Business Administration Department

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Department Head: Bebensee

Professors: Poole, Spivey, Pokryfka, Zigli, Moore, Alford, Simmons, Kindel

Associate Professors: Craig, Bebensee, Strauch, Silver, Sparks, Greenawalt, Woolsey, Sharbrough, Foster, Moody

Assistant Professor: Bolt

The mission of the Department of Business Administration at The Citadel is two-fold: to offer an undergraduate business program in a disciplined military environment along with a traditional evening Master of Business Administration program for working professionals and to give all our students the knowledge and skills they need to assume positions of leadership in business and society. The Citadel's undergraduate experience is distinctive in that it offers development of character and leadership through participation in the Corps of Cadets, small classes, faculty whose first priority is teaching, and professors who interact with students outside of the classroom and have the opportunity to live on campus, all of which comprise a unique learning community.

The Citadel's undergraduate program, our principal focus, blends four semesters of science, four semesters of English, four semesters of foreign language courses, other traditional liberal arts courses, and upper-level business courses with a demanding on-campus military leadership laboratory — the South Carolina Corps of Cadets. This laboratory teaches self-awareness, stress management, creative problem-solving, communication, motivation, conflict management, and productive use of power and authority. In addition to living and working in this laboratory, cadets also take eight semesters of ROTC courses which emphasize communication skills, military professionalism, ethics, analysis of the defense structure, practice of leadership and management principles, and problem-solving skills.

In their junior and senior years, Citadel business majors use assignments from several different courses to build a portfolio of papers, case analyses, and class projects which demonstrate their competencies in oral and written communications, problem-solving, computer usage, and leadership skills. This portfolio may be used to show prospective employers examples of the kind of work they are capable of doing.

Faculty intellectual development activities, intellectual contributions, and service activities are viewed as important supporting elements of our teaching mission. Faculty members add to their expertise by participating in individual and group faculty development activities, conducting research projects, and interacting with practitioners in their fields.

For students interested in accounting careers, the Department offers an accounting concentration. Students who choose to pursue this option use all six of their departmental elective slots to satisfy concentration requirements as specified in the "Courses of Study" section of this catalog.

Persons interested in the Master of Business Administration program, which is offered only through evening classes, should consult the Graduate Programs catalog for further information.