University of Central Florida College of Business

MOVING FORWARD While core business curriculum remains unchanged, the world of business is changing the same way students learn and receive information. The College of Business’s mission and vision are in place to strengthen the college and ultimately, the Central Florida community by focusing on critical factors in higher education: students, faculty, programs and facilities. The college aspires to: - Offer the benefits of a large, metropolitan research university while providing individual attention and maintaining a sense of community for our students and faculty. - Create a state-of-the-art educational facility that cultivates a learning environment that promotes collaboration, engagement, risk taking and data-driven decision making. - Provide increased opportunities for student engagement and one-on-one learning. - Cultivate an ecosystem which develops entrepreneurs from all backgrounds and skill sets. - Raise the academic profile of the college by recruiting research faculty in key disciplines and by incorporating top industry executives into programming. - Elevate the career prospects of students as well as the perceptions of graduates in the community, by ensuring students are career-ready upon graduation by providing experiential learning and developmental feedback. **MISSION** In keeping with the mission, vision and goals set by the University, the mission of the College of Business is to leverage the talents of its faculty scholars to accelerate the quality and rigor of business education developed for the Central Florida region. Undergraduate, graduate and doctoral learning experiences will be grounded in innovative thinking and application of ideas which prepare students for careers in rapidly changing and disruptive environs. **VISION** To continue the transformation into a next-generation business school through the development of a unique college culture — one that promotes engagement, risk-taking, cross-disciplinary collaboration and data-driven decision making.