Business Core (30 credits)
鈥� BUS 101: Financial Accounting*
鈥� BUS 200: Managerial Accounting or BUS 250: Accounting Principals
鈥� BUS 206: Management Principles*
鈥� BUS 207: Marketing Principles*
鈥� MAT 208: Introductory Statistics or MAT 209: Probability & Statistics
鈥� BUS 315: Business Data and Information Analysis
鈥� BUS 342: Business Law
鈥� BUS 410: Financial Markets
鈥� BUS 411: Corporate Finance
鈥� BUS 426: Strategic Management
* must earn a grade of "C" or better
Economics (18 credits)
鈥� ECON 110: Social & Public Policy
鈥� ECON 218: Personal Economics
鈥� ECON 260: Sport Economics
鈥� ECON 348: Intermediate Macroeconomics
鈥� ECON 349: Intermediate Microeconomics
鈥� ECON 432: Economic Capstone
Related Area (9 credits)
鈥� ECON 248: Macroeconomics
鈥� ECON 249: Microeconomics
鈥� COM 344: Writing for the Workplace
High Performer Development Series (3 credits)
鈥� BUS 251: High Performer Development Series I
鈥� BUS 351 High Performer Development Series II
鈥� BUS 451 High Performer Development Series III*
*With department chair approval, transfer and/or adult education students may take BUS 452 to fulfill this requirement.
Recommended Courses (Optional)
鈥� BUS 441: Cooperative Education in Business I
鈥� BUS 442: Cooperative Education in Business II
Alvernia students have an opportunity to earn college credit by spending a semester or summer in Washington, D.C. where they serve as interns in a congressional office, government agency, major corporation, newspaper or news network, or agencies devoted to legal affairs, international relations, or business and economics. Participants are customarily juniors or seniors who have achieved grade point averages of 2.5 or better and who have the endorsement of the appropriate academic area. In addition to their internship, students select one seminar dealing with the arts and humanities, communication, public policy, the legal system, business, and government. Interested students should see their academic advisor.
Phi Beta Lambda
Phi Beta Lambda provides opportunities students to develop vocational competencies for business and office occupations and business teacher education. The specific goals are to promote competent, aggressive business leadership, understand American business enterprise, establish career goals, encourage scholarship, promote sound financial management, and develop character and self-confidence and to facilitate transition from school to work. The Alvernia College PBL Chapter has won many awards on both state and national levels. In competitions, the Alvernia PBL Chapter regularly participates in state and national workshops and conferences, is active in campus projects and completes community service projects.
The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
IMA is the world's largest organization devoted to management accountants, financial management and information management professionals. IMA Student Chapters promote careers in those areas and helps to develop leadership skills.
Internship Opportunities
Internship placements for our students have included Citizen鈥檚 Bank, Walt Disney World, Rohm & Haas, Vanguard, GVA Smith Mack, Haines & Kibblehouse, US Department of Treasury, US Department of Finance, Stroehmann/Maier鈥檚 Bakery, Webb Insurance, InRoads, Reading Royals, Olsen/DeTurck, Philadelphia Eagles, Cott Beverage, Four Seasons Produce, Morgan Stanley, Ernst & Young and the Camden Riversharks.
Delta Mu Delta
Delta Mu Delta is a business honor society that recognizes and encourages academic excellence of students to create a community that fosters the well-being of its individual members and the business community through life-time membership.