Program Overview

College of Business

The College of Business offers a range of programs, including undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as continuing education courses.

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Student Life

The College of Business is committed to creating a community that is inclusive, inspirational, and extraordinary.

Information for Students

• First-year Students: Start exploring exciting opportunities, from Blueprint to microbusinesses.
• Transfer Students: Connect with resources for a comfortable and efficient transition to OSU.
• Graduate Students: Explore resources that connect you with peers and professional networks.
• Current Students: Find important events, reminders, and convenient links and resources.
• Parents & Guardians: Navigate important topics and resources about the College of Business and OSU.

Student Centers

• Center for Advancing Financial Education
• Ricci Leadership Academy
• Sales Academy

Alumni & Industry

The College of Business celebrates successes, finds new opportunities for business excellence, and works to make communities stronger.

Give Back

• Volunteer: Alumni, professionals, and friends of the college work to develop the next generation of business leaders.
• Endowed Professors: Honor and support exceptional teachers and researchers who have achieved distinction in their fields and enhance the college's reputation.
• Professional Mentoring: Connects business professionals with current students to support key stages of professional growth.
• Give: Help make the college what it is and create a culture of giving from one generation of Beavers in Business to the next.

Faculty & Research

The College of Business is a collaborative community of scholars committed to research and learning at an R1-designated university.

Research

• Search Publications: Research database, including journals, conferences, and earned publicity.
• Faculty & Research Stories: Articles about faculty impacts on students, businesses, and communities.
• Thought Leadership Series: Accessible platform to share high-impact research with audiences everywhere.
• Grant Awards: Summaries for publicly and privately funded research and grant awards.

Faculty

• Accounting
• Business Analytics
• Business Information Systems
• Design
• Finance
• Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Management
• Marketing
• Student Engagement
• Supply Chain & Logistics Management

Centers of Excellence

• Center for Advancing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Business
• Center for Business Analytics & Applied AI
• Center for Family Enterprise
• Center for Marketing & Consumer Insights
• Center for Supply Chain Management

Cybersecurity Management

Cybersecurity management is the practice of protecting an organization's systems, networks, and data from cyber attacks, theft, and damage.

Overview

Cybersecurity management involves assessing risks, developing and implementing security policies and procedures, monitoring for threats and vulnerabilities, and planning for and responding to incidents. Effective cybersecurity management requires a combination of technical knowledge, business acumen, and leadership skills.

Program Type

• MBA

Ways to Attend

• Online
• In-Person: Corvallis
• Hybrid

Degree Types

• Master of Business Administration

Credits

• 18

What You'll Learn

• Technical foundations: Deep understanding of systems.
• Security governance: Propose mitigation of cybersecurity risks using security governance frameworks.
• Risk mitigation: Identify and diagnose cybersecurity risks in existing information infrastructures and processes.
• IT audit: Evaluate, critique, and formulate improvements for information security policies and processes.
• Managing an organization's cybersecurity needs: Appraise risk profiles, estimate capital costs, plan.

Program Statistics

• 97% job placement rate for graduates of the Oregon State MBA graduate program.
• Ranked No. 1 among Oregon graduate business programs.
• 15 industry insiders on the advising council.

Learning Outcomes

• Appraise the risk profile of firms; specifically, be able to estimate the costs of capital, including debt and equity capital using financial data.
• Analyze specific operational/financial risks and apply appropriate hedging strategies.
• Evaluate strategic alternatives available to multinational corporations to manage foreign exchange exposures.
• Identify and explain corporate agency conflicts and resolutions.
• Assess corporate capital structure choice and its implications on value and performance.
• Explain the process and economic rationale for transactions in the market for corporate control.
• Assess transactions in the market for corporate control using valuation techniques.

Ways to Attend

• In-person: Corvallis. Attend classes in Austin Hall, a $50 million, 100,000-square-foot building with five research centers, a marketing research suite, 10 classrooms, 23 computer- and teleconference-equipped project rooms, a 250-seat auditorium, a café, and faculty offices.
• Online. Study from anywhere and earn one of the 100% online, fully AACSB-accredited business degrees. Nationally top-ranked for online learning, classes are taught by business faculty known for research excellence and industry experience.
• Portland Hybrid. Experience a flexible blend of online coursework and in-person sessions. In-person meetings are held at the Robertson Collaborative Life Sciences Building on Portland's South Waterfront, typically scheduled on a weekday evening from 6 to 9 p.m.