The accounting curriculum is registered with the Division of Professional Education of the New York State Education Department for this purpose. Requirements for Major in Accounting Credit hours are in parentheses. All business administration majors are required to complete the economics and business core. This group of courses gives students the grounding they will need to understand the business world and is designed to provide a variety of concepts and techniques for strategic decision making. Students learn to integrate analytical methods from accounting, economics, management, finance, marketing, production, and organizational studies.
Applications focus on problems that are faced at the top, middle and lower levels of organizations.
Because companies are seeking to use technology to transform their organizations so they can become less dependent on traditional structures and pipelines of information, the integration of technology into the business administration core courses is vital to student success in the global economy. The core courses provide students with discussion and application in the areas of electronic commerce, systems evaluation, project management, web page design, presentation design using multimedia, and ethical issues. In recent years, many graduates have pursued careers in the financial, business and information services industries. Requirements for Major in Business Administration Credit hours are in parentheses. Recognizing the need for students to prepare themselves for an increasingly international and interdependent business environment, all students are encouraged to develop a modern language competency.