School of Business

I think what makes our program so unique is the professional yet comfortable feel that you get walking into the school. Structurally it's a very sound program with many hard-working professionals that strive to put every student in a better position than they were in yesterday. There aren't too many fancy designs in the school or any flashy banners or architecture; which I believe represents a program focuses on its output and not it's appearance. Plus it is arguably the best business program in Connecticut and perhaps a bit further into New England. The program makes every student feel welcome and that's what truly fosters learning.

The administration needs serious work. The classes were fine, perhaps a little boring and could've used more mental stimulation, and the business school's efforts to set you up with a job after graduation are phenomenal (so much so that I actually became frustrated with how many e-mails I would receive talking about companies interviewing on campus, resume/cover letter correction services, and guest speakers), but the administration is terrible. No one really knows what they're talking about, and when it came to planning out classes and figuring out studying abroad, I eventually had to take matters into my own hands because my advisors weren't helpful in the least.

Our business career center is outstanding. The staff is the best around and is extremely knowledgeable about networking, job searching, resumes, interviews, and anything that falls between. The business career center also offers a career class that all business majors are required to take to graduate. It is a terrific class that helps with student's confidence in the job search process.

I would say first off get rid of the TAs in the accounting classes, I'm not paying to teach myself the material. Second I would say raise the overall difficulty of the others business majors. I have taken other business classes and have thought they were too easy, especially OPIM and MGMT. I have respect for the marketing and finance departments though. Overall, cut out the TAs and get more passionate and strict teachers and the program would be much stronger.

The Accounting department is dedicated to its students. The staff is friendly and always willing to help. Frequently, we have firms on campus recruiting for jobs and internships through meet and greets, programs, and interviews.The small classroom size also makes the Business School more appealing than the other programs on campus.

There needs to better academic advising. I have yet to meet my adviser because he would not meet with me when I tried. Also, the finance professors are not that good at explaining things and skip steps in their logic, assuming we know that they are skipping steps.

It's the only large-pool school with highly capable and intelligent students in the state, making it a magnet for large employers with solid businesses.

To make the program stronger I think they should have more elementary business classes mandatory for freshmen and sophomores. The classes they have are difficult because in many such as the financial management and marketing classes, they are difficult concepts without any background knowledge.

The business career center is absolutely outstanding. Kelly Kennedy helped me so much in my job search. The timeliness in responding to emails from everyone in the school is amazing. Really feel that I am prepared to enter the real world after my experience in the Business school.

I think there will always be professor/instructor issues at any program. As such, there were a few TAs I've encountered that didn't seem fully committed to instructing, so perhaps that hiring process could be tweaked. But again, there are already plenty of professors in the program that are distinguished for their considerable exploits, so perhaps it really isn't much of an issue but rather an outlier.

I haven't heard from any friends attending other universities that they've received the same amount of assistance and support in their daily activities from faculty and staff as I have here at UConn. I've never felt unable to develop a relationship with any of my professors, and the administrative staff has always been proactive in finding and organizing opportunities to meet and network with potential employers. I've also been offered multiple opportunities to expand my knowledge on what is expected of me after graduation; this includes workshops on resumes, networking and opportunities for career fairs and to meet potential employers.

The only thing I would change for this business school is using real world applications as much as possible. Sometimes we used outdated systems, tools and software that we would never use outside of that class.

It is really a blue-collar program where you really have to work to get what you want. That has only made me a stronger candidate when applying for jobs. All the tools are there for someone to get what they want and they just need to put in the effort to use them. The staff is absolutely amazing and would not trade them for anybody else. They are so knowledgeable and will bend over backwards for the students.