Hamline is proud to
announce the creation of the School of Business, a new
undergraduate and graduate program offering master’s degrees in business
administration, nonprofit management, and public administration, as well as
enhanced undergraduate degrees in business and economics. “The
School of Business will embrace our university’s commitment to innovative
curriculum and program delivery, small class sizes, internship placement, and
practical, hands-on learning,” said Dr. Julian Schuster, dean of the School of
Business. “We will graduate students who are prepared for success. Our
graduates will bring to their workplaces not only high levels of competence but
also initiative, creativity, and passion.”
“We are combining our strengths in several key areas to
create undergraduate and graduate programs that are mission-centered and
market-driven and aimed at educating the whole student—intellectually,
emotionally, and ethically,” President Linda Hanson said.
The School of Business will offer undergraduate programs
culminating in degrees of choice for employers: bachelor of arts in economics
or business administration, with concentrations available in finance, general business,
marketing, management, and international business. “Business all by itself is
not enough—employers have told us that,” School of Business Professor Jenny
Keil said. “They’ve said, ‘We’ve got to have students who have critical thinking
skills, who can process complex data analysis, who work well on teams, write
well, and speak well.’ What we offer that is different is this deep tradition
of the liberal arts.” Graduate degree programs will include Hamline’s new
master’s degree in business administration (MBA), which launched in January
2008. The unique modular-based curriculum approaches business theory
thematically to build strategic leaders.
“We recently announced a fully integrated master’s of
business administration program that responds to the need of business leaders
for graduates who are ready for work in businesses and for organizations that
need leaders who think creatively and act responsibly,” President Hanson said.
“Our students, faculty, and the business community have responded enthusiastically
to this major move forward.”
The school will also continue to offer two of the
university’s successful master’s degree programs: the master’s in public
administration and the master’s in nonprofit management as well as the
doctorate in public administration. The public administration program has educated
the region’s state and local government leaders since 1985, and the nonprofit management
program is one of few such programs in the region. Dual management and joint degrees
in collaboration with the School of Law will also be available. “The Hamline
University School of Business will provide an innovative approach to business
education that builds on Hamline’s 154-year tradition of connecting liberal education
with practical experience,” said President Hanson. Undergraduate classes will
be taught on Hamline’s Saint Paul campus. Graduate students can take courses in
Saint Paul or Minneapolis. For more information, visit www.hamline.edu/
business.