BR Consulting

Catalog description

BR Consulting educates students on consulting through work on a project with a local company, non-profit or alumni run small company. The seven directors act as the partners of a consulting firm. Through this process they learn the aspects of running a consulting business and how to be a manager or above on a project. There are weekly meetings with the faculty for education, managing the business and reviewing consulting students projects. The student consultants apply in the fall to be a consultant. They take responsibility for finalizing the consulting project, conducting the work and delivering a final recommendation in the spring before graduation. There are six just in time education sessions timed to the specific point in their project. In addition, there a regular meetings with the directors and faculty. The students present their interim findings before winter break. Before they deliver the final presentation, there are multiple reviews and a case competition.