Business, Accounting, and Economics Department

The Department of Business, Accounting, and Economics offers major fields of study that are strong, varied, and flexible, and that allow you to tailor your individual program of study to suit your particular needs and interests. Characterized by both breadth and depth of content, and solidly built on a strong liberal arts foundation, our curriculum not only prepares you for making a living, but also for making a life that is rich, rewarding, and fulfilling. The faculty in the Department are talented, respected, highly collaborative, and they take a personal, individual approach to your education. Their principal commitment is to excellence in teaching and student learning, and they are dedicated to helping you become successful business leaders in the 21st century. Rooted in a tradition of excellence in business education, the Department's major degree programs and opportunities for international study, experiential education, and co-curricular activities are designed to prepare you, both professionally and personally, to take advantage of future opportunities and meet future challenges in our dynamic, ever-changing world.

Mission Statement

The Department of Business, Accounting, and Economics fosters a comprehensive world-view in each of our students through an interdisciplinary integration of the liberal arts and business studies. Based on this foundation, it is our mission to pursue excellence in business education and to prepare students for successful professional careers, graduate studies, and a lifetime of learning, service, and personal growth.

Broad-Based Goals

In order to accomplish its mission, the Department of Business, Accounting, and Economics pursues a set of broad-based strategic goals. They are to:

• promote a dynamic environment of academic excellence that emphasizes student learning in all programs of study
• enhance operational effectiveness and measure excellence in business education through comprehensive programs of outcomes assessment and continuous improvement that are fully integrated with strategic planning
• add significant value to student learning outcomes and postgraduate achievement by engaging in continuing curricular review and development
• develop ethical leaders who excel in a variety of organizational environments by contributing to the personal and professional development of students
• improve program content and delivery by promoting and engaging in a variety of faculty development activities
• enhance student learning through the provision of significant opportunities for international study, experiential education, and co-curricular activities
• foster a stimulating and effective learning and teaching environment for all students and faculty
• create program synergies by establishing and sustaining internal and external collaborative educational relationships and partnerships
• enhance visibility, reputation, and service presence by developing and sustaining community, regional, state, national, and international outreach initiatives

Accreditation

Specialized business accreditation by an independent, external accrediting body is a means by which students, parents, the business community, and other stakeholders of the institution can be assured that the institution’s business programs meet high principles of excellence and follow best practice in business education.

Jamestown College has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), located in Olathe, Kansas. The business programs in the following degrees are accredited by the IACBE:

• Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with Concentrations in Accounting, Business Communication, Financial Planning, General Management, Global Business, and Marketing
• Bachelor of Arts in Accounting
• Bachelor of Arts in Management Information Science

Assessment

The Department of Business, Accounting, and Economics affirms the importance of continual and comprehensive assessment of student learning outcomes in all of its programs as a method of measuring excellence in business education. Consequently, the Department is committed to the use of outcomes assessment results as a means to achieve its stated mission and broad-based goals, and to improve student academic and personal achievement.

Roland E. Meidinger Center for Excellence in Business

The Roland E. Meidinger Center for Excellence in Business (CEB) is composed of the Department of Business, Accounting, and Economics and several ongoing programmatic, faculty, and co-curricular initiatives that are designed to promote continuing excellence in business education. The CEB's overarching, broad-based goal is to build a business program that compares favorably with that of any small liberal arts college in the nation. Focusing on the global realities of contemporary business, the CEB offers Jamestown College students the advantages of a larger business school in a small college setting.