Majors & Minors

Majors & Minors offered
B.S. in Business
B.S. in Environmental Management
Minor in General Business
Minor in Economics
Certificate in Sustainable Community Development

Bachelor of Science in Business
B.S. in Business graduates acquire knowledge and learn skills necessary to develop and maintain competitive advantage in business organizations. The B.S. in Business graduate is equipped with the tools (1) for successful careers in a variety of different management positions; (2) to start their own businesses; or (3) to pursue additional business studies at the graduate level, based on a solid academic foundation. Graduates of our programs have gone on to a variety of successful careers within the financial services sector, banking, human services, and manufacturing, among others. Students are required to undertake an internship to round out their classroom training and gain experience functioning within a professional setting. The Business Department faculty strives to allow students a wide range of opportunities to apply theory to real business problems and to gain insights from practitioners working in the field.

Students may also combine coursework from Business and another Department using the Interdisciplinary Studies Major. A model template for an Interdisciplinary Studies Major focusing on Arts Management is shown under Visual and Performing Arts.


Goals for Business majors

• Understand the central concepts in the functional areas of business including management, accounting, economics, finance, and marketing.
• Gain experience in private business, non-profit, and public management through case studies, internships, and applied course work.
• Develop an appreciation of one's personal interests and natural abilities, and how they can translate into a successful career in business.
• Recognize the increasingly important role that environmental stewardship and social concerns play in private business, non-profit, and public management settings.

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Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management
The Environmental Management major emphasizes the intersection between business, environmental science and public policy. Corporations once understood their obligations toward the environment primarily in the context of compliance with appropriate laws and regulations. Today, however, many corporations seek to go “beyond compliance” and view environmental management as a key business strategy for gaining a competitive advantage and new business opportunities in the global marketplace. Driven by growing consumer demands for enhanced environmental performance and greater knowledge about sustainability risks, businesses, government agencies, and non-profit groups are increasingly seeking employees with a strong understanding of the linkages between business, environmental science, and public policy. Drawing upon the College’s strengths in environmental liberal arts, students completing a degree in Environmental Management are prepared to pursue a variety of different careers in both the private and public sectors. In addition, graduates are also well positioned for graduate study in many different disciplines including law, business, and public policy.

PROGRAM GOALS

• Develop competency in the strategy of corporate environmental management and social responsibility
• Understand the intersections between business, environmental science, and public policy
• Gain experiences in and learn about potential career paths in the environmental management field
• Develop an appreciation of one’s personal interests and abilities, and how they can translate into a successful career in the environmental management field.

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Business Minor
The Business Minor is designed to provide students who have majors outside the business department with a background in fundamentals of private business and public management. The minor is open to all Green Mountain College students other than those in degree programs sponsored by the business department.
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Economics Minor
Available to all Bachelor's degree candidates.
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Certificate in Sustainable Community Development
This 16-credit certificate program will be housed in the Center for Sustainable Community Development in the Williams House just off campus. The program is designed to provide training, requisite skills, a knowledge base and a philosophy that embodies the values of sustainable community and entrepreneurial enterprise. Students will be drawn from traditional undergraduates at Green Mountain College and other nearby liberal arts institutions, as well as from professionals working as technical assistance providers, community planners and those in other professions wishing to assist small communities and businesses in implementing locally based sustainable development strategies.
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