by TESSA HUGHES
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ut of Cal Poly’s six colleges, one that continues to stand out is the Orfalea College of Business (OCOB). It ranks among the top ten business schools in the nation for a return on investment. According to their website, they prepare “career-ready business leaders through hands-on discovery and dedicated mentorship.” Their curriculum is “infused with cutting edge technology trends,” and is additionally “supplemented by cultural and social service experience.” They give their students the experience and knowledge necessary to thrive not only in California, but in our global economy at large. OCOB prides itself on having graduates who are “innovative problem solvers, prepared to excel in a variety of business roles and catalyze positive change, wherever they are.”
Within the Orfalea College of Business, there are three majors students can choose from: economics, business administration and industrial technology and packaging. Some of these majors have more specific concentrations and all of them have related minors. For those interested in business administration, they can concentrate in accounting and law, consumer packaging, entrepreneurship, financial management, information systems, management and human resources, marketing, quantitative analysis or real estate finance. Students interested in industrial technology and packaging can concentrate in industrial technology or packaging. If a student is pursuing economics or business administration, they can take on a related minor in accounting, eco-
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nomics, entrepreneurship, industrial technology, integrated marketing and communications, packaging or sales. If they are pursuing industrial technology, they can take on a related minor in industrial technology or packaging. Additionally, industrial technology and packaging majors have access to all of the following labs to gain that “learn by doing experience:” graphic design, materials testing, packaging design, packaging dynamics, polymers processing, power systems, process improvement, product fabrication and rapid prototyping. Graduate degrees are also available to pursue after their undergraduate education, with master degrees available for business analytics, packaging value chain, quantitative economics or taxation.
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