Business Administration
School of Management
204 Alfiero Center
North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-4010
Phone: (716) 645-3206
Fax: (716) 645-2341
Web: www.mgt.buffalo.edu/
John Thomas
Dean
Howard G. Foster
Associate Dean
Sanford Gunn
Chair, Undergraduate Program
About the Department
Since its establishment in 1927, the School of Management has built an impressive reputation as one of the best schools of business in the world. The comprehensive range of its academic portfolio, the expertise of its faculty, and the worldwide success of its graduates are the primary reasons for the school’s acclaim.
Today the academic mission of the School of Management literally spans the globe, and students at the school hail from all over the world. In any given class, a visitor to the school may find students from Tonawanda or New York City sitting side-by-side students from Asia or Germany, as they listen to a professor who recently returned from teaching top executives in Singapore.
In an increasingly global business environment, the diversity of the school’s programs, and its international reputation, help ensure that the School of Management degree is a credential that opens doors for students at any business anywhere in the world.
The expertise of the school’s faculty is most valuable to students pursuing an education at the graduate level. For information about the M.B.A. program, see http://www.mgt.buffalo.edu/mba/. For information about the Ph.D. program, see http://www.mgt.buffalo.edu/phd/.
At the undergraduate level, approximately 2,200 students enroll annually in either the nationally regarded business administration or accounting programs. Many of these students benefit from an internship program that is considered to be one of the best and largest in the country.
In aulition to credit-bearing management curricula, the school administers a host of continuing-education management programs through its Center for Executive Development. Approximately 5,000 business people enroll annually at the center for programs that range from Entrepreneurial Leadership to Management Strategy to Computer Training to Emotional Intelligence to Advanced Tax Practices.
Degrees Offered
Undergraduate: B.S., Minor
Concentrations: Accounting, Financial Analysis, Human Resources Management, Internal Auditing, International Business, Management Information Systems, Marketing
Combined Degrees: B.S./M.B.A.
Graduate: M.B.A., Ph.D.
About Our Degrees
The undergraduate program in the School of Management is designed to prepare students for managerial roles in both the private and not-for-profit sectors. The curriculum emphasizes both a broad exposure to mathematics and the social sciences and a general education in management studies. The program of study in management gives particular attention to understanding the role of the business firm in society; the management functions of planning and control; the behavior of organizations; the tools of modern management, including accounting, economics and statistics; and the ways in which managers perform such functions as production, marketing, finance and industrial relations.
The school’s undergraduate program is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and leads to the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree.
Acceptance Criteria
Students may apply for admission to the School of Management when they enter the university as freshmen, transfer students, or later in their academic careers. To remain in the School of Management and to be permitted to take upper-level (300/400 level) School of Management courses, students must satisfy the following requirements:
- Completion of the seven management foundation courses* with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 in the seven courses. If a course is repeated, the grade that is counted is the grade earned the second time, even if the grade is lower than the grade earned the first time.
- Minimum overall and UB GPA of 2.0 to be considered in academic good standing with the university.
- Junior standing.
Current Acceptance Information
Current UB students and transfer students not yet admitted to the School of Management may apply for admission according to the following application deadlines:
Spring admission: October 1 (rolling admission for transfers)
Fall admission: March 15 and June 15 (rolling admission for transfers)
No supplemental application is required for new transfer students.
Degree Requirements
See the Undergraduate Catalog.
Transfer Policy
Students may apply for transfer from two-year and four-year colleges and enter the School of Management business administration track as provisional majors; they are subject to the academic review and requirements previously stated. Transfer students who have completed a minimum of 50 credit hours and the seven management foundation courses (or approved equivalents) with a minimum GPA of 2.5 are admitted to the upper division of the School of Management.
The following courses are prerequisites to upper-level courses in the major and must be completed with a minimum GPA of 2.5: one semester each of psychology, computer science, and statistical science; and two semesters each of accounting, economics, and calculus (or one semester of an equivalent MTH 131 course). The normal requirements for a transfer student to petition for a course equivalency for MGA 201- MGA 202 Introduction to Accounting I-II is the successful completion of two semesters of accounting courses, including financial and managerial accounting. Upper-level management-related courses should be deferred until the junior or senior year at the university.
All admissions decisions and other policies and regulations established by the School of Management are subject to review by the written petition procedures.
About Our Courses
For course descriptions, please see the Undergraduate Catalog.
About Our Faculty
Chancellor's Teaching Awards have been presented to Professors Ronald Huefner, Arun Jain, Frank Krzystofiak, James Meindl, Jerry Newman, and Philip Perry.
The Chancellor's Award for Excellence has been presented to Arlene Bergwall, former assistant dean for Academic Programs Administration.
Special Academic Opportunities
Awards and honors presented to majors include: Beta Gamma Sigma, the Challen Family Scholarship, the Charles Pearson Fellowship, the Michael Christopher Scholarship, the Dean's List, the John G. and Elizabeth Gibbons Scholarship, the Adriana I. Thaler Marketing Scholarship, the Wall Street Journal Award for outstanding graduates, the Arthur and Louise Wasserman Scholarship, the Arthur O. White Scholarship, and Who's Who in American Universities.
Extracurricular Activities
Student Organizations
A wide variety of student associations and clubs are open to business administration students. There are UB chapters of several national organizations: the American Accounting Association (UBAA), the American Marketing Association (AMA), and Beta Alpha Psi, along with Delta Sigma Pi and Pi Sigma Epsilon (national honor societies).
Students may also participate in the Financial Management Association (FMA), the International Business Club (IBC), the Minority Management Society (MMS), the Society for Human Resources in Management (SHRM), Women in Management (WIM), Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), and the Management Information Systems Association (MISA); see Student Resources for these clubs' Web sites.
All students are members of the Undergraduate Management Association (UMA); for more information, call 716-645-3206.
See the UB Student Association.
Advising Information
Academic advisement is available in the Undergraduate Programs Office in 212 Jacobs Management Center. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Career Information
The Career Resource Center in the School of Management serves as the primary resource for students and alumni in career exploration and job search. The Center is a key link between the school and employers, offering many programs that bring these groups together, such as MBA consortia, the alumni Telementor Program, internships, campus recruiting, and career development workshops and seminars.
The mission of the Career Resource Center is to create an environment that enables and motivates students to be successful in reaching their career goals.
Recent graduates in our department have been employed in the following ways:
- Accountant in public and private firms
- Corporate credit analyst
- Financial analyst
- Human resources manager
- Industrial relations
- Lending officer
- Marketing researcher
- Marketing salesperson
- Security analyst