About the Farmer School

Our shared commitments:

• Our highest priority is our students;
• Our faculty is active in both teaching and learning;
• We support an environment that encourages open and responsible expression;
• We set high standards for students and ourselves;
• We anticipate and respond to changes in society and in the business environment;
• We support innovation and intelligent risk-taking;
• We support collaborative and integrative activities that address significant issues;
• We believe that programs should drive resources;
• We believe that our school will be stronger if each of us is active in intellectual life;
• Our students must learn about other cultures and be able to learn from other cultures.
• The school should develop areas of recognized expertise.

The mission of the Farmer School of Business is to be a premier business program committed to providing students with a lifelong ability to seek and acquire knowledge and translate it into responsible action in a competitive global environment.

We strive to prepare our students to function knowledgeably in any part of the world, and to become leaders in the workplace and the community.

The Farmer School focuses primarily on undergraduate education but offers three small, selective graduate programs: an MBA, a Master’s in Accountancy, and a Master’s in Economics. We combine the resources of a highly respected university with a personalized approach and a commitment to teaching.

The Farmer School is composed of six departments: Accountancy; Decision Sciences/Management Information Systems;  Economics; Finance; Management; and Marketing. Also within the school is the Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence and the Center for Governance, Risk Management and Reporting (GRMR). The interdisciplinary Interactive Media Studies program is housed in the Farmer School but draws its students and faculty from across several divisions.