For a business-minded prospective college student who enjoys working with people, choosing a college major can be a challenge. Your ambition makes it difficult to pick just one field of study, but you don’t want to go overboard and end up stuck in school longer than necessary and needing to delay your entry into the […]
You want to make big things happen. With ambition like yours, there’s no telling what you can do in the business world – once you have a college degree. A business degree may seem like a natural choice, but specialized studies in entrepreneurship could be an appealing option if you plan to start your own […]
The chances that you already know someone majoring in business are good. In fact, business is consistently among the most popular college majors. What you might not realize is that there are distinct programs of study within the field of business – not only in disciplines like finance, marketing and accounting, but also among “general” […]
If the people-side of business is what most appeals to you, then you might already be thinking that human resources would be a great college major for your skills and interests. You can get started getting ready for your human resources degree program long before you graduate college. Preparing for success as a student of […]
When you start high school, college may seem far away. However, those four years can pass quickly. Before you know it, the time will come for you to apply to college, and you will wonder if you have done enough to prepare for the admissions process, your postsecondary education and your future career in management. […]
IMAGE SOURCE What is Fire Administration? Fire services administrators supervise firefighters in fire departments, federal departments, and private entities. They work a variety of roles related to fire safety. Some of the responsibilities include managing finances, coordinating emergency responders, dealing with labor issues and administering fire safety regulations and procedures. Fire administrators also work in […]
If you’re interested in the field of operations research analysis, your future earning potential is just one of many factors to consider. Operations research analysts earn median wages more than twice as high as the median for all occupations, and six-figure salaries are possible for those in higher earning brackets. However, you should also know […]
IMAGE SOURCE What is healthcare informatics? According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, it is the interdisciplinary study of the design, development, adoption, and application of IT-based innovations in healthcare services delivery, management, and planning. Health informatics technology includes the electronics and information technology used during the course of patient care. A practice also […]
IMAGE SOURCE The Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) major explores the identification of potential exposures to loss, measurement, and analysis of those loss exposures, methods for handling those loss exposures (methods in addition to insurance), the implementation of the risk management plan and the review and analysis of the risk management process. RMI also explores […]
Given its place as one of the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, you might think of engineering as a close relative of the field of science. However, some branches of engineering, like industrial engineering, may have more in common with business than with the conventional image of an engineer. As the discipline of […]
