knowledge you can use
NIU’s College of Business is ranked #1 in Illinois
by Businessweek for providing the best return on
investment for your tuition dollars spent. You stand
out because of the strong foundation you get
here, combined with a unique set of college-level
programs that only NIU Business offers.
Career Compass
helps you explore your strengths and
interests so you select the area of study that’s best for you.
BELIEF Program
deepens your understanding of
ethics, integrity-based leadership, and personal and
professional character.
Business Passport increases your opportunities to
grow in seven key areas, ranging from career development
to global awareness.
Integrated Business Education (UBUS 310)
helps you understand how organizations actually function when
you examine four business disciplines in one course.
Global Travels take you on 21-day trips with fellow
students and an advising professor to countries in Europe or
Asia, where you’ll visit executives of global operations and
broaden your worldview on life.
Hands-On Learning puts your skills and talents to
work in any number of NIU Business experiential classes, where
you’ll solve real problems, build your individual capabilities and
make and impress business contacts.
your career success
Wherever you choose to go in your career, NIU Business
empowers you to get there. In all six of our Bachelor of Science
programs, you’ll experience teamwork, a focus on business
ethics, and the merging of hands-on problem solving with
important classroom teachings from award-winning faculty.
Accountancy:
technical accounting competence,
effective problem-solving and communications skills, and ethical
accounting professional values. Additional student participation
in career planning.
Professional Certification Exam Reviews:
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Business Administration:
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overall competence in a
variety of business roles and industries that involve accounting,
finance, management, marketing, operations management and
information systems.
Finance: technical competence in corporate financial
management, financial institutions, and investments. Also a minor
in finance.
Professional Certification Programs:
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Certified Treasury Professional (CTP)
Management: high level problem solving, professional
career development, relationship building and communications.
Areas of study: leadership and management, and human
resource management. Additional opportunities in consulting.
Minors in business innovation & entrepreneurship,
and social entrepreneurship.
Centers of Excellence:
Center for Human Capital & Leadership
Center for Social Entrepreneurship
Marketing:
effective communication, professionalism,
analytical competence, and leadership. Customizable areas of
study: professional sales, interactive marketing, and retailing.
Additional student participation in student portfolio development.
Also a minor in marketing.
Operations & Information Management:
strategies for using information technology to solve complex
business problems. Areas of study: business systems analysis,
and; business process analysis. Additional student participation
in career planning.
For your career success,
choose NIU Business.
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