UCF College of Business Administration Advising Guide: Your Path to Success

The UCF College of Business is committed to helping students "Get to the ONE," striving to be the place where they can achieve their academic objectives and become the ones who get the job, start a business, make the sale, make a contribution, and mentor others. Established in 1968, the college offers degrees at the bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and executive levels. A true culture of engagement sets the College apart from other business schools. With hundreds of events, activities, programs, organizations, and resources available, students can identify their passion, practice their pitch, network with industry leaders, jumpstart a career, or even launch a business before graduating. To help students navigate their academic journey, the College of Business provides a comprehensive advising system.

Academic Advising: A Collaborative Partnership

Academic Advising is a collaborative relationship between you and your advisor. Connecting with your academic advisor regularly is important to your success in college! Your advisor will assist you with your educational, career, and personal goals by helping you understand University policies and procedures, major requirements, and campus resources. Students who graduate from the college will be great communicators and collaborators, risk takers, data-driven decision makers and problem solvers. Our faculty and staff seek to provide our students with the education and experiences they need to succeed in today’s market. Whether in the classroom or delivering a talk at the Dean’s Speaker Series, faculty members are engaged in the latest research and program development. We offer programs that provide practical, hands-on learning and real-world experience. We push our students to get out of their comfort zones to try new things, communicate and collaborate with people who are different from them and take risks.

While academic advising is decentralized across the University, each college has a central advising office supported by professional or faculty advisors. Every undergraduate student in a declared major has a college advising office assignment. Each college has its own structure for how the professional or faculty advisors in the schools and departments will support students on their path to graduation. Students who are undeclared are assigned to work with an advisor in the Knights Major Exploration and Transition Center (KMETC). Students who are exploring majors may also work with KMETC. Additional advising offices serve specific student populations, in conjunction with their assigned advising office.

Knights Major Exploration and Transition Center (KMETC)

The Knights Major Exploration and Transition Center (KMETC) advisors and coaches assist undeclared and major exploring undergraduate students with degree exploration, college skill building, and transition to degree-specific college advising.

Military and Veteran Success Center

The Military and Veteran Success Center is the first-stop shop for military students to include student veterans, active-duty, and military-connected students.

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College of Business Academic Success Coaching Team

The College of Business’ Academic Success Coaching Team is the result of a partnership between the College and the UCF Division of Student Success and Wellbeing. This highly competent team is dedicated to providing a welcoming and supportive environment for College of Business students. The team works with internal and external partners to provide academic and college engagement resources and is the primary academic advising and success coaching team for business students.

Students will receive information and guidance through individual appointments, classes, workshops and collaborative partnerships with other student support teams and offices throughout the college and campus community. Students can take advantage of these opportunities as early as their new student orientation. We provide these opportunities through scheduled appointments, group advising and technology-based advising. You and your assigned Academic Success Coach will work together, from orientation to graduation, to establish your goals, design your academic plans and monitor your success. Advising is by appointment only, outside of posted walk-in dates.

Office of Professional Development (OPD)

The Office of Professional Development (OPD) provides academic advising, career coaching services and study abroad resources to students in the College of Business. Staffed by experienced Human Resource professionals, our Career Coaches help students develop their career plans from the day they start classes in the college. Our goal is to help students Get to the One - the one who gets the internship, the job or promotion. Dean Paul Jarley’s latest initiative - an online community exclusively for UCF business students and employers - is designed to connect our students with the businesses they want to work for.

Focusing on professional development, Career Coaches work with students to help them formulate a plan for building a successful career. We also have specialized coaches who act as a liaison between employers and business students for networking opportunities, internships and potential jobs. Each major has an assigned Career Coach.

Career Coaching Services

The OPD offers a range of career coaching services to help students prepare for their future careers:

Major Exploration: This non-academic appointment helps students identify the right major for their career goals. To sign up for a Career Cluster Session, go to Office of Professional Development Resource Course in Webcourses.
Internship and Full-Time Positions: The OPD helps BUSINESS students obtain internship and full-time positions.
Skill Set Showcasing: An opportunity to showcase your skill sets and personal attributes that are desirable to employers.

The team encourages business students to take advantage of critical career exploration and professional development programming provided by the college and our Career Coaches.

Study Abroad

The college offers Study Abroad experiences at every step of your academic career.

The Invitational

The Invitational is the exclusive career and internship fair for the College of Business that is held each Fall and Spring semester. Business students can earn an invitation to the event from a faculty member or by completing certain activities, such as meeting with a Career Coach, attending a Career Cluster, etc. The Invitational features 30-50 employers with open internships and jobs specifically for business students. It is a great way to connect with employers and gain valuable real world experience in industry.

Student Advocate & Empowerment Coordinator

The role of Student Advocate & Empowerment Coordinator is to support our students both in the classroom and in their personal lives. Students often experience “non-academic” challenges or life stressors that can adversely impact their academic success.

Additional Resources and Events

The UCF College of Business provides a variety of resources and events to support student success:

Dean’s Speaker Series: Faculty members are engaged in the latest research and program development, often delivering talks at the Dean’s Speaker Series.
CLA Promise: For us, everything begins with living the CLA Promise, which is to know and help you.
Events and Activities: With hundreds of events, activities, programs, organizations and resources available, students can identify their passion, practice their pitch, network with industry leaders, jumpstart a career or even launch a business before graduating.
Online Community: Dean Paul Jarley’s latest initiative - an online community exclusively for UCF business students and employers - is designed to connect our students with the businesses they want to work for.

Examples of specific events and panels include:

PGA Tournament Planning: Join Drew Donovan, Tournament Director and David Strahan, Sr. Director, Strategic Corporate Partnerships, as they discuss their roles and what goes into the planning of a major PGA tournament.
Risk Management and Insurance: Gabriel F. Carrillo, Instructor and Program Director for the Center for Risk Management and Insurance Education, hosts a panel to share the opportunities in the risk management industry.
Wealth Management: Erncy Dumornay shares his career as a wealth advisor and how he helps impact his client's future. You will also learn more about the new Wealth Management Minor at the College of Business and the careers within the industry.
Alumni Career Advice: UCF Alumni comeback to speak about how they got to the ONE! Why is your personal brand important, even if you are not on sales? What tips can help land your next internship, job, client, project? You got to the ONE and now what do you do? Our UCF Alumni come to help navigate the workplace and how you can continue to standout, even after you are hired.
Non-profit Careers: Dr. Penn moderates the panel with various non-profits sharing their mission, why they chose the non-profit industry and opportunities to start your career.

Locations

Main Campus: Classroom Building 1 Suite 302
Rosen College: 9907 Universal Blvd.

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