The McCormick Division of Business

Southern Vermont College offers the following degrees and minors in The McCormick Division of Business:

Mission Statement

The Southern Vermont College McCormick Division of Business offers associate's and bachelor's degree programs that will provide students with the skills and competencies to face the current challenges and opportunities of a dynamic and globalized business world. The Southern Vermont College McCormick Division of Business fosters a dynamic, learning environment where students will integrate business skills and technologies with an entrepreneurial spirit. This learning environment will stimulate the students' intellectual curiosity, build their critical-thinking skills, encourage ethical behavior and develop leadership ability. The Business program provides a strong overview of general business fundamentals as well as individual professional tracks in Management, Sports Management and Entrepreneurship.

The Curriculum

The curriculum for each major in The McCormick Division of Business provides students with a combination of general core educational courses in the liberal arts and career-launching business courses. The McCormick Division of Business prepares students with the following competencies: oral and written communication skills, reading, writing, information literacy, critical thinking and creative thinking, ethical decision-making and global citizenship.

BUILD THE sustainable ENTERPRISE

The Build the Sustainable Enterprise program presents students with the opportunity to create, plan, implement and manage a real business in the real world, guided by business leaders as mentors and putting into practice the principles learned in the classroom. The enterprises will be able to draw upon a $100,000 venture fund, and each year the best plan earns a $1,500 award from the Bennington County Industrial Corporation. >Learn more

SVC's Kindle Project

SVC’s innovative Kindle Project began in Spring 2009, at which time Associate Professor Charles Crowell began developing pedagogical applications for the Kindle, an e-reader sold exclusively by Amazon.com, as part of his Entrepreneurship Laboratory class. This fall, Professor Crowell’s students began using the Kindle 2, a second generation Kindle e-book reader - in three demonstration classes. Currently there are eight colleges and universities in the United States utilizing the Kindle in a pilot program: Arizona State University, Case Western Reserve, Pace University, Princeton University, Reed College, Southern Vermont College, the Darden School at the University of Virginia, and the University of Washington.

Career Opportunities and Graduate Study

Depending on their major and minor fields of study, students are prepared to enter career fields such as business administration and business management. Students are also prepared for graduate study in many business degree programs. Graduates of Southern Vermont College are eligible for acceptance into an MBA program at Graduate College of Union University, Clarkson University and Sage Graduate School.

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