Viking_Yearbook_66

F BUSI NESS ADM I N ISTRATION Portland State is an ideal location for a strong School of Business Administration' An urban business center is only a few blocks away from the campus, providing ample opportunities for research' projects. Direct contact and co-opera- tionwith,businessandindustryarereadilyavail- urrr" Nevertheless, the BA statistics are surpris- ine. There are 1,613 business administration rniiors-nearly a fourth of the students en- rolled at the college. To bridge the gap between business and non- Susi nesid isci p[n"t, the B usi ness Admi nistration iinoot has begun a program to award six $2'400 scholarships to graduat6 students who majored in non-business-fields as undergraduates' The computers have entered every phase of briin"r, and were given a significant place,in the business adminlstration curriculum at the beginning of the'65-'66 school year' Co-?Yl:it puTchasel u y"ur" ago made the change posslble' lntroduction to Business was changed so that il;-thirds of the course is computer oriented' Sriin"r, students learn to use the interpreted results of the computer as an aid to their busi- ness decisions. The department stresses the ap- nlication of the computer to solve specific Lrsiness problems. An advanced data process- ing course attacks the technical aspects of the same problem. '$ ,r* WW'W ffi.* 6^ w s''ffiw,ww. WWW.ffi' - ffi" ffiW'.W Wi U.ffi .W w, ww , , ffi ffi