Carroll School of Management

Infobox University
name =


motto = Αιεν αριστευειν
"Ever to Excel"
established = 1827, Chartered 1863
type = Private
president = William P. Leahy, SJ
city = Chestnut Hill
state = Massachusetts
country = USA
campus = Suburban; 381 acres (1.5km²)
website = [http://www.bc.edu/csom www.bc.edu/csom]

The Carroll School of Management is a graduate and undergraduate business school and one of the professional schools of Boston College.

The School provides undergraduate and graduate management education attuned to the needs of today's business world. Aligned with the philosophy of Boston College, the School develops leaders and managers who bring an ethical perspective to business decision making. In addition to its 6 degree programs and 8 centers which provide various executive development programming for professionals, the School partners with the business community to provide (student) consulting services in the areas of financial and strategic analysis, product development, and general business planning. [http://www.bc.edu/schools/csom/about/]

Rankings

* #14 in Business Week's 2007 Undergraduate Business School Ranking [ [http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/07/undergrad/index.html/ Undergraduate B-School Profiles ] ]
* #34 in US News and World Report's 2009 Top Graduate Business School Rankings [http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/mba/search]
* #17 in US News and World Report's 2008 Top Part-Time Graduate Business School Rankings [ [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/mba/brief/mbasp12_brief.php USNews.com: America's Best Graduate Schools 2008: Business: Part-Time M.B.A ] ]
* #35 Financial Times, 2006 [ [http://rankings.ft.com/rankings/mba/rankings.html FT.com / Business Education / Global MBA rankings ] ]
* #57 Forbes Magazine, 2005 [ [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/95/Rank_3.html Best Business Schools ] ]
* #31-50 Business Week, 2004 [ [http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/04/index.html#top30 BW Online | B-Schools | Full-Time Profiles 2004-2005 ] ]
* #7 in "Best in Accounting" by Financial Times, 2006 [http://www.ft.com/businesseducation/mba FT.com business education: MBA and executive education rankings and news ] ]

Masters of Science in Finance

At the heart of the Boston College graduate finance learning experience are the knowledge and perspectives of the faculty who teach in the programs. The Finance Department is nationally recognized and ranks among the top 25 by U.S. News & World Report. [ [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/mba/brief/mbasp02_brief.php USNews.com: America's Best Graduate Schools 2008: Business: Finance ] ] Highly accessible and dedicated to the students, the faculty of the Carroll School of Management are acclaimed as teachers, scholars and practitioners. Learning is engineered to be cumulative and reinforcing. All MSF students first master the sophisticated framework of financial understanding, techniques and analysis. Knowledge and skills acquired in the initial courses then inform advanced discussions and exploration of innovative methodologies later in the curriculum. Through their choice of electives, students broaden their exposure or delve into a specific function or discipline. The innovative and comprehensive MSF curriculum provides students with the specialized knowledge and skills required to contribute, compete and advance in the dynamic realm of finance.

Masters of Science in Accounting

The MSA Program provides students with the analytical skills and tools required for success in the complex world of accounting today.The MSA Program builds on the undergraduate education and equips the student for the full range of opportunities in accounting and related fields. With its very flexible schedule, students can quickly satisfy the 150-hour requirement for the certified public accountant (CPA) examination in effect in most states. Major firms in both industry and public accounting consider the Carroll School a prime recruiting school and BC hosts extensive on-campus interviewing. Every year, more than 200 of these organizations visit the Boston College campus to interview students. The interviews produce outstanding job offers in public accounting, consulting, industry and government. Historically, 50 percent of the graduates accept positions with multinational professional services firms. [ [http://www.bc.edu/schools/csom/msa/careers.html Career Strategies - Boston College ] ] The MSA Program was also rated 7th best by Financial Times.

Masters in Business Administration

The program's structure, with its overarching Management Practice sequence (MP), ensures the integration of concepts and experiential learning across courses and semesters. Learning and skill development are contextual, cumulative, and reinforcing.

Students are assigned to cohorts of 50 classmates, with whom they take the modules and courses in the required curriculum. Experiential learning projects are required in both the first and second years. Within the consulting project (year one) and business plan project (year two), faculty and staff compose four or five member teams to achieve a complementary mix of experience and capabilities. As the focus moves to external considerations, the second semester includes an examination of the complex demands of managing in a changing global environment. To complete their first-year course work, students choose four specialization electives to add depth to their understanding of their chosen discipline as well as participating in the consulting project.

Departments & programs

The Carroll School offers six degree programs:
*Undergraduate Business Program (BS)
*Master of Business Administration (MBA)
*Master of Science in Finance (MSF)
*Master of Science in Accounting (MSA)
*PhD in Finance
*PhD in Organization Studies

Joint degrees offered

The Carroll School offers numerous joint degree programs, including:
*Master of Business Administration/Master of Pastoral Ministry
*Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in Finance (MBA/MSF)
*Master of Business Administration/Juris Doctor (MBA/JD)
*Master of Business Administration/Master of Social Work (MBA/MSW)
*Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in Nursing (MBA/MS)
*Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in Biology (MBA/MS)
*Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in Geology/Geophysics (MBA/MS)
*Master of Business Administration/Master of Arts in Mathematics (MBA/MA)
*Master of Business Administration/Master of Arts (MBA/MA)
*Master of Business Administration/Master of Arts in Higher Education (MBA/MA)
*Master of Business Administration/Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (MBA/PhD)

Research centers & institutes

*Business Institute [ [http://www.bc.edu/schools/csom/bcbi/ Welcome to The Boston College Business Institute - Boston College ] ]
*Center for Asset Management [ [http://www.bc.edu/schools/csom/asset/ Center for Asset Management - Boston College ] ]
*Center for Corporate Citizenship (CCC) [ [http://www.bcccc.net/ Center for Corporate Citizenship - CCC HOME ] ]
*Center for Investment and Research Management [ [http://www.bc.edu/centers/investment/ Center For Investment Research And Management - Boston College ] ]
*Center on Wealth and Philanthropy (CWP, formerly SWRI) [ [http://www.bc.edu/research/swri/ Center on Wealth and Philanthropy - Boston College ] ]
*Sloan Work and Family Research Network at Boston College [ [http://wfnetwork.bc.edu/ Sloan Work and Family Research Network ] ]
*Small Business Development Center [ [http://www.bc.edu/centers/sbdc/ Small Business Development Center ] ]
*Urban Ecology Institute [ [http://www.bc.edu/urbanecology UEI - Urban Ecology Institute Home ] ]
*Weston Observatory [ [http://www.bc.edu/research/westonobservatory/ Weston Observatory - Boston College ] ]
*Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics [ [http://www.bc.edu/schools/csom/leadership/ Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics - Boston College ] ]

ee also

*List of United States business school rankings
*List of business schools in the United States

References