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Department Chair:
Cathy Staples, PhD, CPA
Phone: 804-752-7204
E-mail: cstaples@rmc.edu
Economics and Business
The fast-paced global economy of the 21st century demands innovative, forward-thinking leaders. At R-MC, the economics major, business major and accounting major all place the broad perspectives offered by the liberal arts within the context of applied knowledge, preparing you to meet the challenges of the future.
Major options: Economics major? Business major? Accounting? Our curriculum allows you to focus your interests or to bring them together with a double-major or combined major and minor. Independent study and study abroad are encouraged as well, and you may also choose an emphasis in international economics and business, with options to study abroad in Wroxton, England or complete an international business or economics internship as part of your coursework.
Practical experience: R-MC's internship programs offer you unique opportunities to suit your unique interests. As an undergraduate, Lauren Cox '10 interned at an architectural firm in Richmond and was awarded a grant for a month-long internship at the Banbury Museum in Banbury, England.
Graduate studies: Recent graduates have attended law, architecture, economics and other graduate programs at schools including Georgetown, Virginia Tech, Seton Hall and William & Mary.
Innovative Careers: With an economics major, business major, or accounting major, you might be surprised where you'll go. R-MC graduates are pursuing careers in finance, government, consulting, construction, law, and digital marketing and social media. Megan Silva '06, with an MA in sports marketing from Virginia Commonwealth University, now is an event coordinator for Richmond Sports Backers, which supports major local, national, and world-class sporting events in the Richmond area.
| "R-MC is a very closely-knit community where you get to know everyone, which made transitioning into a new college in a new country very easy."
Life for an international student can be overwhelming, but for South African Michael Acutt '10, the transition into college life was eased with the help of the Randolph-Macon community. Acutt hit the ground running and got involved on campus in a variety of endeavors. An accounting and economics double major, Acutt played on the men's basketball varsity team for two years, and was also the president of Omicron Delta Epsilon, an economics honor society, as well as the vice-president of the Society for the Advancement of Management (SAM). In the summer of 2008, Acutt traveled with the R-MC basketball team to Chile. While in Chile, the team played both college and professional basketball. Acutt was part of the ODAC all-conference academic team for 2006-08 and was on the Dean's List. In addition, he was a Presidential Scholar and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. In November 2008 he received the Douglas Foard Award for Scholarship through the Phi Beta Kappa society.
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