UNCP School of Business

The School of Business building on the main campus of UNCP

The UNCP School of Business is located within the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and has three departments:

• Accounting and Information Technology
• Economics, Finance, and Decision Sciences
• Management, Marketing, and International Business

Some programs are offered fully online. The School is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

The university, and the School of Business, has nearly doubled in size in the past eight years. As of December 2006, 593 students had declared their intent to pursue an undergraduate degree in business and were in good standing, and 61 were pursuing the MBA.

UNCP School of Business building north side entrance

Undergraduate Degrees

The UNCP School of Business offers two undergraduate degrees:

• Bachelor of Science in Accounting
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - with concentrations in:

management

marketing

finance

economics

international business

• for non-Business Administration students the following minors are offered:

business administration

economics

marketing

Graduate Degrees

A Masters of Business Administration (MBA) is offered by the UNCP School of Business as either a full-time day program or as a part-time evening program.

Faculty

The UNCP School of Business currently has thirty full-time faculty positions and 27 adjunct faculty. The use of adjuncts allows the three departments to offer more courses and bring a practitioner perspective to the students’ education.

Endowed professorships

• Thomas Family Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship
• William Henry Belk Endowed Chair of Management

Special activities

Part of the SIFE display in the lobby

Special activities in the School of Business at UNCP include:

• Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) program
• Accounting Students Association
• Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA)
• Distinguished Executive Speaker’s Series

Thomas Family Center for Entrepreneurship

Thomas Center at COMtech

The Entrepreneurship Center is funded with a gift from Pembroke native and Los Angeles commercial real-estate developer Jim Thomas and his family's foundation.^[1] Thomas was born in Pembroke, North Carolina and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He maintains close ties to his home community. Located off-campus in COMtech near the UNCP Regional Center for Economic, Community, and Professional Development, the Thomas Center is designed to assist small businesses in the region. It applies the talents of UNCP's faculty to the business community and serves as a training ground for students.^[2]

Publications

UNCP School of Business is a partner in the scholarly journal, the International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management (IJSSM) published by Inderscience.^[3]

Office of Economic and Business Research

The Office of Economic and Business Research (EBR) is intended to provide data to assist in regional economic progress. The target audience includes local area businesses and new firms that are relocating to the region. Publication include “The Economic and Social Impacts of The University” demonstrating the positive economic and social impact of UNCP for the region and state.

Notes

1. "Thomas Entrepreneurship Center dedicated at summit" March 2007, retrieved on May 11, 2008.
2. Bigelow, Scott. "Entrepreneurship Center dedication is March 26", The Robesonian Online edition, retrieved on November 4, 2007.
3. Publisher's information page, retrieved on November 4, 2007.

External links

• Official home page retrieved on October 28, 2007.