the huntsman school of business is the west's oldest continuously operating business college. it offers a number of graduate and undergraduate degrees in fields including management, accounting, economics, finance, and management information systems (mis). the bachelor's degree in international business is unique to usu within the state. the prestigious school of accountancy is distinguished by perennial top 5 rankings in cpa exam scores by its grad students. in 2014, 75.3% of its students passed the cpa exam placing the program 21 out of 254 institutions in the nation under the large programs classification. u.s. news & world report ranked the huntsman school 183 nationally for business programs. its institute of management accountants chapter has received a "gold level award of excellence" for each of the past 14 years essentially making it the top such institute in the nation. the huntsman school widely touts its travel programs, including the unique huntsman scholar program, and the impressive transformation it is undergoing as it puts its new resources to use. this effort has included the hiring of high-profile faculty, such as stephen r. covey, influential management scholar and author of the wildly popular best-seller "the seven habits of highly effective people". covey taught classes from 2010 until his death in 2012.