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Welcome 2014 Summer Orientation

Welcome 2014 Summer Orientation. Student Services Office Rouss & Robertson, Room 311 Associate Dean Rebecca Leonard Assistant Dean, Student Life & Global Programs Chris Wilcox Elliott Director , Student Information & Records Tracey Doniel

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Welcome 2014 Summer Orientation

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  1. Welcome 2014 Summer Orientation

  2. Student Services Office Rouss & Robertson, Room 311 Associate Dean Rebecca Leonard Assistant Dean, Student Life & Global Programs Chris Wilcox Elliott Director, Student Information & Records Tracey Doniel Assistant Director, Undergraduate Admission Jeannine Fields Assistant Director, Global Programs Angie Turner Coordinator of Student Life Edward Warwick Student Services Coordinator Stephanie Tavenner Admissions Ambassador Alex Halbritter Student Services is your connection to the McIntire Community

  3. Opportunities to Pursue Business at The University of Virginia • Combining Commerce electives with degree from College, Engineering, or other school • Participation in Externships, Internships, extra-curricular organizations related to Business • McIntire Business Institute, certificate program , 4 week summer, online or year long format • Leadership Minor – a three-year, 15 credit, interdisciplinary minor offered by McIntire for all University students • Master of Science in Commerce – one year graduate program for non-business undergraduate students • Bachelor of Science in Commerce – two year undergraduate program

  4. M.S. in Commerce Fifth-year, global program Target market is recent non-business graduates Includes core modeled on ICE with concentrations inFinancial Services or Marketing & Management Fall (15 hours): Integrated Core Spring (14 hours): Concentration Courses Summer (9 hours): Global Immersion Experience

  5. B.S. in Commerce • Consistently ranked as one of the top undergraduate business programs in the nation • A two year business program that builds upon a solid, two year liberal arts background • The home of a revolutionary Integrated Core Curriculum • 156,000-square-foot academic complex at the southeast end of the Lawn

  6. Third-Year Integrated Core Experience (ICE) • Innovative, integrative core curriculum for third-year Commerce students • Modular curriculum delivered by four faculty teams of seven faculty members each representing the major disciplines • Eight “blocks,” of 40 students; each block with eight teams • An opportunity to engage with and learn from a major corporation throughout the fall semester, particularly through a significant integrative project provided by the sponsor

  7. A Student’s Perspective • What’s ICE really like? • Mon-Thu, 3 hours a day (either in morning or afternoon) • Offers a greater opportunity to get to know your professors and classmates • Professors teach collaboratively, leading a discussion (no lectures, no laptops) • e.g. WiiU, negotiations, desert island survival, root beer taste testing • Three major group projects during the year

  8. B.S. in Commerce – Degree Programs • Concentrations: • Accounting • Finance • Information Technology • Management • Marketing • Tracks: • Entrepreneurship • Real Estate • Business Analytics • Global Commerce • Quantitative Finance

  9. Take a Seat in your GLOBAL Classroom… • Third-Year Spring ICE Abroad • DIS, Copenhagen • University of Bath, Bath, England • University College Dublin, Ireland • HEC, Paris • UniversitaBocconi, Milan, Italy • Syracuse University, Madrid, Spain • Universidad Francisco De Vitoria, Madrid • ESADE, Barcelona, Spain • University of Stockholm, Sweden • St. Gallen University, Switzerland • National University of Singapore • Hong Kong Univ. of Science &Technology • Peking University, Beijing, China • Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina • University of Auckland, New Zealand • Faculty-Led Global Commerce Immersion (GCI) • Special Topics in Int’l Accounting (Ireland) • Business, Politics & Culture in the European Union (Bath, Brussels & Paris) • Sustainable Development Practicum (Denmark) • Financial Capitals in SE Asia (HK, Singapore) • Market Insights in China • Consumers & Markets in India (Delhi & Mumbai) • Systems Case Studies (Mendoza, Argentina) • Business of Saving Nature (Galapagos Is., Ecuador) • Doing Business in Brazil (Sao Paulo & Rio de Janeiro)

  10. What About After Class? Comm School Golf Tournament Annual Kickball Tournament Commerce Council Consulting Group at McIntire Global Markets Group Advertising and Marketing Association

  11. Commerce Career Services Eight member-team providing the following services: Individual Advising Programs/WorkshopsSocial Media Employer-in-Residence Student Trips Career Fairs Recruiting Destinations Report

  12. Opportunities Upon Graduation Class of 2013 Placement Highlights • Over 3,200 interviews were conducted at the University by McIntire students during last academic year • As of August 2013 97% of the 2012 McIntire graduating class indicated they had either accepted a position (85%), were enrolling in graduate school full-time (7%), or chose not to seek employment (5%).  • The average annual base salary for the undergraduate Class of 2013 is $64,800.

  13. B.S. in Commerce Admission Typically students apply in January of the second year for entrance in the third year. Many factors come into play when the McIntire School examines a student’s qualifications for admission. They include: • cumulative GPA, • academic performance in commerce prerequisites, • course load, course difficulty, and breadth, • leadership, activities, work experience, and • oral and written communication skills.

  14. Internal UVA Applications Summary

  15. Admission Requirements Students apply in January of the Second year for Admission to the B.S. program for the Third and Fourth Year. Students must complete 54 hours before entering the McIntire School of Commerce including the following courses: • COMM 1800: Making Business Work 1st year • MATH 1210 or higher: Calculus or higher 1st year • STAT 1120 or 2120: Statistical Analysis 1st year • First writing requirement (ENWR) 1st year • Humanities/Fine Arts (3 hours, in addition to English) 1st or 2nd year • Foreign Language through 2020 level 1st or 2nd year • COMM 2010 and 2020: Introductory Accounting 1st or 2nd year • ECON 2010 and 2020: Principles of Economics 1st or 2nd year • Mini GPA Courses

  16. Admissions Information – Academic Advice • Take full loads with challenging courses from various areas • Quantitative • Oral and Written Communication • Ethics and Moral Reasoning • Global Perspective • Stay on track to complete your Area Requirements in the College of Arts and Sciences, and explore possible majors in the College • Spread the prerequisites out and don’t take more than 2 mini GPA courses in the same semester • Get involved outside of the classroom

  17. Opportunities for Pre-Comm Students • Follow the Pre-CommBlog http://mcintireblogs.org/precomm/ • Pre-Comm Mailing List https://lists.virginia.edu/sympa/info/pre-commerce-info • Join a student organization • Student-led Class Visits and Tours • Attend an Information Session • Open Office Hours – Walk in ONE on ONE Advising Office of Student Services Rouss & Robertson, Room 311 www.commerce.virginia.edu

  18. At McIntire, our tradition is innovation.

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