The Offutt School of Business opened its doors to teach future business leaders in Spring 2013. Since that time, the Offutt School of Business has welcomed hundreds of students through a wide range of majors and concentrations and setting them up for success.
The Offutt School offers a unique approach centered in the liberal arts. The liberal arts approach gives our students a global understanding of business and helps our students become responsibly engaged in the world through ethical decision-making, transformative leadership, and an entrepreneurial mindset.
The Offutt School of Business offers:
• Small class sizes with engaged faculty members
• An actively engaged global alumni network
• Opportunities for hands-on learning in every class
• A designated career center to help students develop strong business skills
• Unique student club offerings such as the Scheel Investment Fund and Entrepreneurship Club
• A space called the Cobber Collective dedicated for student businesses to sell and promote products
Throughout this booklet, you will find more information about the programs offered at the Offutt School of Business and alumni highlights. If you are passionate about pursuing a career in business, feel free to reach out to me directly. I hope to meet you, introduce you to faculty and staff, and walk you around campus.
I know deciding on a career path can be daunting, and if you are still deciding, I encourage you to look at the 120+ academic programs Concordia has to offer. A liberal arts education at Concordia College will open many doors, and I encourage you to schedule a campus visit to learn even more: ConcordiaCollege.edu/Visit
Sincerely,
Chris Mason Dean, Offutt School of Business cmason@cord.edu | 218.299.4776
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
The Offutt School of Business is rooted in four key pillars: leadership, ethics, global understanding, and an entrepreneurial mindset. What sets the Offutt School of Business at Concordia College apart from other business schools is that it’s rooted in the liberal arts.
A primary aspect that helps our students be successful is that the faculty have career experience in the field they are teaching. Ranging from marketing to computer science, our professors have real-world knowledge and bring their expertise into the classroom.
Entrepreneurship is the fastest growing minor in the Offutt School of Business. From Fall 2022 to Spring 2023, the minor grew by 25%.
First-year students make up the majority of declared OSB minors.
This academic year, 80 students from disciplines across campus took the entrepreneurial mindset courses. (What started with 39 students in 2019-20 has doubled in growth in just a few years!)
This year, all entrepreneurship courses were offered for the first time, and the first four students completed the minor this spring.
In Fall 2021, the new bachelor’s degree in music and business entrepreneurship was launched and has continued to grow in interest.
25% GROWTH IN THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP MINOR IN ONE SEMESTER
#1 BUSINESS IS CONCORDIA’S MOST POPULAR MAJOR
100+ STUDENTS PURSUING A BUSINESS MINOR
MAJOR IN ACCOUNTING
Concentrations:
General Accountancy
Public Accountancy
MAJOR IN BUSINESS
Concentrations:
Economics
Finance Management
Marketing
MAJOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
Concentrations:
Computing
Data Analytics
MAJOR IN FINANCE
MAJOR IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Concentrations:
Finance and Economics
Management
Marketing
Regional Studies: Asia
Regional Studies: Europe
Regional Studies: Latin America
MAJOR IN MATHEMATICAL FINANCE
MINOR IN ACCOUNTING
MINOR IN BUSINESS
MINOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
MINOR IN DATA ANALYTICS
MINOR IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Entrepreneurial Mindset Undergraduate
Academic Certificate
Offutt School graduates make their mark around the globe — with recent graduates accepting positions at these companies:
Andrew Johnson ’18
MAJOR: Accounting
CURRENT ROLE: Senior Consultant for Mergers and Acquisitions at Deloitte
Zahra Banks ’20
MAJOR: Computer Science
CURRENT ROLE: Technology Consultant at Metis Strategy
Susham Bir Bhujel ’22
MAJOR: Finance
CURRENT ROLE: Accounting Analyst at Dagger Machinery
Abbey Heilig ’17
MAJOR: Business Marketing and Organizational Leadership
CURRENT ROLE: Director of Marketing at EagleRidge Companies
Skyler Stoner ’19
MAJOR: Business Marketing and Organizational Leadership
CURRENT ROLE: Program Associate at the Aspen Institute
Uyanga “Soka” Naranbaatar ’22
MAJOR: Mathematical Finance
CURRENT ROLE: Business Development Analyst at Dagger Machinery
