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Mission
The College will be a leading provider of personalized
business education. Our primary focus is undergraduate
education. We also offer select Master’s level education and
the research opportunities our programs foster.
Our primary goal is to prepare students to make valuable
contributions to their chosen profession and their communities.
Our secondary goal is to provide high-quality,
business-related training, education, consulting, and
information to the Arizona community.
In pursuit of these goals we commit to the following:
- We will foster a sense of community and promote diversity
among our students, staff, faculty, and alumni.
- We will offer a rigorous, current curriculum that is AACSB
accredited.
- We will integrate advanced technologies into the
curriculum.
- We will support and encourage our faculty in their
creative and personalized delivery of our curriculum and their
counseling of our students.
- We will support and encourage our faculty’s intellectual
activities that enhance the art of teaching and advance
knowledge in the fields of business and economics.
At The W. A. Franke College of Business it’s never business as usual… it’s
personal.
Programs
The College offers six undergraduate degree programs:
Accountancy,
Business Economics,
Computer Information Systems,
Finance,
Management, and
Marketing. Each undergraduate degree program requires 13
core courses (39 semester credit hours) in business
disciplines, and 24 to 30 credit hours in the student's
selected degree program. Programs stress effective teaching,
emphasizing written and oral communication, computer skills,
and ethical and international considerations. Courses are
typically taught by full-time doctoral qualified professors in
small classes. The average class size is 37 students. The
College also offers a
Master of Business Administration degree with an integrated
core and cross-functional focus that emphasizes communication
and team skills.
"In my core business classes I was always held to a
high standard of excellence."
- Heather Boushley, Marketing
Accreditation
The College was fully reaccredited January 16, 2009 by the
authorized national accrediting body, the
Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business. The
NAU program is one of approximately 400 programs that are fully
accredited out of over 1,000 programs offered throughout the
nation.
"The curriculum seems very similar to other colleges
that offer a CIS degree. I have searched the internet and the
courses that are being offered by NAU's CIS program are also
the ones that others schools are offering; when I get out of
school I will be able to compete against graduates from other
schools for jobs in the work force."
- Stephanie Meyer, CIS-business preparation
Faculty
The College
faculty has a commitment to quality teaching,
applied and practical research, community service, and student
advising. Eighty-one percent of the College's 62 faculty hold a
doctoral degree and many have been, or continue to be,
practitioners in their disciplines.
Students
There are 1,600 undergrad and 20 grad students in the
College. Approximately 85 percent of NAU students are Arizona
residents. About 25 percent of the student
population is comprised of minorities, and the student body is
approximately 57 percent male and 43 percent female. Over
83 percent of the student population reside on or
near the university campus. The quality of programs has been
reflected in the increasing number of students attending
Northern Arizona University. Current student enrollment exceeds
19,000. The College has several active honorary organizations
affiliated with national student groups such as Beta Alpha Psi,
Beta Gamma Sigma, and Delta Sigma Pi.
"Being an exchange student can sometimes be hard -
another language, new school - but the faculty helped a lot."
- Antje Friedrich
Commitment to Community Service
The College recognizes and accepts its obligation to serve
the interest of the broader community through management
development programs, consulting activities, publication of
studies vital to the economic development of the area, and
professional participation in volunteer organizations. These
activities are conducted by the following The W. A. Franke College of Business
Administration units:
The Arizona Hospitality Research & Resource
Center
The AHRRC was created in 1989 by the Arizona Legislature to provide research for
one of the state’s largest industries – Tourism.
The Arizona Rural Policy Institute
The ARPI pays particular attention to the information needs of northern Arizona
and rural communities throughout the state.
The Center for American Indian Economic Development
CAIED is a
unique information and resource center for Arizona tribes,
their corporations,
and enterprises.
The
Computer Training Center
The CTCenter presents over 200 training workshops a year.
Elderhostel
NAU Elderhostel offers over 50 different educational programs throughout the year,
tailored to a variety of interests and geographic areas.
The Small Business Institute
(SBI) lets business owners meet with senior business students to review the efficiency
and effectiveness of a business' operations. With faculty supervision, students then
conduct an objective assessment of the business, develop alternative solutions, and
prepare a comprehensive report. Students get real world experience and business owners
receive a quality product at no costs.
The Testing Center
Some of the most common tests we administer include: CLEP, Accuplacer, DANB, MAT,
HESI, SAT, LSAT, ASE, MBTI, and Strong. In addition, we are a certified PearsonVUE
Select site and offer the GMAT and NREMT tests on a regular basis.
Resources
Teaching and academic pursuits are enhanced with modern
resources such as multimedia presentation facilities; three computer-equipped classrooms; one computer-equipped
training lab; one computer- equipped lab; 13 breakout spaces/front porches with
computers for student use; one computer equipped MBA lounge; and 30 laptop computers
on a cart for use in classrooms.
"I am studying CIS. It is important to me that I
receive informative and up-to-date instruction in an
ever-changing career field. I notice this most when my
technological courses use newer equipment and the latest
software."
- Edward Harris, CIS
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