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Supporting all majors

The Department of Business Administration is truly unique and enables the Spears School to leap ahead of other business schools with a concerted effort on practical business skills. A focus on these skills complements the traditional business curriculum to develop career ready professionals. We support all business majors by enhancing the curriculum of your major with classes that focus on the skills necessary for early career success.
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From professional development to analytics, our courses help you develop hands-on experiences and skills to give you a competitive edge after graduation. These courses are developed and delivered to students by faculty with a background in corporate and industry experience to ensure that we are bringing industry best practices to the classroom.
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Career Readiness Seminar

  • Land an internship

  • Build a strong professional resume

  • Develop effective interview skills

  • Explore and test career options

Professional Development Seminar

  • Build professional and personal networks

  • Prepare for a successful career

  • Develop strong written and oral communication skills

  • Enhance interviewing skills with technical and case study interviewing techniques

Interpersonal Skills

  • Develop people skills through emotional intelligence

  • Develop networking and relationship skills

  • Learn to lead with confidence, integrity and authenticity

  • Develop success-oriented habits and strategies

  • Acquire the mindset that leads to early career success

Business Analytics

  • Understand business quantitative skills

  • Develop basic excel data visualization skills

  • Practice advanced visualization skills through applications like Tableau

  • Utilize descriptive analytics and probabilistic decision making

  • Learn to tell an effective story through the use of data and analytics tools

Committed to student career success

Eastin Center for Career Readiness

Each student has the potential to make a positive impact on this world. Our mission is to guide and support our students, so they are prepared to pursue professional opportunities, practice continued growth and fully realize their potential.

Spears Mentoring Program

Connect students to experienced business mentors who can contribute to their professional and personal development. Knowledgeable, successful mentors act as role models who provide career guidance and industry insight.

Business Brews

On the first Wednesday of each month during the semester, we host a casual interview and networking event for students with a Spears champion. Speakers are often alumni or leaders in our college who share valuable insights with students in a very casual setting.

Korn Ferry competencies

Spears Business is the only undergraduate program in the nation to have incorporated the Korn Ferry Leadership Architect™ into student curriculum. From freshman year to graduation, you will focus on developing professional and interpersonal skills which will provide you with a competitive advantage.

Featured announcement

MS BAnDS program hosts 2023 case competition

December 7, 2023

The Master’s in Business Analytics and Data Science program (MSBAnDS) recently concluded its annual case competition where 14 teams competed for bragging rights and prize money.

MBA student Fogleman takes top prize at Riata Center competition

November 9, 2023

Spears Business MBA student Trevor Fogleman emerged victorious at the Riata Center's Pitch and Poster Competition, showcasing his groundbreaking nail-trimming device, target market and business model.

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2023 university award winners announced 2023 university award winners announced Dec 4
Accounting for the Future Accounting for the Future Nov 28
Raising the Research Bar Raising the Research Bar Nov 28
It Takes a Village It Takes a Village Nov 27

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