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College of Business and Public Administration

Igwe E. Udeh, Ph.D., Dean and Alvin James Lawson Endowed Professor of Business

Office: 212 College of Business Building

Phone: (504) 286-5330/5331

Email: iudeh@suno.edu

Shelina Aubrey-Gethers, B.S., MSW Admin Assistant IV

Office: 211 College of Business Building

Phone: (504) 286-5331; Fax: (504) 286-5304

Email: sgethers@suno.edu

Timotea Bailey, M.A., Director of Student Services

Office: 214 College of Business Building

Phone: (504) 286-5193

Email: tbailey@suno.edu

Marie Smith, B.S., MBA, Accounting Lab Specialist/Instructor, Office of Student Services

Office: 215/216 College of Business Building

Phone: (504) 286-5139

Email: msmith@suno.edu

Cynthia Beaulieu, B.A., Director of Small Business Development Institute

Office: Small Business Incubator, Room 151

Phone: (504) 286-5032

Email: cbeaulie@suno.edu

The College of Business and Public Administration (CBA) offers two undergraduate degree programs leading to the Bachelor of Science; one program leading to a Bachelor of Arts; and one graduate program leading to a Master of Science. The three undergraduate programs are: (1) BS-Business Administration (2) BS-Computer Information Systems and (3) BA-Public Administration. The College offers the Master of Science in Computer Information Systems.

CBA Vision

The vision of CBA is to produce innovative thinkers and leaders who impact their communities as conventional, corporate, and social entrepreneurs.

CBA Core Values

Core Value #1: Commitment (tenacity, dedication, perseverance)

Core Value #2: Excellence (quality instruction, scholarship, service)

Core Value #3: Innovation (curiosity, creativity, adaptability)

Core Value #4 Ethics (honesty, fairness, confidentiality)

Core Value #5: Teamwork (cooperation, communication, collaboration, diversity)

Core Value #6: Leadership (visionary, competitive, motivated)

Core Value #7: Caring (student-centered, nurturing, understanding, sensitive, respectful)

CBA Mission

CBA provides education and degrees in Business Administration, Computer Information Systems, and Public Administration that equip a predominantly urban student body, including those from the New Orleans Metropolitan Area, with cutting-edge knowledge, professional and research skills, and ethical decision-making abilities essential for successful careers in business, industry, education, government, and for further studies at graduate and professional levels. The college supports and promotes research and intellectual contributions aimed at improving teaching, business opportunities in the region, and awareness of global issues.

Goals and Objectives

Undergraduate Goals and Objectives

Ethics Goal: Student will demonstrate an understanding of the importance of ethics and its application in the decision-making process.

  • Ethics Objective: Student is able to differentiate between what is ethical and what is unethical.

Communication Goal: Student is able to apply effective communication skills in a professional environment.

  • Oral communication Objective: Student is able to prepare and deliver an effective business presentation.
  • Written Communication Objective: Student is able to produce well-written documents.

Analysis Goal: Student is able to analyze and solve problems in an organizational setting.

  • Analysis Objective: Student will apply discipline-based principles in addressing organizational problems.

Technology Goal: Student is able to understand the importance of technology in organizations.

  • Technology Understanding Objective: Students will understand available technology.
  • Technology application Objective: Students will use available technological tools in various tasks.

The mission of the College of Business is operationalized through the following activities:

Teaching: Provide students with a diversified, professional education to:

  1. Prepare graduates for careers in the public and private sectors;
  2. Develop and enhance students’ competencies in communications, leadership, and critical thinking;
  3. Provide an environment that stresses ethical and moral standards;
  4. Develop and enhance students’ awareness of international issues;
  5. Teach courses designed to prepare students in other academic units in the University with regard to their respective careers.

Intellectual contributions: Expand the boundaries of current knowledge and contribute to the advancement of education through intellectual contributions that:

  1. Promote development of faculty through professional activities;
  2. On-going improvement in the teaching-learning process;
  3. Enhance students’ awareness of research applications;
  4. Develop and disseminate knowledge, especially that which is of interest to, and useful for, urban areas.

Service: Improve the quality of life at Southern University at New Orleans and in the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area through:

  1. Active involvement in the governance of the University;
  2. Active participation in professional organizations at the local, state, national and international levels;
  3. Providing guidance to student organizations;
  4. On-going involvement in community service projects.

