Springfield welcomes visiting academic

Visiting USA academic Jim Bowen with Bachelor of Accounting and Sustainable Business student Enoch Sasieh.

USQ recently welcomed visiting USA academic Jim Bowen to its Springfield campus.

Mr Bowen is the third academic to teach at the University as part of the partnership created between USQ and the Seattle-based City University (CityU).

Based at USQ Springfield until early July, Mr Bowen will be teaching within the Faculty of Business and Law’s, Bachelor of Accounting and Sustainable Business (BASB) program for undergraduate students.

Mr Bowen will teach two courses during his stay – Fundamentals of Project Management and Operations Management.

USQ Springfield campus Director Doug Fraser said Mr Bowen had 25 years experience in project management in the aerospace defence and high technology industry sectors of the US Air Force and Hewlett Packard.

'He is now in his third career as an educator with City U where he teaches various postgraduate and undergraduate level project management courses,' Mr Fraser said.

'The BASB program meets professional accounting accreditation requirement, develops strong generic and management skills and provides knowledge in sustainable business practices and sustainability reporting.'

'The curriculum of this program is aligned fully with international Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards for sustainability reporting, this being a world first for any undergraduate accounting program and something which is planned to make its graduates highly sought after by industry.

'After a four-year collaboration between the two universities, USQ students who have satisfactorily completed the Bachelor of Accounting and Sustainable Business degree will have the option of applying to gain an integrated credit guarantee towards the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from City University, thereby receiving ‘dual degrees’.”

Springfield campus student Enoch Sasieh who has travelled from Papua New Guinea to study the BASB program plans to use his degree to become an environmental economist or business analyst.

'Papua New Guinea is rich in resources with lots of mining activities taking place,' Mr Sasieh said.

'I am glad that I am studying this program so I can develop my knowledge in sustainable business and can assist my country, especially in the use of resources such as coffee, cocoa, gold and protection of our beautiful environment.'

Contact Details:
Jo-Ann Sparrow, USQ Media, +61 7 3470 4119 or 0438 309 096