Undergraduate Business

Our innovative curriculum uses an integrated five-semester structure that typically begins in your sophomore year. Faculty from across different business disciplines (marketing, finance, management, and accounting) collaborate to team-teach the integrated semesters. The curriculum is real-world focused, with an emphasis on building skills and knowledge as you engage with fellow students, faculty, and local and global partners. The semesters are designed to gradually build in levels of competency and expectations of student independence. Embedded in the curriculum are multiple iterations of study-action-reflection, which is part of our Dominican tradition. Learning and doing are woven together.

The School of Business at Edgewood College is a member of ACBSP - Accreditation Council for Business Schools & Programs.

If you have a business degree, the career opportunities are numerous. There is an increasing need for business majors to apply their skills in government, international commerce, health care, arts, and nonprofit organizations. Business principles can serve as the backbone for economic, political and social systems as well. A business degree can be applied to any industry. It can also help if you’re considering starting your own business. 

The Career Development Program at the School of Business is embedded in the core curriculum. Throughout the program, you will engage in key career development activities, including informational interviews, job shadowing, team-based internships, and individual internships. Our students intern in a variety of roles and settings, including personal finance, banking, public and private accounting, insurance, healthcare, marketing, advertising, professional sports, retail sales, social service, and politics. Students participate in a variety of class projects in which they interact with business professionals in nonprofit, corporate, and global settings. We believe you need to be prepared to hit the ground running when you graduate.

Internships – Because we know it's important for you to have hands-on experience, you will have the opportunity to do an internship in your area of concentration. You will be exposed to a number of functional areas and build project management and career development skills. Many of our students get their first jobs with the same firm where they interned. Business students have pursued careers in accounting, advertising, human resources, sales, financial planning, and many other fields. Through the internship experience, students have worked with TDS Metrocom, American Family Insurance, Northwestern Mutual Life, Baker Tilly and Lands' End. 

Student Organizations - Students in the School of Business enjoy the professional, community-based experiences that various student organizations can provide.