College Catalog
For more information about courses within the Business and Accounting Department, visit the online, searchable Guilford College Catalog. The Undergraduate Catalog also includes academic department and major information, academic regulations and resources, admission standards and requirements, and tuition, fees, and financial aid information.
Majors and Minors
"One of the biggest misconceptions is that you have to go to a big school do something big in life. My friends and I started our own record label and clothing line. I studied international business in Shanghai. Now I’m realizing my dream of working for the NBA."
- Accounting Major: The bachelor of science degree in Accounting gives students exposure to the primary area of Accounting in which they receive a basic grounding in statistics, economics, computers, and finance. Accounting majors may sit for the CPA Examination in the semester in which they graduate.
- Accounting Minor: The Accounting minor provides non-Accounting majors with basic concepts and tools that can be applied to enhance the application and marketability of their liberal arts education.
- Business Administration Major: The bachelor of science in Business Administration offers a broad liberal arts education with an intense professional focus. In conjunction with an adviser, a student may choose to emphasize an area of study within the department by choosing a business-related minor.
- Business Minor: The Business minor provides students with basic business concepts and tools that can be applied to enhance the application and marketability of their liberal arts education. Students gain a basic understanding of the world of business, its global aspects, and ethical issues. The minor in Business is not available to business administration majors.
- Entrepreneurship Minor: The minor in Entrepreneurship is designed for students who are interested in entrepreneurship, want to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and/or are interested in solving community problems. The minor will provide students with highly sought-after soft skills such as communication, leadership, creative thinking, adaptability and curiosity while bolstering hard skills like marketing, financial management, business plan development and presenting. Students who complete this minor will have developed a strong foundation in entrepreneurship and organizational management.
- Master's Degree in Business Administration: The Guilford College online MBA prepares graduate students for long-term success. It's designed for recent college graduates, as well as experienced professionals ready to get to the next level in their career. While classes are live on campus, the program’s HyFlex design — a combination of scheduled, in-person, remote, and recorded activities — also allows for online participation.
- Money and Finance Minor: The Money and Finance minor educates students to analyze an organization’s financial reports and think strategically about its financial position.
Business Department News and Events
Highlights include 12-month completion, no GRE or GMAT scores required to apply, and HyFlex learning — a combination of scheduled, in-person, remote, and recorded activities.
Undistracted by the hollow allurements of some college football recruiters, defensive end Brooks Stemple ’22 chose Guilford College because of its academic qualities and nurturing atmosphere.
A native of the Dominican Republic, Marisabel Guzman Cruz ’23 had her sights set on studying English at a young age. A double major in Psychology and Business, Marisabel plans to add Analytics as a third major and Economics as her minor.
Philosophy major Andrew Munster ’20 reflects on his time at Guilford as he prepares for the joint JD/MBA program at Cleveland State in Ohio.
Accounting students Juan Vigoya-Astroz '21, Calyn Davis '21, and Robb Stowe '20 receive scholarships for their outstanding success in their journeys to become CPAs.
Michaela Allred ’20 credits Guilford’s Business Department with preparing her for a role in corporate governance with Nasdaq-Center for Board Excellence and a top MBA program.
The ambition of Juan Vigoya-Astroz '20 catapults him to academic and career success, earning him scholarships to Guilford and then N.C. State University, where he receives a full ride while earning his Master's of Accounting.
Business major Awatif Oumar ’21 surprised herself by adding a second major in Economics, but her professors believed in her from the beginning.
Suan Yang '17 credits Guilford with enriching her intellect and helping her establish a financially and mentally sustainable lifestyle.
Greensboro native Deon McFarland ’24 navigated his first year — amid the pandemic — with ease. A wide receiver on the Guilford College football team and an amateur photographer, he balances well his studies in Accounting with extra-curricular activities.
The formative years of Bruno Gonzalez ’23 were well spent. During his time at West Forsyth High School in Winston-Salem, N.C., he determined his college major — Accounting — and even developed his ideal career track.
Accounting and Religious Studies double major Jacob Perkins '22 shares how Guilford made his experience unique and his plans for the future.
Erin Askew '22 will attend the Master of Accounting program at N.C. State University. At the same time, she plans to work with the National Alliance on Mental Health to become an advocate.
For Jonathan Nunez ’22, an Honors student and Business Administration major, choosing a college home was all about ethics.
Business Administration major Shannon Petsch ’19 says her valuable classes — and invaluable mentorships — helped her land an internet marketing analyst job she loves.
