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The School of Business and Applied Business

From the classroom to the boardroom and beyond.

The programs housed in The School of Business and Applied Business will provide you rigorous and collaborative learning experiences which inspire informed judgment, decisive action, and cultural literacy. As the business world grows increasingly more global and interconnected, we know that our students are prepared to work with diverse teams to bring innovation to life. Mercyhurst graduates are ready to use technology to its fullest potential, collaborate and explore new styles of leadership, and to push the boundaries to progress.

Each major in The School of Business and Applied Business values hands-on learning and close faculty mentorship. Be prepared to write an engaging marketing plan for a small business, design your own store-front fashion display, or craft your own culinary experience for your peers and community. Across all of our diverse programs, experienced faculty will prepare you for leadership roles as you develop the creative design and strategic business skills needed in today’s global marketplace. 

Fast Facts

  • All senior business majors are required to take the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Major Field Test. Our students consistently rank in the top 5% of other business majors in this annual nation-wide test.   
  • Walker College students were recently recognized by the authors of the Business Strategy Game (BSG) Simulation for finishing in a tie for first overall for two consecutive weeks. Only 11 groups had a perfect score in the simulation over the past two reporting cycles, with Mercyhurst among them, out of nearly 5000 student groups competing from over 260 institutions worldwide. 
  • The Hospitality Management program has one of the strongest internship programs in the country, offering opportunities with industry-leading hotels, restaurants, and convention centers such as Omni and Marriott.
  • Business programs focus on developing “T-Shaped Professionals:” students who are well versed in a broad range of abilities and who possess mastery of a skill or process in a specific discipline.
  • Our Fashion Merchandising majors can spend their first three years in Erie and their final year in New York City to graduate with two degrees—a bachelor’s degree from Mercyhurst and an associate degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology.
  • The 4+1 graduate program in Organizational Leadership allows students to earn a bachelor’s and a master’s in only five years by taking graduate-level courses as an undergraduate.
  • The Business Administration minor is open to non-business majors and includes eight courses (24 credits) designed to prepare students with general knowledge of the world of business, along with the communication skills and decision-making tools needed to succeed in business.
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Mission

The mission of the School of Business and Applied Business is to prepare students for leadership roles on the national and international level, to become the entrepreneurs of the future, and to continue their education in graduate and professional schools. With its collegial and supportive culture, Mercyhurst embraces a rigorous and collaborative approach to learning that inspires informed judgment, decisive action and a global, enterprise perspective. Graduates of the School of Business and Applied Business embrace the Mercy mission’s core values of respect and tolerance for people and their ideas, and dignity in the treatment of all workers.  

Undergraduate Business Majors

The defining element of a Mercyhurst business degree is a series of core courses that all business majors take, which provide a curriculum designed to foster well-rounded business leaders through hands-on learning in a variety of disciplines. Business students will build a foundation in six different areas of study, which prepares our graduates to be adaptable, collaborative leaders that are ready for today’s market. This course sequence is comprised of:

  • ACCT 101: Principles of Accounting I: Financial
  • ACCT 102: Principles of Accounting II: Managerial
  • BADM 310: Business Law I
  • BADM 335: Business Analytics
  • BADM 405: Business Policy & Strategy
  • ECON 105: Macroeconomics
  • ECON 106: Microeconomics
  • ECON 406: Managerial Economics
  • FIN 280: Financial Management
  • MGMT 120: Principles of Management
  • MKTG 162: Principles of Marketing
  • STAT 135: Business Statistics I

Accreditation

The Walker College of Business/Business Department at Mercyhurst University has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) located at 11960 Quivira Road in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. For a list of accredited programs, view our IACBE member status page. To view student achievement statistics, please review our Public Disclosure of Student Achievement

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