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Undergraduate Quick Facts

The School of Business

The School of Business is committed to providing students with the educational foundation needed for life-long learning and success in both the regional and global business communities. Through quality instruction enhanced by timely research and professional service, the faculty members strive to continuously improve the business curricula, giving students a cutting-edge educational experience.

It is the desire of the School of Business faculty that students develop skills and knowledge that will help them advance in their career endeavors, present and future. To help achieve this goal, courses are designed to provide the foundation of knowledge that is both current and relevant to the course topics. It is our aim to help students develop those skills that employers will value and reward.

Students in the School of Business have numerous opportunities as they advance in their chosen disciplines to take courses that offer "real" projects with real problems that real organizations struggle to solve. In doing so, students are challenged in ways in which they may expect to be challenged by their employers.


Majors

The School of Business offers three undergraduate degrees with a total of six majors. Students may elect to receive the traditional Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree with a major in one of the following areas:

Accountancy
Finance
Management
Marketing

Or, students may select the Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree with a major in Economics or the Bachelor of Science (BS) degree with a major in Industrial Technology or Mechanical Engineering.


Minors

A person majoring in a field outside the School of Business may minor in one of the following areas:

Accountancy
Business
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Management
Marketing

Faculty

Approximately 90 percent of all undergraduate student class hours in business are taught by faculty holding a terminal degree in the subject area. The terminal degrees held by our faculty are from such esteemed universities as Stanford University, Texas A & M University, University of Minnesota, Louisiana State University, Brigham Young University, University of Memphis, Texas Tech University, University of North Texas, and New Mexico State University.

Our faculty members have extensive experience in the business world in both research and consulting. They apply these experiences to the classroom to help students better understand the complexity of the 21st century business environment.


Quality

The University of Texas of the Permian Basin is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate and masters degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of The University of Texas of the Permian Basin.  

The UTPB School of Business is accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the most widely recognized business school accreditation program in the world. AACSB has accredited the Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration, and Master of Professional Accountancy programs. To be accredited by AACSB International, a business program must demonstrate existing quality as well as an ability to enhance that quality in the future. Less than one-third of U.S. business schools and only 15% of business schools worldwide meet the rigorous standards of AACSB International accreditation.


Student Oriented

Students are not just another number within the School of Business. Faculty and staff who care about students will be one of the first things noticed. The faculty and staff will continue to be an active part of the educational experience throughout the degree program. Every School of Business student has an assigned advisor who is ready to answer any questions.


Business Honor Society

In Spring of 2000, the School of Business began a chapter of Sigma Beta Delta International Honor Society. As of Spring of 2006, the School chartered and initiated eligible students into Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society.