The program is offered at Penn State Harrisburg as a partnership between the School of Science, Engineering, and Technology and the School of Business Administration, which is accredited at the undergradute and graduate levels by AACSB International---the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International.
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Courses:
- Engineering for energy and the environment
- Technical project management
- Mathematical methods in engineering
- Negotiation, communication, and teamwork
- Organizational behavior
- Marketing management: structures and processes
- Financial statement analysis
- Corporate finance
Accreditation
Penn State is ranked at No. 46 for 2014 in the Center for World University Rankings, up from No. 50 in 2013. The list includes national and international schools. Criteria for the rankings are: quality of faculty, publications in top journals, highly influential research, citations, patents, academic training of students, and professional future of alumni.