COB: top graduate producer

 
The College of Business is currently considered to be one of the premier schools at Southern University, and is also one of the top graduate producing colleges.
Southern University College of Business is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business or AACSB international which is the premier accrediting body for colleges of business around the world.
“The quality of our instruction, the instructors that we have, and the staff that supports the instructors, the students, all of these is important elements in developing our programs as a college,” said Donald Andrews, Dean of the College of Business.
Courses have been added to the College of Business in terms of analysis and information technology. The college has also added equipment such as title III. Dean Andrews stated that it is a major benefactor to the College of Business.
The College of Business consists of four majors, management, marketing, accountant, and finance. They also have a concentration in economics. In addition to these programs the College of Business also has the MBA program and is currently working on concentrations in that area. This includes supply change management and resource development.​
“We always make sure that the curriculum is well developed and it’s relevant as far as what the corporations are looking for in majors,” Andrews said.
Located in T.T. Allain the college of business has three computer labs and a global communications center. In the finance area there is a finance room markets trading lab, an accounting lab, and a lab for management and marketing.
“We have a lot to offer a student who wants a career in business,” stated Andrews.​
With the college of business moving in a positive direction, it also consists of a small business development center, in which helps small businesses to start or expand their business.
Andrews said “In order to be accredited our faculty have to be active in terms of research as well as teaching.”
College of Business participates in a business plan competition program each year called the Opportunity Funding Corporation (OFC) which is held in Atlanta. Marketing students also work with the Tabasco Company, serving as consultants in terms of developing marketing strategies for Tabasco.
In preparing students for their careers the College of Business has a wide variety of interns available for its students to choose from.
“Most of the hiring today is done from internships, it’s very seldom that a corporation comes in and looks at a student and hires them on the spot,” said Andrews.
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Normally there is a progression that you go to a series of interviews, then if you are selected to participate in an internship program or co-op program, they want to see more less what your work skills are like, what your behavioral person skills are like, and how do you conduct your financial options, so once they understand you from a whole person point of view that’s when they normally make the hiring decision Andrews explained.
Some initiatives and partnerships between the College of Business and other organizations include the HBCU Business Dean’s Round Table, the Minority Serving Institution Research Program, the National Black Association Program, and many others.
“We see a lot of opportunities for our students,” said Andrews.​