Title: Welcome to the Red McCombs School of Business
1Welcome to the Red McCombs School of Business!
CeCe Ridder Director of Student Affairs
2U.S. News and World Report 2002National Rankings
- 1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
- 2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (Sloan)
- 3. University of MichiganAnn Arbor
- 4. University of CaliforniaBerkeley (Haas)
- 5. U. of North CarolinaChapel Hill
(Kenan-Flagler) - 5. University of Virginia (McIntire)
- University of TexasAustin (McCombs)
- 7. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
- 7. New York University (Stern)
- 10. Indiana UniversityBloomington (Kelley)
3AdmissionInformation
- Application deadline February 1
- State on your UT application that Business is
your first college choice. - Top 10 students are guaranteed admission to UT,
but NOT the McCombs School.
4AdmissionInformation
- 75 of the incoming freshmen class are admitted
solely on the basis of their high school class
rank. - Students are admitted starting with the top 1,
then 2, 3, etc.
- 25 of the incoming freshmen class will be
evaluated on - high school rank
- SAT/ACT score
- personal achievement
- (including essays and activities)
Admission decisions are made by the UT Office of
Admissions, NOT the McCombs School of Business.
5Majors
- 9 Majors, students do not declare a major until
they have certain courses completed (usually
Sophomore year).
6Business Honors
7Finance
Ranked 6 by US News (2002) 6 Insurance/Risk
Management
- The Finance major program is designed to
prepare a student for a career in finance in
large corporations, small businesses, banks,
brokerage firms, insurance companies, real estate
firms and many more. - Offers students an opportunity to study the
financial functions in business firms, financial
systems, and financial markets as well as the
roles of commercial banks, investment and
security firms, and other financial institutions.
- Students may also choose concentrations in real
estate or risk management insurance.
8Management
Ranked 6 by US News (2002) 5
Entrepreneurship 15 Supply Chain Mgmt/Logistics
- The major objective of the Management program
is to train competent administrators for service
in a wide variety of organizations such as public
or private, product or service oriented, profit
or not-for-profit. - Management students will be introduced to areas
such as personnel/human resource management,
industrial relations, production management and
entrepreneurship. - Supply chain management is a total systems
approach to delivering manufactured products to
the end customer (buyers, risk management
analysts, logistics planners). - Jobs are generally acquired in three areas
- Behavioral
- Policy and Strategy
- Operations Management
9Marketing
Ranked 4 by US News (2002)
- Marketing students study the way in which
products and services are organized, executed,
publicized, and distributed to consumers within
an organizations goals. - Careers in personal selling and sales management,
retail merchandising and management, marketing
management, marketing research and promotional
strategy, and management. - Knowledge of product design, advertising,
pricing, consumer behavior, and distribution
management is essential to the job because of the
direct contact with customers.
10Engineering Route to Business (ERB)
- Blends mathematics, science, and business
administration as well as the management of
technological, engineering, and scientific
enterprises. - Prepares graduates for management and sales
positions in high-tech and engineering companies,
manufacturing, and consulting (they will not be
licensed Engineers). - 4 course or 3 course block options (one
Engineering and one Business) - Engineering Manufacturing Electrical Computer
Mechanical Systems Civil Chemical - Business Supply Chain Management Management
Information Systems Accounting/Finance
Marketing
11International Business
Ranked 7 by US News (2002)
- Solid basic business education (specialty in an
area of business), international dimensions of
business, specialty in one major world region
with a language and direct overseas experience
(required study abroad). Prepares students for
entry into the global workforce in government,
international trade, global business operations
and planning. - Most careers are found domestically, with some
travel overseas with assignments after a few
years. Job opportunities are greatest at
corporate headquarters.
12Management Information Systems (MIS)
Ranked 3 by US News (2002) 3 E-Commerce
- Prepares a professional who can fully
appreciate the complexity of information system
design. - Students engage in the study of computer
science and business practices simultaneously
which prepares them for a career in which they
will serve as a link between a business needs
and the technology that meets those needs. - Accounting firms, oil companies, computer
corporations and consultants (and more) hire MIS
graduates.
13Accounting
Ranked 2 by US News (2002)
Ranked 1 by Public Accounting Report (2002)
- Accounting students develop a broad overall
education, solid grounding in the common body of
business knowledge, and a rigorous understanding
of accounting. - An accounting major prepares students to
record, analyze and interpret financial
transactions, statements and reports in order to
aid in decisions regarding budgets, taxes, and
audits, as well as creating systems to track
financial activity. - Students are prepared for a wide variety of
professional opportunities, including entry-level
positions in public accounting, private/industry
accounting and not-for-profit accounting,
including government accounting.
14Professional Program in Accounting(P.P.A)
Ranked 1 by Public Accounting Report for 7
consecutive years Want to be a Certified Public
Accountant?
- The Professional Program in Accounting is a
five-year program leading to both the B.B.A.
degree and the Master in Professional Accounting
(M.P.A) degree. - In this special program, students may choose a
general track or one of the following areas of
specialization - 1) auditing and financial reporting
- 2) taxation
- 3) management accounting and control
- Historically, P.P.A. students have enjoyed a high
degree of success on the Certified Public
Accounting examination, and have received
advanced or accelerated career opportunities in
accounting. - Students apply after their Sophomore year.
- Most graduates accept jobs with CPA firms, and
others take positions with industry, banking and
finance, or not-for-profit organizations.
15Academic Advisors
16Ford Career Center
Internships are required of all students, usually
Junior year for credit (summer or school year).
- Career Services Office
- Workshops
- Interviewing
- Creating and developing resumes
- Etiquette
- Choosing a major
- Researching companies
- Professional Career Advisors
- One-on-one help to discuss career planning topics
including resumes, cover letters, internships,
job search, interviewing and mock interviews. - Career Resource Library
- Provides career exploration, company research,
and job search information through books, videos,
periodicals, and files.
17Company Recruiting _at_ McCombs School of Business
- 400 companies interview on-campus _at_ the Business
School
200 companies participate in information
sessions and career fairs 3,000 positions posted
on-line
18Student Organizations
- Provide an avenue for networking with faculty,
staff, students recruiters - Demonstrate leadership, organization, and team
skills
900 organizations at the University of Texas
34 organizations within the Business School
a business organization has been the best
overall organization at UT five of past nine
years
19McCombs Admission Statistics
20Alternatives to Business School
- Complete a Degree in another college and
supplement with Business Foundations - Enroll in another college at UT and apply as an
internal transfer - Attend another college or university and apply as
an external transfer - Apply to more than one University where you can
complete a Business degree, so you have options
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