About Majors Minors

Department
Chair

John Homer
Mott Academic Center
(269) 749-7662
 





 
About the Department:

The Business Administration Department offers bachelor of arts degrees with majors in financial management, general business administration, insurance and risk management and marketing management. In addition, the department collaborates with the Education Department to offer a business administration secondary teaching minor.

Business administration majors and minors are designed to combine a strong liberal arts education with courses and activities related to the nature and operations of profit and nonprofit organizations. Each of our courses emphasize a strategic management approach to decision making and problem solving. Students do not just memorize jargon and facts, they develop strong analytical and group project skills by working with case studies of "real world" problems. We strongly encourage professional internship experiences—this gives our students an advanced look at the career area they are interested in, and a feel for the business environment in general. We also encourage lifelong professional development and learning. In this way, we feel the students will be better equipped to adapt to rapidly changing business environments. The bottom line: our students will be prepared to make a contribution in the business community or graduate classroom. Business students are urged to select a variety of non-business courses to develop a breadth of knowledge which will lead to flexibility in career decision making.

2006-07 Academic Catalog
Introduction
Academic Programs
Course Descriptions

Insurance Program Website
http://web.olivetcollege.edu/insurance

 


                                       FACULTY MEMBERS

                                       Carol Ann Breed
                                      
Associate Professor of Business and Insurance
                               cbreed@olivetcollege.edu
                               (269) 749-7664

                               Barry Chapman
                               Adjunct Instructor of Business
                               bchapman@olivetcollege.edu
                               (269) 749-6605

                               John Cowhy
                               Adjunct Instructor of Business
                               jcrowley@olivetcollege.edu
                               (269) 749-6645

                               John Homer
                                      
Chair, Business Administration, Professor of Economics
                               jhomer@olivetcollege.edu
                               (269) 749-7662

                               Jim Houston
                               Adjunct Instructor of Business
                               jhouston@olivetcollege.edu
                               (269) 749-6644

                               Susan Houston
                               Associate Professor of Business
                               shouston@olivetcollege.edu
                               (269) 749-7610

                               Mike Hubbel
                                      
Professor of Insurance and Risk Management; Director of Insurance Program
                               mhubbel@olivetcollege.edu
                               (269) 749-7626  

                               Clair Stevens
                               Adjunct Instructor of Business
                               cstevens@olivetcollege.edu
                               (269) 553-2678                                

                               Michelle Woodhouse-Jackson
                                      
Assistant Professor of Business
                                       mwoodhouse@olivetcollege.edu
                               (269) 749-7178