Business Economics, interdisciplinary Business Psychology, interdisciplinary Arts Administration, interdisciplinary Environmental Planning and Policy, interdisciplinary Outdoor Recreation Business Administration, interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Administration, interdisciplinary Social Enterprise

Business & Administration
The University of Maine at Farmington's Business and Administration area incorporates many different academic and professional areas — most notably our successful Business Economics major. But Farmington also offers a number of interdisciplinary Business and Administration-focused programs you may not have considered, such as Arts Administration, Business Psychology, Outdoor Recreation Business Administration, Rehabilitation Administration, Social Enterprise, and Environmental Planning & Policy.

One of the many things that make our Business and Administration programs of such high quality is the fact that in nearly every case, students have the opportunity to practice in the field what they’ve learned in the classroom. Through internships and other learning experiences, they gain real-world experience, practical skills and knowledge, and valuable professional contacts.

In Business Economics, students work with area entrepreneurs and present to the class their insight of the unique challenges and rewards of owning and operating a small business. They also participate in outside-the-classroom experiences to help develop others’ businesses. Some UMF students have even used what they learned and started their own business ventures — while still in college.

Farmington's interdisciplinary Business Psychology program combines the teaching of psychological dynamics and solid business practices, allowing you to become effective and savvy businessperson in today's global market. Business Psychology helps you to gain a deeper knowledge of human behavior — which in turn allows you to better understand what motivates people to buy products and services.

Over the past year, we worked closely with our partners in recreation and tourism to develop an innovative new recreation-related interdisciplinary major: Outdoor Recreation Business Administration (ORBA). Offered through our Business Economics Department, the new interdisciplinary program combines courses in Business plus courses from Geography and Recreation. The program has a broad four-season focus and an emphasis on business, taking a decidedly hands-on approach to include internship opportunities that cater to the outdoor recreation segment of the tourism industry, particularly in western Maine.

Our interdisciplinary Environmental Planning & Policy program combines environmental science classes and policy classes. Students study things like environmental protection policies and town and municipal planning process — investigating issues like economic base theory, urban renewal, and regional scale and demography, and more.

In the interdisciplinary Arts Administration program, students study the Arts — but with a keen business focus: how to manage an art gallery; how to market and promote community theater productions; how to produce music and get involved in music management, and more.

Students in our interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Administration program examine all aspects of Rehabilitation Services, but with an emphasis on the administrative aspects of the health and human services fields: how to write successful funding grants, how to develop state and federal policies, how to successfully implement and deliver services to local communities and area health service providers, and more.

The interdisciplinary Social Enterprise program examines important global and local issues such as economic development, civic engagement, human rights, health, the environment, and education. Students in the interdisciplinary Social Enterprise program adapt principles from several distinct areas: Entrepreneurship, Nonprofit Administration, Management, Social Activism and Social Accountability and channel them as a way to make positive social change in the world.