STUDENT COMMENTS
I am in the accounting department, which is its own department in the business school. The accountancy department is great. The teachers are excellent and highly qualified. However, I cannot say the same for the rest of the business college. Some of the auditorium classes with 300-500 students are awful. Too disrupting, too loud, difficult to hear, unable to learn effectively. I hate auditorium classes, and some teachers of auditorium classes are not that great. Class periods are short because it is difficult to get all 500 students to focus. Course-level difficulty is minimal because all 500 students need to pass.
In our college of business at the career services area most of the employees are rude and don't seem to want to help. They are either having conversations when you walk up to the desk and don't pay any attention until you have stood there for a while. Also, they seem to be upset that you are asking for their assistance. Once you get past the front people the actual career counselors are great.
Many of the classes I have taken over the past couple of semesters have discussed the same topics. This makes class very boring and hard to attend.
The teachers are very receptive, captivating, and goal-oriented. In the end, it is the student’s responsibility to ensure they have a good experience, obtain a job/internship, and accumulate as much knowledge as possible.
I believe that the Mizzou's business school is one of the most underated programs. Put aside research that professors produce and other rankings that are out there. The faculty here are more like friends that are really concerned about our future. It is up to the students whether they want to take advantage of the situation.
The opportunities that are available to students are endless. Every week there are companies on campus interviewing for full-time positions or internships and there are constantly headline speakers giving seminars or insights into real world business scenarios. In the past few years we have had endless amounts of CEOs, CFOs, and executives from Fortune 1000 companies as well as alumni that have led successful careers come to speak and even to donate money to futher improve our programming.
Our career services department is amazing at setting students up for success. They even offer a job-search strategies course to aid students in their pursuit. Through our state-of-the-art facilities and our state tuition I could not imagine a better bargain for the dollar.
The Mizzou School of Business is one of the most underrated programs in the entire country. The facility is state of the art and the faculty are top-notch.
The new Professional Development program is wonderful! It really helps prepare students to enter the workforce.
The career services office has really grown over my time here, the advisers, professors, and the undergraduate assistant dean cater to students and genuinely care about their success.
I understand that this is a public state institution, but they should recognize that there are some students who may not be content working in St. Louis or Kansas City. Really, Chicago is not that far away, and is a much bigger city with many more business opportunities, and I don't understand why that seems to go ignored. The internship that I had in Los Angeles the past two summers was created solely by my efforts and networking capabilities.
Most firms recruiting through our university are from the area. For students from out of state or who are looking to leave the area, the search is much harder than for those who want to stay put.
The accounting program prepares you to do public accounting in audit or tax. Little consideration is given to other opportunities (accounting information systems, forensic accounting) and opportunities for students interested in those areas are limited.
I wish that they put more emphasis on students that are not interested in doing sales. It seems like all the recruiters are in some form of sales. Also, more emphasis in not-for-profit would be nice.
The Mizzou business school helped me land a job a year before I graduated!
Our facility is amazing, maybe five years old and we have wireless throughout. Faculty is amazing, not only recognized nationally through publications, but great at working with students and communicating the material effectively. Our academic advising office has some of the best staff on campus. They are all very helpful!
Most emphasis areas are worthwhile. Management classes are stupid and a waste of time. Accounting department seems to have a great staff. I also feel that Marketing classes are useful. Career services and advising staff is very helpful and approachable.
The University of Missouri-Columbia is a strong school in the Midwest that can compete with other universities that cost twice the price. Also, we have a strong list of alumni that are often at the business school to offer lectures.
I am a member of Pi Kappa Alpha on campus. I believe Pi Kappa Alpha, more than anything, has enhanced my collegiate career. At one of the most competitive Greek communities in the nation you learn leadership, organization and time management skills, networking, and social skills.
I feel that classes I had in different subject areas were never pulled together in a cohesive way. The Business Capstone course was supposed to do this, but to be honest it was the most disappointing class I have taken. I felt that it was a complete waste of my time, and I think most of my classmates would agree.
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