Meinders School of Business Undergraduate Program

Dr. Vince Orza, Dean
Dr. Mahmood Shandiz, Senior Associate Dean
Dr. Jeri Lynn Jones, Assistant Dean

A Broad View of Management

The Meinders School of Business is committed to providing quality business education at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Curricula are designed to provide students with a broad-based view of management: a view that emphasizes ethics, entrepreneurship, and social responsibility in the workplace; a view of management that will enable students to work effectively in the challenging global business environment. Course work features practice as well as theory and helps to provide students with the management skills necessary for effective leadership. Theoretical foundations are balanced by practical applications.

An Educational Environment That Serves the Student

The Meinders School offers students a wide variety of learning opportunities outside of the classroom. These enrichment activities provide valuable insight into the business world and augment traditional classroom study. These learning opportunities, such as industry visits, internships, and career coaching, focus on helping students develop strategies to reach their personal career goals. Through a series of professional development workshops conducted each semester, students also begin preparing for their careers after college. Among the topics covered are résumé writing, interviewing techniques, business etiquette, and communication skills.

Outstanding Facilities

The business school is now located in the Meinders School of Business building, a $20 million facility that was completed in 2003. The three-story, eighty thousand square-foot building includes features that focus on student success and add value to students' academic experiences. The facility includes classrooms with state-of-the-art technology, breakout study rooms for small groups, a learning center, student/faculty lounge, and a resource center. The building houses faculty offices, the Meinders School of Business, and the Global Business Institute, as well as a 230-seat tiered auditorium capable of hosting video conferences, guest speakers, and seminars. View photos >>

Global Orientation

Since 1985, the Meinders School of Business has emerged as a major force in international management education. The school offers its highly regarded International Executive MBA program in a small number of major cities in the Pacific Rim and Vancouver, B.C. The established reputation of the Meinders School's Pacific Rim programs has attracted the attention of a number of foreign governments and businesses. The OCU campus and the Meinders School faculty regularly serve as learning resources for business executives and government officials throughout the world. These varied international experiences provide faculty the insight necessary to design and deliver a global management education. Students at the Meinders School enjoy the opportunity to develop firsthand an understanding of international business customs and practices.

Business Research Center

Developed from the demand for practical application of the extensive professional services, current information and depth of resources available only from a university, the Meinders School of Business is an integral part of the business community sensitive to local and regional concerns yet fully informed of the latest national and international developments.

The Business Research Center is designed to aid businesses in meeting the multifaceted challenges of our complex society. In cooperation with the business community, the center conducts and sponsors research projects. In the process of serving the business community, the center acts as an interface, providing both faculty and students the opportunity to confront significant business problems and apply the varied tools of their disciplines.

Steven C. Agee Economic Research and Policy Institute

Steven C. Agee Economic Research and Policy Institute is focused on assisting the Oklahoma City business community by disseminating information to businesses, government,and regulatory agencies through economic impact studies, marketing and macroeconomic survey data, the Meinders Consumer Confidence Poll, and other forms of economic research. The institute oversees eight consumer confidence surveys conducted in concert with the Federal Reserve Bank meetings as well as other research and polling for businesses, organizations, and agencies. The institute is designed to provide undergraduate and MBA students opportunities to be directly involved in applied economic research through the Institute Scholars Program. To learn more about the institute, contact Dr. Steven C. Agee at sagee@okcu.edu.

Love’s Entrepreneurship Center

The Love’s Entrepreneurship Center at Oklahoma City University is one of the state’s most valuable business development resources. The Love’s Center is solely focused on helping to strengthen the state’s economy one business at a time by helping individuals and existing entities with the development of new possibilities. The process includes strategic planning, business plan development, accessing capital, and growth management. To learn more about the center, see: www.okcu.edu/loves or call (405) 208-5589.