The Wide World of Business
Business Touches eveRyThinG in youR woRld. it’s behind the food you eat, the vehicles
you drive, the clothes you wear—every product or service you consume is the result of a business
somewhere organizing the people, money, materials, and other resources to deliver that product or
service to you. From chief executive officers (ceos) overseeing worldwide organizations of hundreds of
thousands of workers to receptionists answering phones, well-educated employees make businesses run
more smoothly and profitably. The skills you learn in Business, Management & Administration can make
you an attractive job applicant for any company. if you see yourself managing teams of people to get
projects done, crunching numbers to keep costs down, or becoming an entrepreneur and starting your
own venture, then Business, Management & Administration could be the right career cluster for you.
Hot Career Areas

Governor Rick Perry has
launched a strategic plan that
targets state efforts on six
industry clusters that economists
say will be the engines of
economic growth in Texas.
As you plan your future, think about a career in
one of these new and emerging sectors.
sTudenTs are
• Advanced technologies & Manufacturing
auTomaTIcallY
- Molecular technologist
- Sensor/robotics engineer
admITTed,
• Aerospace & Defense
as space permITs, To THe
- Aerospace engineer
mccoY college of BusIness
- Unmanned autonomous vehicle engineer
admInIsTraTIon aT Texas sTaTe • Biotechnology & Life Sciences
unIversITY–san marcos If THeIr
- Bioinformatics specialist
- Biocontainment technician
saT scores are 1,200 or greaTer,
If THeIr acT scores are 27 or
• Information & Computer technology
- System integrator
greaTer, or If THeY are In THe Top
- Computer game developer
25 percenT of THeIr Texas HIgH
• Petroleum Refining & Chemical Products
scHool graduaTIng class. - Petrochemical engineer
- Refinery process design engineer
• Energy
- Wind/solar energy engineer
- Geophysical (oil and gas) prospector
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