Academics
The Anderson School offers undergraduate Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degrees and three master's degree programs: The Master of Business Administration (MBA), the Executive MBA (EMBA), and the Master of Accounting (MACCT). BBA and
MBA students may select from ten concentrations: Accounting, entrepreneurship, financial management, information assurance, international management and international management in Latin America, information systems management, management of technology, marketing management, operations management, organizational behavior/human resource management, and policy and planning. Students may also choose not to pursue a concentration.
BBA students may select from ten concentrations: Accounting, finance, human resource management, interdisciplinary film and digital media (IFDM), international management and international management in Latin America, information systems management, marketing management, operations management, entrepreneurial studies, or organizational leadership.
The Anderson School offers several dual-degree programs for students who wish to pursue a second advanced degree in conjunction with the MBA. MBA dual degree programs are offered with the Juris Doctor (JD) with the School of Law (MBA/JD), the Master of Engineering programs in manufacturing engineering and electrical or computer engineering (MBA/MEME and MBA/ME) with the School of Engineering; and the Master of Arts in Latin American Studies (MBA/MA) with the UNM Latin American Studies Program. The School also offers a dual-degree program with the School of Law with the Master of Accounting (JD/MACCT).
Anderson’s MBA program in Management of Technology was ranked in the top 10 in the U.S. in a 2004 study published in the Journal of Product Innovation Management.
The Anderson School offers several scholarships to its students. In the 2008-2009 school year, Anderson awarded more than 160 scholarships and fellowships totaling in excess of $500,000 to its graduate and undergraduate students. In May 2008, the $15,000 Edward L. Romero Scholarship program was established for graduate students in entrepreneurial studies. The scholarship was named for former U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra Edward L. Romero.
In April 2008, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that was awarding the nation's 15th Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (RCFL) to New Mexico, with the University of New Mexico as one of several partnering institutions and agencies. The New Mexico RCFL is a computer forensics laboratory and training center supporting local, state, and federal criminal investigations. The Anderson School's Center for Information Assurance Research and Education, established in 2006, is involved with the laboratory. The CIARE was designated a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security in spring 2007.
The Anderson School organizes an annual conference entitled Fostering Indigenous Business and Entrepreneurship in the Americas (FIBEA).
The Anderson School is part of the UNM Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media Program, along with the College of Fine Arts and other UNM programs.
The Anderson School's Endowed Chair in Economic Development, currently held by Dr. Suleiman Kassicieh, oversees a wide range of economic development initiatives within the school, including the UNM Technology Business Plan Competition, with offers $40,000 in annual prizes and additional venture capital funding for student teams who compose the strongest technology business plans.
The UNM Small Business Institute (SBI) at Anderson, established in 1978, connects with Albuquerque-area businesses with graduate and undergraduate students who provide free consulting work under the guidance of the faculty. The institute works with around 25 businesses a semester.
Anderson MBA marketing have won the Cadillac National Case Study Competition in 2005 and 2006, and placed second in 2007.
Senior-level BBA marketing students won Project Acceleration: The Subaru Impreza Collegiate Challenge in 2007.
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