Belk College of Business
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The Belk College of Business is the business school at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
. The Belk College offers undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees in a variety of business disciplines.
department store organization. Members of the Belk family were instrumental in the creation of UNC Charlotte and have been generous contributors to the university and the college.
(SACS).
in business administration, with a major in finance.. http://www.belkcollege.uncc.edu/phd/
The Belk College collaborates with the College of Information Technology on the Ph.D. in Information Technology – Business Track. http://bisom.uncc.edu/phd-IT/
Faculty from the Belk College's Department of Management teach in the Ph.D. in Organizational Science in the College of Arts & Sciences. http://orgscience.uncc.edu/
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte , also known as UNC Charlotte or simply Charlotte, is a public research university located in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States...
. The Belk College offers undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees in a variety of business disciplines.
History
The college was established in 1965 as the Department of Business at UNC Charlotte; it became the College of Business Administration in 1971 when the university reorganized its departments into colleges. The school was renamed the The Belk College of Business in 1991 in honor of the William Henry Belk family and the BelkBelk
Belk is a department store chain founded in 1888 in Monroe, North Carolina, today part of the Charlotte metropolitan area. After the founding of the first Belk store, the company grew in size and influence throughout the South via the chain in the USA, with its stores primarily located in the...
department store organization. Members of the Belk family were instrumental in the creation of UNC Charlotte and have been generous contributors to the university and the college.
Accreditation
Since 1984, the Belk College has been accredited by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. UNC Charlotte is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and SchoolsSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is one of the six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation...
(SACS).
Doctoral Programs
The Belk College offers a Ph.D.Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in business administration, with a major in finance.. http://www.belkcollege.uncc.edu/phd/
The Belk College collaborates with the College of Information Technology on the Ph.D. in Information Technology – Business Track. http://bisom.uncc.edu/phd-IT/
Faculty from the Belk College's Department of Management teach in the Ph.D. in Organizational Science in the College of Arts & Sciences. http://orgscience.uncc.edu/
Master's Programs
The Belk College offers four master’s degrees:- Master of Business AdministrationMaster of Business AdministrationThe Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
(MBA) http://www.mba.uncc.edu, with academic concentrations in Applied Investment Management, Business Finance, Economics, Financial Institutions/Commercial Banking, Global Business, Information & Technology Management, Management, Marketing, Real Estate Finance and Development, Sports Marketing & Management, Supply Chain Management. A student-structured concentration is available. - Master of AccountancyMaster of AccountancyMaster of Accountancy , alternatively Master of Professional Accountancy or Master of Science in Accountancy , is a graduate professional degree designed to prepare students for public accounting and to provide them with the 150 credit hours required by most states before taking the...
http://www.macc.uncc.edu, with three tracks: Professional Accounting, Financial Accounting/Auditing, or Tax. The program also includes the option for development of an individualized program of study. - Master of Science in Economics http://www.msecon.uncc.edu, with optional concentration in Finance.
- Master of Science in Mathematical FinanceMathematical financeMathematical finance is a field of applied mathematics, concerned with financial markets. The subject has a close relationship with the discipline of financial economics, which is concerned with much of the underlying theory. Generally, mathematical finance will derive and extend the mathematical...
http://mathfinance.uncc.edu - a joint program between the Belk College and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Undergraduate programs
The Belk College offers three undergraduate degrees:- Bachelor of Science in Accounting
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), with majors in: Finance (optional concentration in Risk Management and Insurance), Industrial and Operations Management, International Business, Management, Management Information Systems and Marketing.
- Bachelor of Science in Economics, with concentration in business administration or liberal arts.
Global Programs
The Belk College is undertaking a significant expansion of its international programs, bolstered by a $1.5 million gift from The Belk Foundation in 2002. Current global programs include:- Dual-degree MBA with EGADEEGADEEGADE Business School is the Graduate School of Business at ITESM , a university system with 33 campuses in 26 cities in Mexico.EGADE Business School was created more than 30 years ago in Monterrey, 180 miles south of the...
, Latin America’s top business school (Monterrey, Mexico and Panama City, Panama) http://www.itesm.edu/wps/portal/egade?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/EGADE/Inicio/Programas+Acad%C3%A9micos/Maestr%C3%ADas/GBS+Introducci%C3%B3n+EGADE+MTY - Executive MBA program in Taipei, Taiwan
- MBA program in Hong Kong
- Dual M.S. in Economics with Copenhagen Business SchoolCopenhagen Business SchoolCopenhagen Business School, also known as CBS, is situated in Copenhagen, Denmark. With more than 17,000 students and 1,300 staff members, CBS is also one of the largest business schools in Europe. CBS offers a wide range of business-oriented university programmes and a research environment...
, Denmark’s top business school - Dual degree program with University of LyonUniversity of LyonThe University of Lyon , located in Lyon and Saint Etienne, France, is a center for higher education and research comprising 16 institutions of higher education...
, France
Faculty
- 86 full-time faculty members (Fall 2007)
- Permanent/tenured professors: 47
- Part-time/Adunct faculty: 11
- Full-time faculty who are women:31%
Alumni
The Belk College has approximately 19,000 living graduates, of whom approximately 11,000 reside in the Charlotte metropolitan area.Advisory Boards
The Belk College Board of Advisors is a group of business and community leaders who work to increase the visibility and presence of the Belk College in the business community, and who provide feedback so the College can better serve the community. http://www.belkcollege.uncc.edu/default.asp?id=79 The College also has advisory boards for the programs in Accounting, Real Estate, and Risk Management and Insurance.See also
- List of United States business school rankings
- List of business schools in the United States
External links
- The Belk College of Business MBA Web Site
- The Belk College of Business Web Site
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte Web Site
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte Hong Kong MBA Program Web Site
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte Taiwan MBA Program Web Site
- UNC Charlotte part time MBA ranking