University of Missouri-St. Louis Overview
The
University of Missouri-St. Louis
The
University of Missouri-St. Louis is one of four campuses that
constitute the University of Missouri. Founded in 1839 upon
the ideals of Thomas Jefferson, the University of Missouri
is the ninth largest university in the United States. The
St. Louis campus was added in 1963 and UM-St. Louis has become
the largest university serving St. Louis, and the third largest
university in the state. UM-St. Louis offers 46 undergraduate
programs, 26 master's programs, seven pre-professional programs,
eleven doctoral programs, and one professional degree program.
As a major metropolitan university in a center of commerce
and transportation, UM-St. Louis works in partnership with
key businesses and institutions to help the St. Louis region
progress and prosper.
The College of Business Administration
The University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Business Administration
is the largest college of business in the St. Louis metropolitan
area. It offers five graduate business degrees: the Ph.D.
in Business Administration, the Master of Business Administration
(MBA) in a traditional evening format, the Professional MBA
On-Line in an internet-based format, the Master of Science
in Management Information Systems, and the Master of Accounting.
In addition to the degree programs described above, the College offers 18-hour (6 course) graduate certificate programs designed to provide specialized study. Current graduate certificates include Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Electronic Commerce, Human Resource Management, Information Resource Management, Information Systems Development, Marketing Management, Taxation, and Telecommunications Management.
The
MBA Program
The MBA program at UM-St. Louis is designed to educate a well-rounded
business professional, and it has been fully accredited by
the AACSB since 1973. It is flexible enough to accommodate
the student who seeks a general, broad-ranging knowledge of
business, as well as one who seek to obtain an emphasis in
a specific discipline. Themes which run throughout the program
include: analyzing ethical issues, managing worker diversity,
evaluating global and international market opportunities,
and addressing technological issues.
The
MIS Program
The MIS curriculum prepares students for technical, managerial
and academic careers incorporating leading edge technologies
in public and private organizations. This builds on the core
of the business program to prepare students for the social
and technical design, development, and implementation of state-of-the-art,
computer-based, internet-based and telecommunications systems.
The program is enriched by advice from an advisory board and
an active mentoring program.
