Academics
Hit the ground running
Are you ready? You'll become an entrepreneur in one of your first courses as a business major at Saint Michael's. In our Critical Thinking and Communications course, you'll prepare a business plan, sell stock in your company, and sell your products or services on campus. At the end of the semester, you'll present a shareholder report and evaluate the performance of your business.
Just like in the business world ...
You'll have opportunities to work in teams and develop effective communication and leadership skills through a variety of projects including:
- Competing against students from other colleges and universities in our annual Business Ethics Case Competition, focusing on issues such as greenwashing, sweatshop labor or internet censorship.
- Working with computer-based simulation to market consumer products in Latin America.
- Developing a marketing plan to sell bamboo bicycles in Liberia, vaccine kits in Burkina-Faso, or property insurance in Senegal
- Acting as a consultant to a local business or nonprofit agency to help them address some organizational problem.
- Preparing a business plan for a hypothetical start-up and then presenting your plan to a panel of investors, bankers and entrepreneurs in our annual Enterprise Plan Competition.
- Working with students from other departments such as Biology and Environmental Studies to develop business plans for "green" startups.
To contact the Department of Business Administration and Accounting:
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Department of Business Fax: 802.654.2478 |
Department Chair: Robert Letovsky, Ph.D. rletovsky@smcvt.edu 802.654.2477 Administrative Assistant: |
View a complete list of faculty in the Department of Business Administration and Accounting.
Chantal Gipson '12
Robert Letovsky Ph.D.
Department Chair,
Professor of Business and Accounting
Paul Olsen Ed. D.
Instructor of Business and Accounting
Karen Popovich D.B.A.
Assistant Professor of Business and Accounting
