Department of Business and IT

The Department of Economics and IT is located at campus Bø in Vestfold and Telemark county. The department has about 35 employees and 1000 students.

Study Programmes

The department offers the following studies at the USN School of Business in Bø:

Bachelor programmes:

• Bachelor of Economics and Management. Program coordinator: Terje Andersen

  • Specialications in:
    • tourism management
    • entrepreneurship
    • sustainable management
    • accounting consultant
• Bachelor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Program coordinator: Runar Gundersen
• Bachelor of Real Estate. Program coordinator: Lars Sanden
• Bachelor of International Marketing and Tourism Program coordinator: Anne Gry Gudmundsdotter
• Bachelor of IT and Information Systems. Program coordinator: Tor Lønnestad

Student advisors: Hege Skogli Riege, Elisabeth Fleseland and Nuno Marques

One-year programmes:

• Information Processing, online study
• Geographical Information Systems 

Research and professional development work

The research in the department is focused on the research groups USN School of Business:

• Innovation and entrepreneurship
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing Management
• Financial Organization
• Organization and Management
• Political culture
• Economic Analysis

The department has a large contact area with the public and private sector, which is reflected in internship stays and internship-oriented bachelor theses for the students.

The academic community contributes with relevant knowledge and research to business, public enterprises and organications.

Publications in Cristin (Current Research Information System in Norway).