APPLIED MANAGEMENT

Bill Greehey School of Business
www.stmarytx.edu/business

OVERVIEW

The Bachelor of Applied Management is designed for those persons who have an associate’s degree or the equivalent in a technical specialty, aspire to advance in managerial roles, and have a particular desire to broaden their knowledge of business environments. This program is designed for mature students who have completed 30 hours of vocational, occupational or technical specialization at a junior college or equivalent and wish to receive a baccalaureate degree.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Generally, students in applied management are mature students who are already employed. Consequently, their major purpose in pursuing the Bachelor of Applied Management degree is to advance to positions of more responsibility within their own organizations, or to increase their marketability in other organizations. The degree prepares students for a broad variety of career options, including, but not limited to starting a business, managing a family-owned business, working for a large multinational corporation, or preparing for graduate school.

Bill Greehey School of Business

The reputation of the Bill Greehey School of Business hinges on the relevancy of curricula and the high quality of faculty. The Bill Greehey School of Business's commitment to improvement is evidenced by its peer recognition through accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, AACSB -- International.

The Bill Greehey School of Business provides and supports programs and activities at both the undergraduate and graduate levels that prepare students for post-graduate study and professional positions in which they can assume leadership roles in a rapidly changing global and technological environment. Specifically, students develop and enhance their understanding of and ability to apply appropriate historic and current practices and theoretical concepts in decision-making and leadership roles.

Ethics and social responsibility play a vital role in business studies at the Bill Greehey School of Business. Students expand their knowledge and appreciation of the importance of clarity, accuracy and professionalism, and learn to apply the morals, ethics and values necessary for responsible leadership and decision making.

FACULTY

A student-faculty ratio of 13 to 1 assures personal attention designed to help students excel in their chosen fields. The faculty of St. Mary's Bill Greehey School of Business is a community of dedicated and innovative teachers and researchers committed to providing excellent, adaptive, and ethically based business and administration programs that prepare students for leadership roles. The faculty is committed to creating a challenging learning experience and encouraging lifelong learning that is empowering and consistent with the Marianist traditions of faith, integrity, community, and service to society.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

One of the most important aspects of the applied management program is that it allows students the opportunity to complete their requirements for the degree program while continuing to work in their respective jobs. Although business internship opportunities are readily available to students in the program, a majority of students opt to continue working with their respective employers while pursuing a their degrees.

Students in the applied management program may participate in international study opportunities available at St. Mary’s. The Innsbruck, Austria program is an international experience designed to expose students to the differences that cultural, economic, legal, political, social, and technological environments have on the way business is conducted throughout the world. Studies in either Chile or Brazil allow business majors to examine the languages, history, cultures, political economies and business environments of the Americas.

The Bill Greehey School of Business also offers a variety of student leadership organizations such as the American Marketing Association, Accounting Club, Beta Gamma Sigma, Delta Epsilon Sigma, Delta Sigma Pi, Finance Club, Human Resources Management Club, International Business Club, M.B.A. Association, SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise), and Web-Journal of the Americas.

First-Year Schedule:

Fall

• Personal and Academic Development
• Finite Math
• From Experience to Meaning (Philosophy)
• Literature course
• Non-business elective
• Science course

Total: 12 hours

Spring

• Calculus for Business
• Theological Foundations
• Literature course
• Science course
• Social science course

Total: 12 hours

POST-GRADUATE STUDY

St. Mary’s Graduate School offers a Master of Business Administration degree. Our graduates have continued advanced studies at St. Mary’s in the M.B.A. program or other fields, including the School of Law. Some have become officers in the U.S. military.