Your Career Starts Here At EWC Department
of Business Administration

The study of Business Administration at Edward Waters College (EWC) begins with a solid emphasis geared to molding students towards strong leadership and entrepreneurship abilities. This preparation is an integral part of becoming an informed, responsible and reliable business and community leader. Part of EWC’s mission is intensive student development of the whole person, body, mind, and spirit. The Department of Business Administration advances such commitment and has integrated professional developments into its business curriculum. This means that all courses offered at the Department of Business Administration emphasize active learning and (hands-on) experience.

Upon completing the course curriculum designed for the Business Administration program, the student will receive a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree.

 BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MISSION STATEMENT AND VISSION

EWC’s bachelor in business administration is designed to provide business students the springboard needed to further academic or professional careers, and to instill the skills required to compete in the business and professional world.

Our mission is to position EWC Business students for good job prospects, including basic social and critical thinking, communication, technology, leadership, and/or entrepreneurship abilities.  

Upon completion of all course works, EWC Business students will possess competent and rounded knowledge in business administration, corporate leadership, finance, and accounting, as well as interdisciplinary skills in reading, writing, mathematics, listening, team facilitation, and the ability to demonstrate and exemplify profound spiritual and leadership values at all times in any environment as representatives of Edward Waters College.

VISION

The Department’s vision is to instill academic excellence, ethics, creativity, commitment, collaboration, flexibility, self-esteem, and positive reaction to changes and challenges with utmost confidence.  We strive for excellence, effective growth and student retention.

The Department of Business Administration is pursuing a business accreditation from the "International Assembly of Collegiate Business Education (IACBE). The major objective of the IACBE towards business education is focused on student learning outcome. As a result, the Department of Business Administration has restructured and is making sure that all student learning outcomes in all business courses are clear and measurable, outcomes correlate to the goals of EWC  as a whole, which include, communication, team building, critical thinking skills, and leadership.

The accreditation process involves several phases, such as:

Applying for membership of the IACBE through specifying the reasons the Department requires to be accredited.

Applying for candidacy for IACBE accreditation.

Preparing a "Self-Study" report covering all areas of activity and excellence in educating business students.

Preparing for site visitation from the IACBE site-review team.

The Department has already received membership and candidacy status, and is vigorously working to achieve the full IACBE accreditation.


IACBE LINK:  http://www.iacbe.org/