Robert A. Ullrich, Dean
Hugh C. Rowland, Associate Dean
For full faculty listing, see p. 499
Our first priority in the School of Business is the development of professional competence and ethical sensitivity in our students. Competence in the business professions requires a set of skills with which to translate knowledge and experience into action that is both economically rational and ethically sound. Our teaching and scholarship are motivated primarily by the need to bring current scientific theories and empirical knowledge into the classroom. To prepare our students to succeed in a complex and changing world, we strive to insure that their education is sufficiently based on theory and empirical research to provide a foundation for subsequent, life-long learning. But, because successful management requires skills as well as knowledge, we go beyond traditional classroom practices to introduce our students to opportunities to practice the application of what they have learned and to grow professionally in the process.
The School of Business offers three degree programs: bachelor of science degrees in accounting and business and a master's degree in business administration that can be completed in a fifth year of study at Ithaca College.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: Students enrolled in the B.S. in business administration combine studies in the humanities and sciences with coursework in business that leads to specialization in one or more of seven areas of concentration --- accounting, finance, human resource management, international business, legal studies, management, or marketing.
Bachelor of Science in Accounting: The bachelor's degree in accounting is intended for students who wish to fulfill New York State's requirements to sit for the C.P.A. and C.M.A. examinations. The requirements for these examinations are met through a combination of courses in the humanities and sciences, business administration, and accounting. Students will be able to meet the 150-semester-credit hour requirement for licensure that will take effect in 2009 if they enroll in the school's one-year M.B.A. program after completing the baccalaureate degree in accounting.
Master of Business Administration: Unlike the bachelor's degrees, which culminate in specialization, the M.B.A. degree provides a broad view of organizational performance from the perspective of general management. Applicants to the program must anticipate completing a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university before matriculating in the program and must have studied a prerequisite core curriculum. Normally, graduates of baccalaureate programs in business and accounting will have completed those prerequisite requirements. Ithaca College students who are not business or accounting majors as well as other-than-business majors from other schools can satisfy the prerequisite requirements by completing the expanded management minor described below or its equivalent. The equivalency of coursework completed elsewhere will be determined by the Curriculum Committee, which acts on behalf of the school's graduate faculty.
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