Undergraduate Business

The Business curriculum is designed to help you develop an integrated understanding of how organizations work and provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively impact those organizations. You will be taught business principles through the lens of ethical leadership and the Dominican values.  

Our integrated program design creates opportunities for you to gain practical business experience across multiple functional areas. Rather than taking courses one subject at a time, you will engage in cross-functional learning circles taught by a team of faculty. This will better prepare you to take what you learn and apply it to real world situations. You graduate as expert problem-solvers, and critical, creative, and systems thinkers.  

Graduates in Business typically find jobs in business, production management, personnel management, marketing management, or financial management. 

We offer 7 concentrations as part of the Business program: 

Sports Management—NEW 
Whether you are an active athlete or an enthusiastic spectator, we can turn that passion into a rewarding career! The concentration in sports management focuses on the management, financing, and marketing of the sports sector. You learn about sports markets and factors that significantly influence policy and business decisions. You will gain an understanding of the key characteristics and dynamics of the sports industry as well as the ethical, legal, financial, and organizational implications it has upon the economy.

The employment outlook is excellent, with job growth expected for a variety of careers, including Sports Agents, Promoters, and Analysts. Salaries are excellent and can average between $65,000 - $100,000 per year.

Accounting
This concentration is designed to give you an understanding of the theory and practice of the major fields of accounting: financial accounting and reporting, managerial accounting, taxation, accounting information systems, and auditing. The accounting concentration also sets the pathway to achieving CPA.  Accounting is an ever-evolving field with growing career potential. Accountants explain and analyze business data, excel in communications, teamwork, leadership, and possess technical and computer-based skills.

Finance
The concentration in finance provides students with the analytical tools and conceptual framework needed to evaluate financial transactions and make financial decisions within firms. This prepares you for work as a credit analyst, equity analyst, or financial analyst with governmental agencies, for-profit corporations, and investment banks. Finance also provides an excellent foundation for graduate study in business, economics, public policy, and law.

General Business
This program focuses on the general study of business. This program prepares you to apply business principles and techniques in various career settings. You have the option of studying a variety of subjects, including accounting, marketing, leadership, management and more.

Health Care Management
The concentration in health care management focuses on the management, financing, and economics of the health care sector. You will learn about health care markets and factors that significantly influence decision making both at the policy level and at the level of the firm or organization. The health care sector includes government agencies, non-profit institutions, major private corporations, medical practices and partnerships, and many small and early-stage health care service and product firms.

Management
The Management concentration gives you a broad education covering the major functional areas of Management. This concentration focuses on organizational development, growth, project management, and logistics.  It will help you prepare for business or government leadership and provide you with knowledge and skills desired by all types of employers.

Marketing
The Marketing concentration provides a strong foundation for a career in marketing, allowing you to study marketing strategy, consumer behavior, research and analytics, advertising and more. The marketing field is constantly evolving and provides many options for exciting and fast paced careers in all sectors of business, from large corporations to local start-ups.