CURRICULUM AND PROGRAMS
VSB is nationally recognized as a top business school and a pioneer of curricular innovation. With a liberal arts core to complement solid business fundamentals, we deliver a highly integrated, rigorous curriculum that focuses on building competencies that will only become more relevant for future leaders including:
Technology, Data and Analytics
Advanced skills across all disciplines
Communication
Written and oral communications that effectively package and convey ideas and decision-making practices
Servant Leadership
Grounded in ethics and values
Team Dynamics
Managing and working effectively with colleagues of different backgrounds and perspectives
VSB鈥檚 highly integrated, rigorous curriculum, infused with team teaching, guest speakers, simulations, global perspectives, and hands-on semester-long projects, highlights the skills of effective leaders and emphasizes innovation and openness to change as fundamental business and personal skills. Students study the fundamentals of business, explore new issues in real-time, and complete corporate projects. All students have access to an online subscription to the Wall Street Journal which is incorporated into their classroom experience.
YEAR BY YEAR CURRICULUM OUTLINE
Select the appropriate class year to review curricular requirements.
BACKPACK TO BRIEFCASE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM
Professional Development is a critical component of business education. VSB鈥檚 Backpack to Briefcase (B2B) initiative engages students in professional development activities from first through senior year. B2B is an innovative program, integrating career development into the core business curriculum throughout the four-year academic program, supplementing students鈥� participation in traditional academic courses and providing holistic preparation for success as professionals.
CORE CURRICULUM
VSB students begin taking business courses in their freshman year and continue to fulfill VSB core requirements during sophomore year.
GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES
VSB provides you with opportunities to gain the international business experience necessary to become outstanding leaders and global citizens and to be competitive in today's workplace.
READ TO LEAD
This year's Read to Lead book is Turnaround Time by Oscar Munoz. The VSB Read to Lead Program, sponsored by EY, is an integral part of the undergraduate curriculum and connects students around a highly relevant business theme before freshman year.
The book offers students a real-world context for learning and provides a launching point for integrative discussions, projects, and analyses of topics in the Business Dynamics first-year core business course. It also provides students with new opportunities for discussions with high-level corporate leaders.
The Read to Lead Program has included such books as Trailblazer: The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, Leading Matters: Lessons from My Journey, The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World by Brad Stone and many others.