Undergraduate Program

McLaren Undergraduate College of Business

The educational objective of the McLaren Undergraduate College of Business is to provide its graduating students with an academic background and experience that will facilitate their access to management employment positions, entrepreneurial ventures and/or to graduate educational programs.

The key features of our educational program common to all undergraduate business majors include: international orientation of the business curriculum, faculty and student body; class size, faculty interaction and innovative pedagogy conducive to an efficient learning environment; course work that promotes abilities to communicate and perform effectively as decision makers; core curriculum that exposes students adequately to the major business disciplines of accounting, mathematics and statistics, economics, finance, management, law, marketing, business systems, and operations; and the opportunity to develop a level of expertise with a specific emphasis.

In addition to the traditional undergraduate degree program, McLaren College of Business offers unique programs including: Hospitality Industry Management major, Entrepreneurial major, an Honors Cohort Program.

Goals and Priorities

The School of Business faculty and administration have established the following as the goals and priorities for the undergraduate program and curriculum.

• To provide undergraduate students with a broad base of knowledge for entering the world of business: by giving them an understanding and appreciation for business and its social and ethical environment; by developing their analytical, creative, and decision-making abilities; by serving the whole person through a broad liberal arts education in addition to professionally oriented courses; by organizing off-campus work projects so that they may have a meaningful laboratory in which to apply business-oriented concepts, techniques and skills acquired in the classroom; by encouraging and providing study abroad programs and tours throughout the world; and by encouraging student participation in meetings of professional and civic groups on and off campus.
• To provide an understanding of perspectives that shape business. These perspectives include ethical and global issues, the influence of political, social, regulatory, environmental and technological issues, and the impact of demographic diversity on organizations.
• To recognize the importance of the general education component in an undergraduate's academic experience.
• To include foundation knowledge for business in the following areas: accounting, management science, economics, mathematics and statistics.
• To include written and oral communication as an important part of the educational experience.