Business - Puri School of Business

College of Social Sciences, Commerce, and Education

Faculty
Luis Romero, PhD - Chair
Christine Albert, MBA
Tina Anderson, MBA, CPA, CIA
Kathryn Cook, PhD
Robert Evans, MA
Stephen Troveh, PhD
Michael Youngblood, PhD

The mission of the Puri School of Business is to prepare students for successful professional careers by blending a strong interdisciplinary foundation with a cutting edge undergraduate and graduate business education. We achieve our mission in an environment characterized by personal attention and experiential learning using innovative teaching techniques, civic engagement, and the latest technology. Our students develop into business and professional leaders of the highest moral character.

Vision Statement
We develop successful students who embrace challenges, develop new ideas, and who understand, envision, and shape the world. 

Master’s Degree
The Puri School of Business offers a Master in Business Administrations (MBA) Degree which can be completed in less than two years. Refer to the Graduate Academic catalog for more information.

Career Opportunities
As Business majors, students have a wide variety of career opportunities. Students in Business often choose to concentrate in one of the functional areas of finance, marketing or management, as they prepare for graduate school or entry into the work force. Careers in administration, banking, law, government, sales, public administration and with international agencies are also among student employment options.

Accounting majors have a wide variety of career choices, including public accounting with national, regional or local accounting firms, or corporate or government accounting. Beginning January 1, 2001, Illinois adopted a requirement that students must have at least 150 credit hours in order to take the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam. 

Departmental Internship Requirement
The Puri School of Business requires all of its majors to complete an internship. This must be done within the framework of 398/498 courses in each of the department’s disciplines and includes internship activities conducted while attending Rockford University.

Bachelor Degrees and Minors
The Puri School of Business offers you an opportunity to obtain a Bachelor of Arts*, or a Bachelor of Science degree in:

• Accounting Major, B.A. or B.S.
• Accounting Minor
• Business Administration, B.A. or B.S.
• Business Administration Minor
• Data Analytics, B.A. or B.S.
• Digital Marketing, B.A. or B.S.
• Economics, B.A. or B.S.
• Economics Minor
• Entrepreneurship Minor
• Financial Economics, B.A. or B.S.
• Healthcare Administration, B.A. or B.S.
• Marketing, B.A. or B.S.
• Marketing Minor
• Supply Chain Management, B.A. or B.S.

*Our Bachelor of Arts Degree program includes a foreign language component.

Note: Students who pursue double majors in Accounting, Business Administration, Financial Economics, or Marketing may not present a 300-level or 400-level course in these fields for credit toward more than one of the majors. Students may not major in all four of these fields.

RU Online Majors

• Accounting Studies, B.S.
• Management Studies, B.S.

Master's Degree

• Master of Business Administration