Business

New area of specialization in business

Penn State Shenango has announced that the campus’s business major will add a third area of specialization through a new accounting option. With a positive job growth outlook, students will be prepared for a fast-paced and ever-changing workplace upon graduation.

The Bachelor of Science in Business is a professionally oriented business degree program that combines the theoretical underpinnings of:

Core business disciplines
Management
Marketing
Finance
Supply chain management
Applied study in practical settings

The degree allows students to become familiar with the unique business environments of their local communities, a design that sets the degree apart from other business degrees offered within the University and throughout the Commonwealth.

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What to expect

At the Shenango campus, we offer three options to specialize your business degree:

Accounting
Individualized
Management and Marketing

In all of these options, students develop written and oral communication skills, acquire contemporary technology skills, and engage in active and collaborative learning.

Accounting option

This option prepares students to pursue careers in business with an emphasis on the areas of financial and managerial accounting, systems and controls, auditing and taxation.

Individualized Business option

This option provides the opportunity for students to pursue an approved business-focused interdisciplinary program of study.

Management and Marketing option

This option prepares students to pursue careers in business organizations with an emphasis on the skills and knowledge necessary for the business professional to function in community and regional centers of commerce.