The CBA houses the Small Business Development & Management Institute (SBDMI). The SBDMI functions as a community outreach vehicle by providing counseling and business information through seminars and institutes. The College also operates a Small Business Incubator Center on the SUNO campus and a satellite incubator center in New Orleans-East. The college is a founding member of the Greater New Orleans Louisiana Small Business Development Center (LSBDC-GNO), a network of state-wide business development centers attached to academic business units of colleges and universities in Louisiana. The college is also a member of the New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce.

Undergraduate Programs

Admission Policies

  1. Undergraduate students are admitted directly to the College of Business and Public Administration, provided they have declared a major in Business Administration, Computer Information Systems, or Public Administration.
  2. Transfer students must meet the same admission standards as resident students. Transfer credit will be accepted when approved by the Dean of the College for courses comparable to those offered by the University. However, credit will not be transferred for courses offered in the College of Business and Public Administration for which the student has earned a grade below C.
  3. Credit will not be transferred from community or junior colleges for College of Business and Public Administration upper-level courses (courses numbered 300 or above). Exceptions, however, may be granted in accordance with particular state-wide or inter-institution articulation agreements.
  4. Transfer credit will not be given for more than 50 percent of the total business course credit hours required to earn a degree in Business Administration or Computer Information Systems or Public Administration. Total business course credit hours include all Common Body of Knowledge courses and all Major courses.

Common Body of Knowledge

The following core courses are required in all baccalaureate degree programs in the College of Business and Public Administration, except for Public Administration (see the Public Administration degree core under the Public Administration section):

ACCT-201N Introduction to Financial Accounting (Formerly ACCT-211N)

ACCT-202N Introduction to Managerial Accounting (Formerly ACCT-222N)

BADM-240N Legal Environment of Business

BADM-250N Business Communications

BADM-301N Principles of Finance

MGMT-362N Principles of Management

MKTG-370N Principles of Marketing

BADM-490N Strategic Management and Business Policy

CISP-164N Computer Productivity Applications (Formerly MGIS-164N)

CISP-250N Fundamentals of Information Systems (Formerly MGIS-250N)

ECON-211N Economic Principles I (Micro)

ECON-222N Economic Principles II (Macro)

ECON-295N Economics and Business Statistics I

Requirements for Graduation

Each student must satisfy the following requirements to graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree from the College:

  1. Complete an approved program of study in the College with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher.
  2. Except as noted below, complete each course taken in the College with a grade of C or higher.

    A grade of D will be accepted for a maximum of one business course taken in the College. However, Computer Information Systems and Public Administration majors may not earn a grade of D in major field courses (CIS or PADM).

  3. Complete 60 hours of volunteer/community service.
  4. Pass an Exit Examination in the student’s major field of study.
  5. Satisfy all University requirements.

MS-CIS learning goals and objectives

Ethics: Student will demonstrate an understanding of the importance of ethics and its application in the decision-making process.

  • Objective: Student is able to differentiate between what is ethical and what is unethical.

Communication: Student is able to apply effective communication skills in a professional environment.

  • Oral Communication Objective: Student is able to prepare and deliver an effective business presentation.
  • Written Communication Objective: Student is able to produce well-written documents.

Technology: Student is able to demonstrate technological proficiency and to manage information technology projects to develop information systems that support an organization’s needs.

  • Objective A: Student is able to apply methodologies to develop a system that supports an organization’s needs.
  • Objective B: Student is able to understand project management skills in support of organization’s needs.

(For additional information on the CIS graduate program, see School of Graduate Studies section of this Catalog).

Office of Student Services

The Office of Student Services (OSS) is a unit within the College of Business & Pubic Administration (CBA). In support of the College's vision to produce innovative thinkers and leaders, it is the goal of OSS to ensure that CBA students successfully matriculate and graduate in a timely manner from Southern University at New Orleans.

As an advocate for students, the OSS staff oversees the overall academic experience of students to make certain that they remain on track in their curricula. OSS works with students to set reasonable educational and career goals. The staff meets with students individually to collaboratively develop a plan/path towards graduation and successful careers.

Specific services of the OSS include:

  • Student outreach and new student recruitment
  • New student orientation
  • Academic advisement and course scheduling
  • Graduation auditing and planning
  • Financial aid impact counseling
  • Academic intervention and academic recovery counseling
  • Liaison between students, advisors, and the University
  • Academic records management
  • Career counseling, career fair, and job placement facilitation
  • Field experience and internship coordination
  • Crisis intervention
  • Student organizations/activities liaison officer