Leaders at ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ City University have signed a reciprocal partnership agreement with a Georgia school to provide a new undergraduate business degree to students here and a new graduate business degree to students there.
Through the agreement, ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ City University (ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½) will introduce a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Supply Chain Management, while Clayton State University (CSU) will offer its students a new Master of Business Administration degree in Energy Management.
Students at ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ will take the universityβs core business ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½, as well as a series of six ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ in supply chain management offered online by Clayton State. CSU students will study four different energy-related graduate ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ offered online by ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½.
ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ Business Dean Sri Beldona said the agreement is an example of a growing movement among higher education institutions that provides schools the opportunity to expand offerings to students without incurring the expenses typically associated with launching a new program.
βThis is the classic win-win situation,β Beldona said. βWe are thrilled to work with our colleagues at Clayton State so that each institution can offer programming covering a more diverse set of academic disciplines, while at the same time addressing workforce and skills-gap needs in each of our communities.β
The Supply Chain Management degree represents the third new undergraduate business program ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ has rolled out this year. The university also introduced an undergraduate degree in Data Analytics and another in Finance, Banking and Real Estate. The new offerings are aimed at better preparing graduates for career opportunities in an evolving professional landscape.
In the Supply Chain Management program, ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ students will study in-person on the ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ campus for the majority of their ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½. Their degree will be granted by ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½. Their ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ related specifically to supply chain management will be delivered online by faculty at Clayton State, which is located in Morrow, Georgia, just to the south of Atlanta.
CSUβs supply chain program was recognized recently as a national top 10 program by the organization , while ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½βs graduate energy program was the first in the nation to receive accreditation from the American Association of Petroleum Landmen.
Clayton State Business Dean Jacob Chacko said his university is βthrilled to partner with ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ to extend the reach of our supply chain program.
βWe are also excited about this innovative partnership between two business schools to share resources to provide state of the art programming to students at both institutions.β More information about business programs at ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ is available here. Information about Clayton Stateβs College of Business can be .
