Business Administration
School of Management
204 Alfiero Center
North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-4010
Phone: (716) 645-3206
Fax: (716) 645-2341
Web: mgt.buffalo.edu
John Thomas
Dean
Howard G. Foster
Associate Dean
Raymond Orrange
Chair, Undergraduate Program
About the Program
The undergraduate program in the School of Management is designed to prepare students for eventual managerial roles in the private and the nonprofit sectors. The curriculum emphasizes 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 program is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). A registered accounting option is available during the day. There are also undergraduate concentrations in such areas as financial analysis, human resources management, internal auditing, international business, management information systems, and marketing.
The AACSB International standards mandate that an undergraduate curriculum should have a general education component that makes up at least 50 percent of the student’s four-year program. Up to 9 credit hours of economics and up to 6 credit hours of statistics may be counted toward AACSB's 50 percent rule.
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 (AACSB International) 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 restricted upper-level (300/400 level) School of Management courses, students must satisfy the following requirements:
- Successful completition of Introduction to Management for Majors I & II (MGG 101 & 102) and successful completion of 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.
About Our Courses
For course descriptions, please see the Undergraduate Catalog.
About Our Faculty
Chancellor's Awards for excellence in teaching have been presented to Professors Ronald Huefner, Arun Jain, Frank Krzystofiak, Jerry Newman, Philip Perry, and Natalie Simpson.
The Chancellor's Award for Excellence in professional service has been presented to Arlene Bergwall, former assistant dean for Academic Programs Administration, and Diane Dittmar, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs.
See a list of our undergraduate faculty.
Practical Experience and 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 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), and the Undergraduate Management Association (UMA); see Student Resources for these clubs' Web sites.
See the UB Student Association.
Career Information and Further Study
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
Links to Further Information About This Program
Last Modified: Tuesday, 7-Nov-2006 10:26:04 EST