Florida A and M University - Rattler Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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Business The school faculty strives to require a basic con- ceptual knowledge relating to the present state of business and problems currently confronting the profession, and a scientific curiosity and approach to new issues as they develop. The School of Business is divided into three divisions. They, along with their areas of concen- tration are: I. Division of Management Sciences A. Marketing B. Management C. Institute of Entrepreneurship D. General Business Administration II. Division of Control and F inancial Services A. Accounting B. Finance C. Quantitative Methods III. Division of Economics and Development A. Economics 1. Applied 2. Education B. Institute of Human Resource Manage- ment C. Developing Communities Our standards are high and classes challenging. The School of Business and Industry attracts many talented, highly motivated students who are challenged by the demanding programs. The con- sequence is, of course, the output of strong candi- dates for the business world. JOIN US 71

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70 The products of the School of Bus- iness and Industry are actively sought and there are good reasons. The interest has been prompted by the graduates success in job per- formance, but that in turn is perhaps caused by three meaningful innova- tions utilized by the school. They are: Business seminars, Sequential internship programs, and Various curriculum changes. An increasing number of talented students as well as the strong aca- demic program contribute to this suc- cess. Major accounting firms, indus- trial firms and financial institutions have underwritten a scholarship pro- gram which permits the School of Business and Industry to compete with other schools in attracting top talent. Programs in the School of Busi- ness and Industry are strong in that they attempt to assure business majors of a well-rounded develop- ment and still allow the students to be viewed as individuals with individ- ual goals and needs. The school pre- pares students to live and to make a living? Education in the bus- iness world is a life-long process, but life in the business world will not continue long unless one learns the basic lessons well and applies them even better. It does not appear to us that business concepts change any more continuously or more signifi- cantly than do concepts in medicine, law or mathematics. The School of

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