Accounting and Law
Recognized as a leading source of accounting graduates in California. The accounting program prepares students for careers in professional services firms, industry and government.
Economics
Economics is the science that studies how scarce goods and services are produced, distributed, and consumed.
Finance
The Financial Management concentration provides in depth knowledge of Fixed Income Securities (bond markets), Security Analysis and Portfolio Management (equity and derivative markets), Corporate Finance (IPO and Corporate Bond markets), Alternative Investments (FX, Commodities and Real Estate markets), and Quantitative Finance. Our students either pursue a variety of finance certification (CFA, Series 7, Series 63, others) or manage an endowment portfolio (Student Managed Portfolio Project) as their Senior Project.
Our graduate enter careers in investment banking, corporate finance, fund management, real estate finance, and other facets of the financial services industry.
Graduate Programs
Our Graduate Programs offer coursework consistent with Cal Poly’s “learn by doing” philosophy, integrative learning, and an opportunity for international study.
Industrial Technology
The mission of the Industrial Technology (IT) area is to provide its graduates with competencies that prepare them to be effective managers and entrepreneurial leaders in a rapidly-changing technological and global economy.
Management
The Management Area offers concentrations in Information Systems and Management & Human Resources, thereby preparing students for a wide array of domestic and global career options ranging from the highly technical to the more people-focused choices.
Marketing
Marketing is about understanding customer wants and needs, which is accomplished by building strong customer relationships. Marketers must have the ability to understand customers so they can accurately communicate customer needs to their own companies. Ultimately, marketing focuses on building value for customers and communicating and delivering that value.