School of Business — Master of Business Administration

The aim of the MBA programs is to respond to the academic expectations of students and to prepare professionals to meet the needs of the business community. The MBA (standalone program) and 5-Year BS/MBA program is offered in a fully online format. Building upon the college's strengths in the liberal arts as well as responding to current informed opinion in the field of business management, the selected curriculum provides an integrated program of studies, incorporating liberal learning with strong professional components, leading to a number of career options.

The college believes that the education of professional managers involves much more than an understanding of the various functions constituting an organization. Preparation also involves cultivating the following qualities in candidates indispensable to management effectiveness:

analytical, critical and integrative faculties that are necessary for effective decision-making;
skills in interpersonal and group relations within organizations and skills in leadership that are essential in motivating people to accomplish goals;
an appreciation for the external environmental influences as well as internal forces that affect the life of the organization;
the ability to integrate and interrelate the different areas of operation within the organization such that it functions as a whole;
a sense of ethical and social responsibility outside the organization as well as within it;
competency in written and oral communication within organizations.

The Accounting/Business Administration BS/MBA is designed to provide training in the fundamentals of accounting and business that fulfills the requirements for admission to the licensing examination for Certified Public Accounting in New York.