/ Business Law
  • BUS 345       - Business in Society
  • BUS 341       - Organizational Behavior
  • BUS 365       - Marketing Principles
  • BUS 445       - Strategic Management*
    • *prerequisite BUS 320, 341, 355, 365, and 315 or 345

Activities

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

  • Beta Alpha Psi (accounting honor society)
  • Beta Gamma Sigma (restricted to students based upon grade point average)
  • American Marketing Association
  • Council of Supply Chain Management
  • Women in Business
  • Entrepreneurship Club
  • Financial Engineering Club
  • Financial Management Association
  • Business Student Advisory Council

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. Students 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.