The University of Central Florida College of Business Administration is an academic

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of the

University of Central Florida The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University ...

located in Orlando,

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, United States. The dean of the college is Paul Jarley, Ph.D. The College of Business Administration offers programs in

accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "languag ...

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

business administration Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management ...

management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

marketing Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...

real estate Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more general ...

and taxation, which were developed in response to the demands of the Central Florida community. The curriculum focuses on specific competencies that are integrated throughout all coursework: Teamwork, Communication, Creativity, Adaptation to Change, Diversity, and Ethics.

History and academics

Established in 1968, the college offers degrees at the

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, and

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levels. All programs, as well as the Kenneth G. Dixon School of Accounting are accredited by the

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. The

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program is the newest program in the school. The college was named one of the best undergraduate business programs by ''

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'', and in 2007 was ranked among the best 282 business schools by ''

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ranks the DeVos Sport Business Management program among the top five in the nation. In the 2010 ''Best 301 Business Schools'' compilation, the ''Princeton Review'' ranked the UCF College of Business Administration's MBA program among the nation’s top 10 “best administered” programs. Also in 2010,

ranked the UCF College of Business Administration as the number one public business school for return on investment in the nation., and the college was named "Readers' Choice" for best business school in Central Florida to receive an MBA by Orlando Business Journal readers.

Organization

The college is composed of seven academic departments: *Kenneth G. Dixon School of Accounting *Economics Department *Finance Department *Management Department *Department of Marketing *Dr. P. Phillips School of Real Estate *DeVos Sport Business Management Department (graduate-only)

References

External links

UCF College of Business AdministrationUniversity of Central Florida Official Web siteOfficial Facebook pageOfficial Twitter site
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Educational institutions established in 1968 1968 establishments in Florida Business schools in Florida