Kogod School of Business

The faculty is incredibly knowledgeable and have very unique backgrounds, but all have noteworthy experience. They are always committed to helping students and are very flexible when it comes to putting in extra time to help them understand the material. On top of this they seem eager to give their time to help with career advice or guidance.

The business program could be improved by finding a way to make the job and internship search simpler. They might also improve by creating a stronger sense of belonging to the university and the school. Finally, it is not uncommon that classes are filled up very quickly given the low quantity of student slots open for each, this is good but many times any one class may have only one session leaving many students without the opportunity to join any one lesson. This may be improved by making a check on how many people are waitlisted for one class, which sometimes may reach numbers as high as 20.

The program has a strong ethics and international component. Students are required to take classes such as Global Corporate Citizenship, and Fundamentals of International Business. Professors also heavily encourage teamwork activities and assignments in class.

Some of the teachers could be better. They could focus more on making sure all students are understanding of what is being taught rather than making students feel threatened by not understanding what the teacher is saying. This is a good sign of a good professor- one that can teach a difficult subject but have many students enthusiastic and eager to learn about it by making sure the students understand the subject. The accounting department needs to focus on this teaching technique and emulate Ajay Adhikari's teaching techniques.

Kogod puts a strong emphasis on making sure that all students are aware of the environmental and societal issues of doing business. They spend time making sure that we are aware that there will be ethical dilemmas, and that we will be able to make the better choice when faced with them.

We need a stronger career services office. Some of us are coming out very well prepared, but not enough opportunities. Like I mentioned, I am lucky, but some of my friends that I deem outstanding professionals are struggling to find adequate opportunities.

The Kogod School of Business puts strict emphasis on the necessity on gaining an internship, to apply academic knowledge in a practical sense. AU has one of the highest internship participation rates in the country, and I truly believe it has allowed AU students to understand their future role in the workforce. It also makes the transition from school to work easier.

Weed out the idiot kids who dropped out of international relations because they couldn't hack it and thought business would be easy. It IS easy, but it dilutes the value added for those of us who demand the most for a $40k a year tuition program.

The faculty are always around and willing to make time for students. Also, there are many opportunities outside of the classroom to stand out, such as case competitions, team challenges, clubs, etc.

Our advising system isn't very helpful, and it has the tendency to be pretty bureaucratic.

Our program really prepares us well for the world of business communications, which is advantageous for those of us entering the workforce directly. Our career services center is excellent and the effort they put into attracting recruiters to campus is the reason many of us already have jobs lined up for after graduation. I feel like I have gotten sound advice throughout my college career, and that I am ready for the next step in the accounting world.

Some of the professors are not effective in the classroom, and there should be some flexibility in the core course requirements to meet the needs of nontraditional students. I would like to see the quality of academic advising improve.

I think the faculty is what makes the program so unique. They really do go the extra mile to be accessible to students. No TAs teach classes. The vast majority of professor's even administer their own office hours (I've only had one professor who had TAs do it). I also think that the faculty isn't there because they need jobs. They are there because they actually want to be teaching, which makes a huge difference.