Terry College of Business

The Terry Full-Time MBA Program is currently only offered at the Athens campus. The full-time program is offered to any student regardless of previous bachelor's degree majors. The program is four semesters long, fall and spring semesters only. Students take core curriculum classes in their first year of the MBA Program, including leadership, ethics, accounting, economics, business law, MIS, and finance. They may take one elective course in the second semester of their first year. The second year is focused entirely upon elective courses to round out the business experience and fundamental business curriculum. MBA students are encouraged to complete an internship in their summer semester between their first and second year.

The MBA Career Management Center offers assistance with internships, job placement, career coaching and networking events.

Former Viacom executive Jimmy Barge meets with students following his Terry Leadership Speaker Series presentation, January 2010.

The Institute for Leadership Advancement (ILA) in the Terry College of Business was established in 2001. ILA provides students with self-assessments, coaching/mentoring, action learning and feedback focused on the development of greater emotional competence. Two undergraduate leadership programs form the centerpiece of ILA programming: the Leonard Leadership Scholars Program (for Terry College majors) and the Leadership Fellows Program (for students in any UGA major). Completion of either program earns the student a certificate in Personal and Organizational Leadership.[10]

ILA hosts the Terry Leadership Speaker Series, which brings well-known leaders from a variety of organizations to the Terry College of Business. In these student-oriented forums, leaders are asked to discuss their leadership styles and experiences.

The Music Business Certificate Program was launched in January 2006 as a response to the growing music and entertainment industry in the state of Georgia. In starting the program, former director Bruce Burch often said Atlanta is now recognized as the "fourth music center" in the country behind New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville, and is growing rapidly as a hotbed for music and film production.[11] Since August 2010, the program has been under the leadership of Athens-based musician and producer/engineer David Barbe.[12]

Students can earn an interdisciplinary certificate in music business by receiving a hands-on education about subjects like music and business fundamentals, copyright issues, creative content, artist management and production and technology. Music and entertainment industry executives are brought in from across the country to speak to classes, providing not only "real world" perspective, but also networking opportunities. Only 100 students are annually enrolled in the program.

The Actuarial Science Certificate Program is designed to prepare students for an actuarial career. Actuaries apply mathematical models to assess the financial cost of uncertainty. There is a high demand for actuaries across all industries. This certificate program is open to all undergraduate students currently enrolled at UGA.[13]

This certificate program prepares students for the complex legal environment of business and helps them also to gauge their interest in pursuing a law degree. To obtain the certificate students must complete 15 course hours with a minimum grade of C (2.00) in those courses. A number of pre-requisite courses are necessary before this program may be undertaken.[14]

Each year the Terry College hosts the Georgia Economic Outlook series in 12 cities throughout the state. The series provides more than 3,000 business and government leaders the foundation to make informed decisions based on economic data from the Selig Center for Economic Growth.[16]

Risk Management and Insurance

No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report[19]

Real Estate

No. 5 by U.S. News & World Report[20]

Management Information Systems (MIS)

No. 8 by U.S. News & World Report[21]

Accounting

No. 11 by Public Accounting Report and No. 12 by U.S. News & World Report[22]

Accounting (Master's)

No. 9 by Public Accounting Report

Accounting (PhD)

No. 13 by Public Accounting Report

Economics (PhD)

No. 55 by U.S. News & World Report[23]

Executive MBA

No. 14 by Fortune[24]

Full-time MBA

No. 31 by U.S. News & World Report[25]

Professional MBA

No. 44 by U.S. News & World Report[26]

The Terry College of Business was located on the historic North Campus of the University of Georgia in three buildings: Brooks Hall, Sanford Hall, and Caldwell Hall. Brooks Hall, designed by prominent architect Neel Reid, was built in 1928. It was known as the Commerce-Journalism Building before being renamed in 1974 for Robert Preston Brooks, the college's first dean. Funded through private gifts and dedicated in 1997, Sanford Hall was added. Caldwell Hall was built in 1981. [1]

Terry College's six-building business campus was completed in 2019.

In 2014, the university began construction of the Business Learning Community campus to house the entirety of the Terry College of Business in one location on North Campus.[27] The 306,000-square-foot six building campus provides needed additional adaptable space and technology for teaching and teamwork. Phase I, known as Correll Hall, opened for classes in Fall 2015. It houses classrooms for graduate programs, a graduate commons, a business innovation lab, multiple project team rooms, interview suites, the dean's office, and a café. Phase II was completed in 2017 and features two large auditoriums, 12 classrooms, a trading room, a behavioral lab, and an undergraduate commons with a south-facing veranda. Phase III was completed in 2019 and comprised the last two buildings in the Terry Business Learning Community housing 10 classrooms, staff offices, and conference rooms. Beyond the Community is Studio 225, on West Broad Street in downtown Athens, that is home to the Entrepreneurship Program. The center is part of the university's Innovation District.[28]

Terry College of Business's Terry Executive Education Center in Atlanta

The Terry College of Business has three satellite campuses located in Gwinnett, Griffin, and Atlanta, Georgia.

The Terry College's "home away from home" in Atlanta is the Terry Executive Education Center, located in the Buckhead area.[1]

The Executive and Professional MBA programs are offered at the center in addition to non-degree programs such as the executive program for Financial Planning Certification. The center also acts as a focal point and meeting place for Terry students, alumni, faculty, and staff to interact with Atlanta's business community. Designed and constructed with an eye toward maximizing each student's educational experience, the center features tiered executive classrooms, conference rooms, break-out meeting spaces and interview suites. Also included is office space for faculty and staff.[1]

The University of Georgia's degree programs in Gwinnett, including the Terry Professional MBA program, are located in the Intellicenter Building in Lawrenceville.

UGA's Griffin campus, located 40 miles (64 km) south of Atlanta, was established as the Georgia Experiment Station in 1888 and is the site of Terry's newest Bachelor of Business Administration program.[1]