The MSU Department of Business educates, challenges, inspires, and mentors students in their pursuit of a high-quality business education through interactive and engaged learning experiences for their professional and personal betterment.
The Department of Business…
...educates, challenges, inspires, and mentors…
Values:
- Students first
- Dedication, focus, proactivity, collegiality, nurturing
Actions:
- Impart knowledge, professionalism, and intellectual curiosity
- Develop skills and competencies
- Deliver programs
- Extend boundaries
- Initiate aspirations for leadership
- Build relationships
- Guide and advise
…students in their pursuit of a high-quality business education…
Values:
- Curricular integrity, excellence, rigor
- Professionalism
Actions:
- To serve undergraduate and graduate students, seminar and workshop participants, and prospective students and pre-college students in exploratory experiences
- Through on-campus, online, and off-site courses at Minot Air Force Base, in Bismarck, and at international partner sites
- Delivered in BS, BAS, BSE, MS, and MEd degree programs in majors, minors, certificates, and concentrations
- With attention to assurance of student learning through regular program assessments, identifying specific outcomes, and measuring results
- Maintaining professional business program accreditation
- Supported by continuous faculty improvement
…interactive and engaged learning experiences…
Values:
- Comprehensive, holistic, relevant
- Applications-focused
Actions:
- Utilize interactive and engaged learning experiences, characterized by:
- student-faculty interaction
- student-student interaction
- student-community interaction (professional, business leaders, service organizations)
- multiple delivery modes
- advanced technology
- Demonstrate learning in courses and through participation in organizations and activities, with emphasis on:
- business applications of theory
- experiences such as internships, study-abroad tours and exchanges, student-faculty research, and competitive events
…for their professional and personal betterment.
Values:
- Commitment to life-long learning
- Pride and confidence; desire to succeed
- Civic responsibility and a strong work ethic
Actions:
- Develop graduates prepared for careers in local and global employment
- Instill a sense of place and unique appreciation for North Dakota
- Promote ethical behavior, good citizenship, and professional engagement
