Oregon State University
College of Business
TypePublic
Established1908
Parent institution
Oregon State University
AccreditationAssociation to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
DeanTim Carroll
Location
Corvallis
,
Oregon
,
US
ColorsOrange and black[1]
   
Websitebusiness.oregonstate.edu

The Oregon State University College of Business is one of 12 colleges based at Oregon State University's Corvallis, Oregon campus. The college offers business coursework and degrees to students studying at the main campus, the Central Oregon OSU-Cascades campus in Bend, or anywhere in the world through the university's Ecampus. Business classes have been offered at the school since the late 1800s.[2]

As of 2022, the college of business claimed an enrollment of nearly 4,000 students.[3] The college offers undergraduate degrees in accounting, business information systems, finance, management, marketing, apparel design, graphic design, interior design and merchandising management. An MBA program is also offered through the college with tracks in organizational leadership, accountancy, business analytics, commercialization, global operations, marketing, research thesis, and wealth management. Classes in business analytics are offered in Portland, in addition to Corvallis, as well as a track in executive leadership. In 2014, the college expanded graduate-level instruction by adding a Ph.D. program with options in accounting and innovation/commercialization[4]

Austin Hall
Oregon State University College of Business Admin Building (Austin Hall).

The college moved into its new $55 million, 100,000-square-foot home in 2014. Austin Hall is named after college alumnus and A-dec founder Ken Austin and his wife, Joan, who are the principal donors for the building project.[5] The college's Austin Entrepreneurship Program and Austin Family Business Program are also named after the longtime university philanthropists.[4]

History

Business class in Bexell Hall on the Oregon State University campus in 1910.

Instruction in business was first offered at OSU in 1898, and a degree in business was first awarded in 1904. Four years later, the university created the school of commerce, naming John Andrew Bexell as dean. Over the period Bexell headed the school, the name changed three times.

In 1922 the school moved into the new Commerce Hall, which was renamed Bexell Hall in 1966. It was briefly known as the Division of Business and Industry, then the School of Business and Technology, and finally the School of Business. In 1983 the program was renamed the OSU College of Business.

Changes in leadership at the college have been infrequent. Bexell was on the job for 23 years, following a 10-year hiatus in business degree curriculum during the Great Depression. Clifford E. Maser then took over and served for 24 years, followed by Earl Goddard, who held the post for 16 years.[citation needed] In July 2015, Mitzi Montoya was named as the college's 10th dean, replacing the retiring Ilene Kleinsorge.

Programs

Doctoral programs

The college offers a Ph.D. in business administration with optional areas of concentration in accounting, strategy, and entrepreneurship and innovation. The pharmacy Ph.D./MBA, dual degree program is also available for pharmacy Ph.D. students seeking managerial or executive roles in the pharmaceutical industry.

Notable alumni

Deans

References

  1. ^ "Colors | Oregon State University Relations and Marketing". July 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "History Of The College Of Business". /business.oregonstate.edu. OSU. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "About The College Of Business". oregonstate.edu. OSU. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Home | College of Business | Oregon State University". business.oregonstate.edu. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  5. ^ "Business students move into new home with start of school year". gazettetimes.com. Retrieved August 21, 2015.

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