The Walker L. Cisler College of Business at Northern Michigan University offers programs in business which provide students an opportunity for a successful career. The College also offers programs which allow students to matriculate to graduate school. The primary emphasis is baccalaureate programs in business which foster intellectual curiosity, leadership, and ethical behaviour, provide program content knowledge, and develop problem solving, decision making, and communication abilities. Associate degrees and certificate programs focus on the development of computer and office skills for employment purposes and provide an opportunity for students to matriculate to baccalaureate programs.
Programs reflect the importance of liberal arts in the overall educational process.
Research and intellectual pursuits of faculty contribute to their teaching as well as to the practice and expansion of their discipline. These pursuits are oriented primarily toward instructional applications, the dissemination knowledge, and involve some basic scholarship. The College, through its faculty, provides service to the University through participation in University committees and governance, to the community through continuing education programs, professionally-related community service, and consulting, and to their profession through participation in local, regional, and national organizations. The Cisler College of Business strives to maintain an environment for effective learning by providing qualified faculty, low student to full-time faculty ratios, access to computing facilities, laboratories, and library resources. Intellectual activities are encouraged and supported with equipment funds, travel funds, faculty released time, access to computer databases, and telecommunications.