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FRESHMAN
ORIENTATION
SUMMER 2008
Outline
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Curriculum Priorities
CoB Branding Initiative
Progression & Admission Standards
Q & A
CoB Curriculum Priorities
• Integrated approach to learning
• Interpersonal skills
– Team skills
– Leadership skills
– Change orientation
– Presentation skills
• Technical skills
• Analytical skills
• Experiential learning/internships
• A commitment to life-long learning
The CoB Brand
• MQ = Higher probability
of success
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technical skills +
organizational fit +
faster productivity +
return on investment
The CoB Brand
Why Employers Love Our Graduates
• Fit Into the Organization
– Adaptability
– Agility
– Attitude, non entitlement mentality
– Lower turnover
– Listening/Communicating
• Fast or faster productivity
– Doing productive work, better performance
– Team work
– Listening/Communicating
• Return on Investment
– All of the above
The CoB Brand
Skills We Help Students Develop
JMU CoB “Interpersonal Success
Skills”
• Emotional Intelligence Skills
• Interpersonal Communications Skills
• Problem Solving, Decision Making, Judgment
Skills
• Team Skills
• Learning Agility—the ability to learn, then
apply that learning to varying situations.
The Path To Your Success
• Lower-level BBA core courses
• Progressing to the sophomore
business courses
• Gaining admission to the CoB &
COB 300
• Selecting & completing a Major
CoB BBA Core
Curriculum
• Lower-level
(Fr/So) courses
– Accounting (2)
– Calculus
– Computer
Information
Systems
– Economics (2)
– Interpersonal
Skills
– Legal Environment
– Management
Science
– Statistics
• Upper-level (Jr/Sr)
courses
– Integrated Functional
Systems
– Strategic Management
Sophomore Progression
Standards
To Enroll in Sophomore Business Courses
• Must complete 5 of 6 BBA core courses
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COB 191 (Statistics)
COB 204 (Computer Information Systems)
COB 218 (Legal Environment of Business)
ECON 201 (Micro-Economics)
GECON 200 (Macro-Economics)
MATH 205 (Calculus)
• Must have at least a 2.500 JMU GPA
What If You Fall Short?
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GPA Between 2.400 and 2.499
- Have summer to reach 2.500
• GPA Below 2.400
– Will be directed to Career and
Academic Planning to select another
major
To Be Considered for Admission
to the CoB & COB 300
• Minimum 2.800 JMU GPA
• Completion of remaining BBA core
courses (10 courses in all)
• No more than 2 Ds, Fs, WFs, or
combination of Ds, Fs, and WFs
• Have completed 56 – 70 credit hours
when beginning COB 300
Admission to the CoB is
SELECTIVE
• Application occurs at the end
of the sophomore year
• Some majors may impose higher
standards
CoB Majors
• Accounting
• Computer
Information
Systems
• Economics
• Finance
• Quantitative
Finance
• Hospitality &
Tourism
Management
• International
Business
• Management
• Marketing
Top Employers (a few)
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Accenture
Bank of America
BearingPoint
Capital One
Deloitte
Eli Lilly & Co.
Enterprise
Ernst & Young
Freddie Mac
Gannett Co./USA
Today
– Hecht’s
– Hyatt
– IBM Consulting Svcs.
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Kohl’s
KPMG
Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Lockheed Martin
Marriott
Morgan Stanley
NVR, Inc. Homes
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Standard & Poors
Target
T. Rowe Price
Wachovia Securities
Walt Disney World
Things You Can Do Now
• Begin putting together a resume
• Register with Career Services
• Start thinking about internships
CoB Freshman
Scholarships
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$2,000
Declared CoB major
Application due 7/21/08
Handout in lobby or
http://www.jmu.edu/cob/Students.shtml
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