Major in Accounting at JMU and you will be fluent in what is known as the “language of business.” Our accounting graduates are always in high demand. You will be prepared for a variety of careers in the fields of accounting, finance, auditing, consulting and information systems. A major in accounting will set you up for a career of ensuring financial success wherever you go. Get ready to be challenged. Get ready to be supported. Get ready to start on the road to your future.

Marketing is an ideal field of study if you want an action-oriented, challenging, and in-demand career where you will be solving business problems using analysis and creativity. As a JMU marketing major, you’ll be concerned with building long-term relationships and co-creating value with customers, clients, partners, and society at large. Your studies will focus on the traditional sales and digital marketing skills needed to be prepared for lots of different types of marketing. Factual and conceptual knowledge, problem solving, and communication are paired with experiential learning and the use of information technology. The result is developing expertise valued in a variety of business settings and industries.

Computer and Information Systems managers are vital in bringing a human component to the technological needs of their organizations. CIS professionals use computers to solve business problems. As a CIS major at JMU, you’ll be ready for a career that requires both the business knowledge and the technical skills to help clients design, build and deliver competitive computer-based solutions. You'll receive up-to-date course work in application development; architecture, networking and security; business intelligence; consulting and more. After graduation, you'll join a network of loyal JMU alumni whose success in senior- and mid-level management positions is built on a foundation of solid technical skills and integrative business knowledge.

As a JMU business management major, you’ll be prepared to lead effectively in a dynamic global business environment, using a variety of resources to achieve your organizational goal. Effective managers who know how to use critical thinking skills to innovate and solve problems, and interpersonal skills to work with others to accomplish goals are always in great demand in business and industry. You'll cultivate these in-demand skills with coursework in project management, evidence-based decision-making, and management of technology and innovation. In addition to a rigorous core curriculum, you’ll have the option to specialize in the areas of human resource management, innovation, and entrepreneurship or management consulting.

Economists are invaluable because of their ability to use reasoning and data analysis to study the full range of human activity and their expertise in understanding the material world. As a JMU economics major, you’ll gain a solid foundation of economic theory and policy that can lead to a wide variety of career options, including financial analysis and trading, consumer advocacy, economic analysis, communications and public administration. Our curriculum will develop your skills in critical thinking, research, writing, and analysis. We emphasize a commitment to lifelong learning, which is critical in an ever-changing global economy.

Successful growth for any business entity involves the ability to manage assets and risks through sound financial planning. As a JMU finance major, you’ll gain a strong foundation in the principles of valuation, financial statement analysis, and the concepts behind sound financial decision-making, preparing you for a career in individual, corporate, governmental, or international markets. This broad area tends to overlap with a number of specialized fields such as investment management, asset securitization, risk management, real estate, and banking. If you are interested in investment management, you'll learn the analysis of financial investments and the economic interaction between the financial institutions and the financial markets in which they operate. If you are interested in the international aspect of finance, you'll study asset and liability management, capital budgeting, fundraising, and exchange transactions for multinational corporations.

Our international business major is designed to equip you with both strong business skills and the ability to work comfortably in more than one corner of the global marketplace. The requirements of the major are designed to allow you to choose an optional concentration in finance or marketing. Some international business majors also declare a second major, such as a foreign language or another business area. To ensure success, competency in a second language and thorough exposure to a chosen second culture through study abroad or a one-semester international internship are graduation requirements. As a business, governmental and nonprofit entities operate in an increasingly global environment, their success demands trained professionals who understand events and cultures outside their own.