Smeal College of Business
Encyclopedia
The Smeal College of Business is the business school
of Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1953, and is named after Mary Jean and Frank Smeal
. The College offers undergraduate, graduate, doctoral degrees, including a Master of Business Administration
(MBA) Program, an Executive MBA Program, and a Master of Accounting. The college is accredited in business and accounting by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
The Smeal College of Business has six academic departments: Accounting, Finance, Insurance and Real Estate, Management and Organization, Marketing, and Supply Chain and Information Systems. Smeal also offers seven undergraduate majors: Accounting, Actuarial Science, Finance, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, and Supply Chain and Information Systems.
Since its inception in 1953, more than 70,000 students have graduated from the college. Currently it has more than 5,500 students at all levels.
James B. Thomas became the school’s dean in July 2006.
Business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...
of Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1953, and is named after Mary Jean and Frank Smeal
Frank Smeal
Frank Paul Smeal was a partner of the Goldman Sachs Group of New York City.A limited partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co., Mr. Smeal spent his 38-year career on Wall Street as an expert in the municipal bond market...
. The College offers undergraduate, graduate, doctoral degrees, including a Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
The 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) Program, an Executive MBA Program, and a Master of Accounting. The college is accredited in business and accounting by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
The Smeal College of Business has six academic departments: Accounting, Finance, Insurance and Real Estate, Management and Organization, Marketing, and Supply Chain and Information Systems. Smeal also offers seven undergraduate majors: Accounting, Actuarial Science, Finance, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, and Supply Chain and Information Systems.
Since its inception in 1953, more than 70,000 students have graduated from the college. Currently it has more than 5,500 students at all levels.
James B. Thomas became the school’s dean in July 2006.
Research
- Center for Supply Chain Research http://www.smeal.psu.edu/cscr/index.html
- Institute for the Study of Business Markets http://isbm.smeal.psu.edu
- Data Resources Program (DRP) http://drp.smeal.psu.edu/
- eBusiness Research Center http://www.smeal.psu.edu/ebrc/index.html
- Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship http://www.smeal.psu.edu/fcfe/index.html
- Center for Global Business Studies http://www.smeal.psu.edu/cgbs/index.html
- Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change http://www.smeal.psu.edu/cmtoc/index.html
See also
- List of United States business school rankings
- List of business schools in the United States
- Princeton Review of Smeal College