Cox School of Business

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The SMU Cox School of Business is part of the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and was established in 1920, and was renamed in 1978 to recognize the support of benefactor Edwin L. Cox.

1 Programs
2 Rankings
3 Location and connections
4 References

[edit] Programs

The Cox School of Business offers master's in Business Administration (MBA), Management (MSM), Entrepreneurship (MSIE) and Accounting (MSA); Bachelor's degree (BBA) offered through majors in accounting; finance; information systems; management and organizations; marketing; real estate, insurance, and business law; strategy and entrepreneurship; and business and financial reporting.

SMU Cox also offers extensive non-degree Executive Education programs, including custom education solutions and open courses in areas such as finance, accounting, marketing, and energy, as well as extensive leadership and executive coaching programs.

[edit] Rankings

The Cox School of Business is consistently recognized as a leader in business education by publications such as BusinessWeek, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. The Cox BBA program ranks among the top 20 nationally in BusinessWeek's 2006 rankings.

SMU Cox houses a nationally-ranked MBA program as well as a BBA honors program and extensive Executive Education offerings. The school rose to #16 in the world (#13 in the United States), up from #18 in BusinessWeek's last EMBA ranking in 2003. This puts SMU Cox ahead of quality programs such as NYU Stern, Cornell, and Purdue. The Cox Professional MBA (PMBA) Program offers an opportunity for students to earn their MBA degree while maintaining full-time employment.

The Cox School is also one of only eight programs (the others being Harvard Business School, Stanford Business School, UCLA Anderson School of Management, University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business, NYU Stern School of Business, University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and the MIT Sloan School of Management) to rank in the top 30 for research impact in information systems, marketing, strategy, finance, and economics.

Three major research centers support Cox's mission of managerially relevant research: The J.C. Penney Center for Retailing Excellence (under the leadership of Professor Ed Fox) studies marketing. The American Airlines Center for Labor Relations and Conflict Resolution (under the leadership of Professor Robin Pinkley) focuses on human resources. Finally, the Cox school is known for its excellence in entrepreneurship, centered in the Caruth Center for Entrepreneurship (led by Mr. Jerry White) in the Fincher Building and the Department of Strategy & Entrepreneurship (led by Professor Gordon Walker) in the Crow Building.

[edit] Location and connections

Dallas-Fort Worth is the "Fourth Best Metropolitan Area for Business," according to Forbes magazine, and "SMU is all but the official alma mater of the Dallas business and professional elite," states The Fiske Guide to Colleges. American Airlines Global Leadership Program: SMU offers the only MBA program that requires and funds international study for all first-year students. In 2006, students visited China, the UK, Switzerland, and Italy during GLP.