Business Management, Combined Degree Pathways
ADMISSION for SUNY Empire Students
Admission into the combined programs is highly selective. To be considered for admission into a combined pathway, applicants must complete an undergraduate application and meet the following requirements:
- Minimum 3.2 GPA (recalculation of up to the last 60 credits earned); and
- Transferring no more than 92 credits at the time of application.
In addition to the above, candidates must have completed 60 or more undergraduate credits and the following academic prerequisites or their equivalent with a C or better, to be offered official admission1:
- Statistics (3 credits);
- Macroeconomics (3 credits);
- Microeconomics (3 credits); and
- Accounting (3 credits).
Please see the Undergraduate Admission page for a complete listing of materials required to complete an undergraduate application.
ADMISSION for SUNY CANTON, SUNY Cobleskill & SUNY Morrisville Undergraduates
Admission into the combined programs is highly selective. Matriculated SUNY Canton, SUNY Cobleskill and SUNY Morrisville undergraduate students may apply to a combined program through the School for Graduate Studies and will complete the graduate application1 for the MBA in Business Management.
The applicant must have a minimum recalculated GPA of 3.2 (most recent 60 credits earned) and have three to five years of managerial or professional experience. In addition to completing the graduate application2, candidates must have completed the following academic prerequisites or their equivalent with a B or better, to be considered for admission:
- Statistics (3 credits);
- Macroeconomics (3 credits);
- Microeconomics (3 credits); and
- Accounting (3 credits)
Please see the Graduate Admission section of this catalog for a complete listing of materials required to complete a graduate application.
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Candidates who have less than 60 undergraduate credits and/or still need to complete any of the prerequisites can be accepted conditionally. To become officially admitted, conditional admits must maintain a minimum 3.2 GPA, and complete all of the prerequisites by 108 credits at the latest. Candidates who do not meet the requirements will be dismissed from the combined pathway and allowed to complete the bachelor's portion.
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SUNY Canton, SUNY Cobleskill & SUNY Morrisville applicants are not required to submit the application essay and may request a waiver code of the application fee at gradpartners@sunyempire.edu.
Curriculum
The combined pathways leading to an MBA in Business Management require 148 credits total, of which 36 are master’s credits leading to the MBA in Business Management. Students must meet all college, Area Of Study (AOS), and relevant concentration guidelines.
These programs require careful planning that should begin in the first term of a student’s undergraduate career. The student and their primary mentor should consult in planning the undergraduate degree program so that these requirements are met during undergraduate study and that the 12 credits of master’s courses from the MBA in Business Management program also are included in the degree plan. Students must meet graduate expectations for academic progress and grade point average in their master’s level courses to remain in a combined program.
Combined Pathway Courses
Each pathway has 4 specific courses (12 credits) that may be included in an approved undergraduate degree plan.
Empire State University Undergraduates
Students accepted to a combined degree pathway will include the following 4 courses (12 credits) in their undergraduate degree plans. Special requests to substitute these courses will be considered by the Business, Management & Leadership chair.
- MGMT 6020 Leadership & Executive Development (3 cr.)
- MGMT 6025 Strategic Perspectives of Global Management (3 cr.)
- MGMT 6030 Management Information Systems & Data Visualization (3 cr.)
- MGMT 6040 High Performance Management (3 cr.)
SUNY CANTON B.B.A. UNDERGRADUATES
The four graduate courses that may be taken during SUNY Canton B.B.A. undergraduate study are outlined below.1 The choice of courses varies and is determined by the concentration chosen.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Choose 4 courses from within your area of concentration: General Business; Business Analytics; Finance; Healthcare Management; Human Resource Management; Project Management; or Nonprofit Management. | 12 | |
| MGMT 6016 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6020 | Leadership & Executive Development | 3 |
| MGMT 6025 | Strategic Perspectives of Global Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6030 | Management Information Systems & Data Visualization | 3 |
| MGMT 6035 | Global E-Commerce Strategies | 3 |
| MGMT 6040 | High Performance Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6050 | Operations and Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6065 | Economics for Global Managers | 3 |
| MGMT 6075 | International Financial Management | 3 |
| FSMA 6010 | Quantitative Methods in Finance | 3 |
SUNY CANTON B.S. UNDERGRADUATES
The four graduate courses that may be taken during SUNY Canton B.S. in Healthcare Management undergraduate study are outlined below.1
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Choose 4 | 12 | |
| MGMT 6020 | Leadership & Executive Development | 3 |
| MGMT 6025 | Strategic Perspectives of Global Management | 3 |
| HCLM 6075 | Managing Healthcare Systems | 3 |
| HCLM 6080 | Health Policy & Management | 3 |
| HCLM 7005 | Healthcare Strategic Communication | 3 |
SUNY COBLESKILL B.B.A. UNDERGRADUATES
The four graduate courses that may be taken during SUNY Cobleskill B.B.A. undergraduate study are outlined below.1
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MGMT 6020 | Leadership & Executive Development | 3 |
| MGMT 6025 | Strategic Perspectives of Global Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6050 | Operations and Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| AND (Choose 1): | 3 | |
| Management Information Systems & Data Visualization | ||
| Global E-Commerce Strategies | ||
| Total Credits | 12 | |
SUNY COBLESKILL B.S. UNDERGRADUATES
The four graduate courses that may be taken during SUNY Cobleskill B.S. in Applied Psychology undergraduate study are outlined below.1
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MGMT 6020 | Leadership & Executive Development | 3 |
| MGMT 6025 | Strategic Perspectives of Global Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6030 | Management Information Systems & Data Visualization | 3 |
| MGMT 6040 | High Performance Management | 3 |
| Total Credits | 12 | |
SUNY MORRISVILLE B.B.A. UNDERGRADUATES
The four graduate courses that may be taken during SUNY Morrisville B.B.A. undergraduate study are outlined below.1 The choice of courses varies and is determined by the concentration chosen.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Choose 4 courses from within your area of concentration: General Business; Business Analytics; Finance; Healthcare Management; Human Resource Management; Project Management; or Nonprofit Management. | 12 | |
| MGMT 6016 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6020 | Leadership & Executive Development | 3 |
| MGMT 6025 | Strategic Perspectives of Global Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6030 | Management Information Systems & Data Visualization | 3 |
| MGMT 6035 | