What makes the School of Business different?

Our experiential approach to teaching and learning is less about textbooks, lectures, and exams—and more about preparing you for success by providing you with:

• Hands-on experience that comes from working directly with business and community leaders
• Proven career-ready skills that respected employers value

What makes our program unique

In the School of Business, you will get an impressive range of resume-worthy experiences. You will graduate with demonstrated skills, like evaluating and solving accounting, business analytics, finance, management, and marketing challenges.

Small class sizes and a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio mean you’ll also get a high level of individual attention and mentoring from your professors. We'll encourage you to strive for and accomplish more than you ever thought possible.

• Build a personal plan of study. Are you drawn to the business of sports? Want to work for a high-tech start-up enterprise or start your own business? Become a CPA? Our expert faculty will help you create an academic plan that fits your unique interests and prepares you for a great career. With six business majors, six concentrations, and dozens of other majors and minors, you can complement your business studies and make you even more marketable upon graduation.
• Compete locally, regionally, and nationally. Students who are interested in logistics and supply chain management, for example, can participate in the Conexus Indiana Logistics Case Competition. If working in human resources is your focus, you can also compete in a human resource case competition. For careers in marketing and advertising, you can compete in the American Advertising Federation (AAF) National Student Advertising Competition, where Marian students have been top finishers for eight consecutive years.