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Concentrations
Accountancy
The Accounting program at BUonline offers courses in financial, managerial and cost accounting, tax planning,
auditing, international accounting, accounting for decision making and control and accounting for mergers and acquisitions.
Students who specialize in accounting often pursue careers in public and private accounting.
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Banking
The Banking concentration gives students a broad introduction to
banking and financial markets operations,
as well as the tools utilized by bank and
financial managers. Students who choose this concentration often pursue
careers in commercial or investment banking,
or work as internal financial managers for corporations.
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Business Computing
The Business Computing concentration focuses on analytical thinking for effective decision making and is concerned
with the application of information technology for solving business problems and supporting organizational functions.
It includes hands-on instruction and use of computer based instruction as productivity tools for effective management
of organizations.
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Hospitality Management
The Hospitality Management concentration focuses
on the academic skills required for managerial positions in the hospitality industry. Students are provided with
tools and perspectives to pursue a career in the Hotel Management and/or Tourism Management. The concentration
also makes students eligible for membership in internationally recognized professional bodies of the industry:
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Insurance and Risk Management
The Insurance and Risk Management concentration examines the techniques that corporations, organizations, and
individuals can use to minimize the potential financial losses arising from their exposure to risk. These techniques
range from traditional insurance products to current advances in corporate and insurer risk management. Students
graduating with this concentration can take positions with investment banks, re-insurers, accounting firms, insurance
brokerage firms, consulting firms, insurance companies and corporate risk management departments.
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Business Management
Managers in a global economy must simultaneously understand the total enterprise and comprehend the forces shaping
the organization's direction, policies, and goals, while at the same time exercising personal leadership in managing
the firm's human resources. The Management concentration offers a program that applies basic social science disciplines
to management and leadership problems in the public and private sectors.
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Finance
The Finance concentration gives students a broad introduction
to banking and financial markets operations,
as well as the tools utilized by bank and financial managers. Students
who choose this concentration often pursue careers in commercial or
investment banking, or work as internal financial managers for corporations.
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Marketing Management
Students pursuing a concentration in Marketing Management acquire solid grounding
in the basic disciplines essential for understanding consumer and organizational buying
patterns. They also acquire
practical experience in the application of these concepts and methods in areas such as new product development,
advertising, retailing, and a capstone senior seminar course. Many students with a concentration in marketing have
gone on to work in brand management, sales, marketing research and consulting, as well as entrepreneurial ventures.
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Advertising and Marketing
The Advertising and Marketing allows
BUonline students concentrating on the applied aspects of the field.
Whether in advertising or in the conduct of market research, it is crucial for professionals in marketing to understand
how this sector operates in the real world and to
develop field experience in this area.
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Management Science
The attainment of world-class quality and productivity in the production and delivery of goods and services
to customers has become a critical challenge for modern management. The management science concentration provides
students with a solid understanding of how value-adding processes work and how they can be improved through state-of-the-art
analytic approaches and computer-based management systems. Graduates enter careers in areas such as quality management,
production control, service delivery management, logistics, process re-engineering, strategy development, product
design, and technology planning.
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Individualized
You may find, after thoroughly examining options available, that the standard concentrations do not satisfy
your interests and goals. You may then explore the possibility of designing an individualized concentration, consisting
of at least twelve BUonline majors that are united by a common theme. Individualized concentrations are possible
in areas such as legal studies, statistics, transportation, graphic design, finance, management and others. The
following concentrations are suggested which may also be adjusted to fit the students preference:
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Environmental Policy and Management
The Environmental Policy and Management concentration examines the impact of business on the environment and
human health and safety and also addresses a range of policy issues. This concentration provides an in-depth foundation
for those interested in pursuing careers in the growing environmental sector of the economy, whether in private
business, government or environmental consulting.
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Health Care Management and Policy
The concentration in Health Care Systems focuses on the management, finance and economics of the health services
sector. Students are provided with tools and perspectives to understand and analyze issues in the industry. This
concentration prepares students for careers in health care management or policy, clinical medicine, nursing or
dentistry.
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Information Systems
The Information Systems concentration prepares students to conceive, develop and deliver leading edge and innovative
information systems applications. Students develop a sound understanding of the functions of information systems
in the context of organizations as well as a detailed knowledge of the design, implementation, operation and management
of computer-based systems. This concentration is designed for students planning careers in consulting, software
development, data processing or management information systems.
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Public Policy and Management
The Public Policy and Management concentration provides skills and insights that are useful to future private
and public managers, lawyers, economists, and political scientists as well as policy analysts. The concentration
combines elements of economic and political analysis to understand the interactions between market and political
processes (political economy) and the positive and normative aspects of government activity (public policy and
management).
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Real Estate
The Real Estate concentration focuses on real estate finance and law, as well as issues such as real estate
development, the legal aspects of real estate investment and financing, government policy, architectural design
and city and regional planning.
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