The Classroom Center, home to the COB, continues to undergo massive renovation. The COB and other departments have been out of the building since last December, and temporarily housed in the Old Fine Arts Building. Aside from a few quick glances through errantly open doors, few have any idea what it looks like inside our once busy halls.

Except for now. The snapshot below was taken on 28th May 2008 on the first floor, looking directly toward the old CIS department (on the right), the Buff…

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The COB recently commenced building an online database of course syllabi. The system will be built over Summer 2008 using syllabi from summer courses in the pilot test. By Fall 2008 a user interface will be available for students, faculty, and any of our various external publics to examine our course syllabi.



"The database will allow for students to check out a course and its typical requirements before enrolling," said Neil Terry, Dean of the COB. "The syllabus has thus become an… Continue

The Texas A&M Board of Regents has approved our downtown Amarillo Center location, to be housed on the 10th and 11th floors of the Chase Building. This prime downtown location is convenient for nearly everyone in Amarillo, especially downtown workers. It is also near a number of trendy restaurants and night spots that will provide students with multiple options both before and after class.



Beginning this fall the COB will offer 15 or the 29 courses to be delivered at the Amarillo… Continue

The College of Business held its annual Convocation on Thursday 24th April, and awarded dozens of scholarships for the coming year.  Among the recipients are:



Department Awards and Scholarships

Department of…

This fall the COB will be offering a nice array of both graduate and undergraduate courses at the Amarillo Center. Our roster includes:

Graduate courses

• Financial accounting
• Accounting for decision making
• Seminar in advanced micro-economic theory
• Management of enterprise information technology
• Business ethics and society
• Entrepreneurship

The College of Business is pleased to welcome six new faculty to its ranks this Fall semester. They are:

• Christopher Furner, Assistant Professor of Information and Decision Management with a Ph.D. from Florida State University
• Andrew Li, Assistant Professor of Management with a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona
• Shawn Murphy, Assistant Professor of Economics with a Ph.D. from Washington…

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Visit the COB web site. Our new web site debuted on 25 April, and contains completely updated program information and faculty bios.
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Amarillo, here we come! Starting in Fall 2008 we will be offering courses in downtown Amarillo. Our first offering will consist of 13 MBA and upper-level BBA courses. We plan to offer MBAs and BBAs in Amarillo in the coming semesters, utilizing the same great faculty we have in our Canyon campus and online courses.

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