Robert H. Smith School of Business
1570 Van Munching Hall
bhorick@rhsmith.umd.edu/
(301) 405-2286
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu
QUEST
This innovative, three-year program invites high-achieving
students to progress in team-based courses led by an interdisciplinary
faculty. The QUEST program is a collaborative effort between
the Robert H. Smith School of Business and the A. James
Clark School of Engineering, and admits students from those
schools as well as the College of Computer, Mathematical,
and Physical Sciences. Business, Engineering and CMPS freshmen
and five-year sophomores may apply.
Honors
Program
The Smith School Honors program offers students with superior
academic achievements special opportunities and resources,
including the opportunity to participate in cutting-edge
research on business issues, and to graduate with honors.
Students in the honors program take their upper-level BMGT core courses in small, seminar-style honors sections, which allow in-depth exploration of business topics in marketing, finance, management and organization, business law, and policy and strategy.
Departments and Programs
Accounting
The accounting curriculum provides an educational foundation
for careers in accounting and other management areas whether
in private business organizations, government and nonprofit
agencies, or public accounting firms. The accounting profession
has always provided financial information useful in making
economic decisions. In the present Knowledge Economy, relevant,
accessible information and its effective management have
gained even greater value.
Finance
The undergraduate finance curriculum is designed to
familiarize the student with the institutions, theory,
and practice involved in the allocation of financial
resources within the private sector.
General
Business and Management
General Business and Management is appropriate for those
who plan to enter small business management or entrepreneurship
where general knowledge of the various fields of study
may be preferred to a more specialized major.
Information
Systems
The Information Systems (IS) major prepares students
to be effective users and managers of information technologies
and systems in the current environment of the technology-enabled
business firm. The IS major focuses on the data processing
skills, the analytical skills, and the managerial plus
organizational knowledge required to design and manage
information systems and applications based on business
and customer requirements.
International
Business
International Business responds to the global interest
in international economic systems and their multicultural
characteristics. This degree option combines the college-required
courses with International Business courses and provides
students the opportunity to apply a specified upper level
foreign language course toward this specialization’s
requirements.
Logistics,
Transportation and Supply Chain Management
The program is designed to produce outstanding
professionals in the field of logistics,
transportation, and supply chain management.
Logistics and supply chain management deals
with managing the flow of goods from a business
firm's suppliers, through its facilities,
and on to its customers.
Marketing
Marketing, the study of exchange activities, involves
getting goods and services from producers to users. The
goal of marketing is to satisfy all the stakeholders
of the organization, ranging from employees and suppliers
to stockholders and consumers.
Operations
Management
Operations and Quality Management involves the management
of resources for the production of goods or services.
This includes such functions as workforce planning, inventory
management, logistics management, production planning
and control, and resource allocation. The program emphasizes
total quality management principles.