Academic Departments

No matter your career choice, Miami Herbert gives you the resources to excel.

Miami Herbert academics envelop rigorous training and latest industry knowledge to impart the skills and tools that our students need for success in a global, competitive business landscape. Our faculty and department teams are committed to our students’ academic achievements through excellence of teaching and superior scholastic experiences.

Explore the Academic Departments

Miami Herbert faculty offer courses in nine academic departments with unique programs, goals, and focus.

Accounting

The Department of Accounting delivers programs that prepare business students to make a smooth transition from college into a successful and meaningful career in the professional practice of accounting, whether in the public, private, or governmental sector.

Business Law

Business law courses provide students with fundamental insights into legal institutions, the regulatory environment, and the nature of legal discourse, as well as an array of substantive principles of law, including such areas as contracts, sales, business organizations, and domestic and international commercial relationships.

Business Technology

The Department of Business Technology focuses on employing business technology and information management in the efficient solution of the entire range of business problems.

Economics

The Department of Economics welcomes students seeking to build or strengthen a foundational understanding of the interconnectedness of society, markets, and policy making.

Finance

The finance discipline focuses on two primary issues: determining value and making the best decisions with respect to value. Students in the Department of Finance study these issues in a variety of contexts and industries.

Health Management and Policy

Drawing on its own strengths as well as on other resources across the University of Miami, the business school's Department of Health Management and Policy serves as a resource for education, training, and research focused on the business of health care.

Management

The Department of Management is one of the largest of all units within the business school, with areas of focus that include entrepreneurship, human resource management, international business and management, operations management, organizational behavior, and strategic management.

Management Science

The Department of Management Science is a leader in research and education dealing with the applications of analytical techniques towards business-related issues.

Marketing

The Department of Marketing creates marketing knowledge by conducting leading-edge research with faculty renowned for their expertise in such areas as services marketing, international market entry strategies, consumer choice, online marketing, and consumer adoption of new technologies, among others.