School of Business

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Educating Global Business Leaders for the 21st Century

Since it was founded in 1927, the School of Business has been committed to the mission of developing effective and responsible leaders for global business, industry and government by equipping graduates with the technical, analytical, and cultural competencies required in an increasingly complex international environment. The student body is recruited worldwide and its students typically represent fifty or more global nations. Domestic students have opportunity for direct contact with the finest minds from nations around the world that will permit networking upon graduation with key industry and government representatives into every corner of the globe. Personal acquaintance with the cultures and peoples of the world is an important product of the programs and personal experience offered by the University and the School of Business Internationally Accredited Degree Programs.

ACCREDITATION

All degree programs in the School of Business are licensed and accredited by the State of Connecticut Department of Higher Education and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. In addition, the School of Business is internationally accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs to offer specified graduate and undergraduate business degrees. ACBSP accreditation of the Business school covers the Bachelor of Science (BS) degrees in Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Applications and Information Systems, Finance, International Business, International Management, and International Marketing. At the graduate level accreditation applies to the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. Further information about ACBSP and its accreditation standards may be obtained from the association's web site, http://www.acbsp.org/

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

The University of Bridgeport School of Business is proud to represent the Theta Delta Chapter of Delta Mu Delta the National Honor Society in Business Administration.
Overview statement: http://www.achsnatl.org/dmd.html.
For more information please go to http://www.deltamudelta.org/.

General Information

230 Park Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Phone: (203) 576-4363
Fax: (203) 576-4388
E-mail: mba@bridgeport.edu

Schedule of Graduate Program Information Sessions

Contact Information

For communication appropriate to the Dean please contact:
Paul Lerman, Dean
Phone: (203) 576-4384
E-mail: plerman@bridgeport.edu (In the interest of quick and detailed support please make program inquiries to the director only.)

For communication related to business AA and BS programs please contact:
William Greenspan, Program Director
Phone: (203) 576-4378
E-mail: profweg@bridgeport.edu
WEB Page: http://community.webtv.net/profweg/UB

For communication related to Fashion Merchandising AA and BS programs please contact:
Patricia Rigia, Program Director
Phone: (203) 576-4098
E-mail: rigia@bridgeport.edu

For communication related to MBA, EMBA or Pre-MBA programs, concentrations, and graduate level certificates please contact:
Ward Thrasher, Assistant Dean
Phone: (203) 576-4363
E-mail: mba@bridgeport.edu
Faculty webpage: http://www.bridgeport.edu/pages/2490.asp

For free consulting services to small businesses or start-ups, please contact:
SCORE--Counselors to America's Small Business.
Phone: (203) 576-4369
Web: http://www.score.org
Office Location: Mandeville Hall, Rm 2.

For inquires related to class cancellation or campus closure caused by severe weather conditions, please call 203-576-4159 for a pre-recorded, up-to-date announcement.