Welcome to

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Welcome to DePaul Universitys College of
Commerce Premiere DePaul 2008
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Overview of DePaulUniversity

• Nine Schools and Colleges
• Main undergraduate campuses are Lincoln Park and
  the Loop
• The Loop is the home of the College of Commerce
• The CTA Red, Brown, and Purple Lines connect both
  campuses ( your U-Pass keeps you connected)

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College of Commerce

• Established in 1912
• One of the ten oldest business schools in the
  U.S.
• AACSB Accredited
• Over 130,000 alumni globally
• Vincentian values

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College of Commerce

• Undergrad Bus program in top 6 of all AACSB
  Accredited Business Programs.
• Part-Time MBA program ranked 6
• 75 of internships through Career Center are paid
• Of 15,024 undergraduates (in 2007), 4,500 are
  Commerce majors
• Small classes none by teaching assistants
• Rankings and distinctions
• Happiest students in the nation (twice in several
  years)
• School with beautiful campus in urban setting
• One of the nations best for entrepreneurship
• Part-time MBA program in top ten for the last
  decade

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Commerce Learning Objectives

• Communication
• Our students will be able to communicate
  effectively both orally and in writing.
• A Global Perspective
• Our students will be able to understand business
  in a global context.
• Ethical and Legal Awareness
• Our students will be able to recognize and
  engage ethical and legal issues.

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Commerce Learning Objectives

• Decision-making
• Our students will be able to use analytical and
  reflective skills in making professional
  decisions
• Teamwork
• Our students will participate as effective team
  members
• Mastery of content
• Our students will acquire knowledge of
  functional business areas and the interrelations
  of those areas within an organization

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Commerce Majors

• Accountancy (Strobel honors program)
• Business Administration
• E-Business
• Economics
• Finance (Finance honors program)
• Marketing (Integrated Marketing Education IME
  honors program)
• Management (Entrepreneurship program)
• Management Information Systems
• Real Estate

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Bachelor of Science Curriculum

• Overview
• 98 hours in Liberal Studies
• 94 hours in Commerce courses
• Liberal Studies
• arts, literature, history, science, philosophy,
  religion
• Commerce
• introductory, major, advanced coursework
• ICS 394/395 Commerce Capstone
• Learning technologies (Blackboard, Clickers,
  Podcasts)

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What Happens in the College of Commerce?
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School of Accountancy and Management Information
Systems

• Nearly 90 of 2007 graduating seniors had
  full-time jobs or were accepted to graduate
  schools.
• Accountants work in large global accounting firms
  as sole practitioners, internal auditors,
  consultants and business advisors, CEOs in
  business and industry, in government and
  municipalities, in academe and higher education,
  banking and financial institutions.

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Department of Economics

• Career possibilities are business and management,
  public policy and government, or consulting.
• Courses range from Economics of Low-Income
  Countries (International) to Urban Economics
  (Public Policy).

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Department of Finance

• Arditti Center for Risk Management and Center for
  Financial Services link students with the Chicago
  Mercantile Exchange and disadvantaged
  communities.
• Virtual Portfolio Competition, funded by DePaul
  alumnus Richard Driehaus of Driehaus Capital
  Management, gives student teams an opportunity to
  manage a "virtual" investment portfolio.

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Department of Management

• Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine ranked
  our Entrepreneurship program 2 (graduate) and 3
  (undergraduate) in the USA.
• Largest department - offers concentrations in a
  general management, leadership, HR, operations,
  entrepreneurship, and sports management

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Department of Marketing

• The Sales Leadership Program is 1 of 13 in the
  USA to offer an undergraduate sales concentration
  or minor.
• The Multicultural Marketing / Hispanic
  Marketplace is a new concentration in the
  realities and dynamics of diverse markets.

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• Engaging the unknown

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Survival Skills

• Form alliances with professors. Develop an
  attitude of open inquiry.
• Form alliances with students. Become a
  networking expert. Join clubs in your intended
  major.
• Use college services (tutoring, advising, career
  counseling, financial fitness workshops, etc.)
• Know deadlines Add, drop, and withdrawal
  deadlines (Academic Calendar).
• Take responsibility. Fail to plan plan to fail.
• Dont assume too much. Ask lots of questions.
  Seek answers from reliable sources.

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The Academic Calendar

• Curriculum is a four-year plan
• Full time four classes / quarter
• Memorize the academic calendar
• Sep. 10 classes begin
• Sep. 16 last day to Add classes
• Sep. 23 last day to drop w/ 100 refund
• Oct. 28 last day to withdraw from classes

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Terms at DePaul

• Quarters, not semesters
• Three quarters (10 weeks each)
• Autumn (September to Thanksgiving)
• Winter (January to mid-March)
• Spring (April to mid-June)
• Other terms
• December intersession
• Summer I Summer II
• Each term lasts five weeks

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Undergraduate Program Office

• Contact the C.U.P.O. to make an appointment with
  your academic advisor.
• DePaul Center (DPC) 8500
• Hours Monday-Thursday 8am-6pm, Friday 8am-5pm
• 312.362.5358
• http//commerce.depaul.edu/undergrad

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Commerce Advisors

• Joan Wishau, Associate Director (A)
• Becky Head, Academic Advisor (B-C)
• TBD (D-G)
• Stephanie Halaska, Assistant Director (H-K)
• Tom Hicks, Academic Advisor (L-M)
• Jason Majchrzak, Academic Advisor (N-Q)
• Cathy Gill, Assistant Director (R)
• TBD (S)
• Freeman Whitney, Associate Director (T-V)
• Monika Gunty, Associate Director (W-Z)

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Congratulations, all of you!

• You are embarking one of the most
• exciting journeys
• and we are proud you are joining us

http//commerce.depaul.edu/undergrad