The George B. Delaplaine Jr. School of Business

Professor: Anita Jose

Associate Professor: David Gurzick (chair), Sang W. Kim, Tianning Li (MBA director)

Associate Professor Emeriti: William R. Agee, Joseph E. Dahms

Assistant Professors: James Hua, Ryan Safner (visiting)

The mission of the Delaplaine School of Business is to provide a high-quality education in business and economics to future leaders of industry, government, and civil society. At the heart of our education is a commitment to academic excellence, lifelong learning, meaningful extra-curricular and co-curricular experiences, and the preparation of students for lives of responsibility, leadership, and service.

The George B. Delaplaine Jr. School of Business offers five bachelor of arts degrees, accounting, economics, finance, integrated marketing communications (joint with Department of English and Communication Arts), and business administration, plus the Master of Business Administration and doctorate in business administration at the graduate level. In addition, accelerated B.A. and MBA programs are also available.

The School of Business offers courses and programs of study that are concerned with people in various social and organizational contexts.

Majors in economics and business administration have pursued graduate study in economics and business administration and have entered careers in a variety of business sectors and in many organizational types from corporate to non-profit, start-up to public agencies. While there are required courses in both undergraduate B.A. majors, there is flexibility in selecting elective courses. Students select concentrations of courses that focus on specific education and career interests and may even pursue a double major when it serves their career needs.

The graduate program in business administration is designed to increase career mobility and to improve management skills for those in, or seeking to enter, management positions.

The School of Business faculty represent a variety of backgrounds including economic theory, economic development, environmental economics, international economics, econometrics, finance, accounting, public administration, marketing, international business, personnel management, organization theory, management information systems, logistics, entrepreneurship and strategic management.

Undergraduate Programs Offered: 

• Accounting Major (B.A.)
• Business Administration Major (B.A.)
• 4Plus Dual Degree Program - Business Administration, B.A./Business Administration, MBA
• Economics Major (B.A.)
• Finance Major (B.A.)
• Integrated Marketing Communication Major (B.A.)
• Actuarial Science Minor
• Business Administration Minor
• Economics Minor
• Management Minor

Graduate Programs Offered: 

• Business Administration, MBA
• Accounting, Certificate
• Financial Management, Certificate
• Organizational Management, Certificate
• Project Management, Certificate

Doctoral Program Offered: 

• Organizational Leadership, DBA/DOL