Welcome to the Red McCombs School of Business

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Welcome to the Red McCombs School of Business!
CeCe Ridder Director of Student Affairs
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U.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)

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AdmissionInformation

• 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.

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AdmissionInformation

• 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.
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Majors

• 9 Majors, students do not declare a major until
  they have certain courses completed (usually
  Sophomore year).

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Business Honors
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Finance
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.

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Management
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

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Marketing
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.

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Engineering 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

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International 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.

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Management 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.

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Accounting
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.

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Professional 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.

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Academic Advisors
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Ford 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.

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Company 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
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Student 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
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McCombs Admission Statistics
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Alternatives 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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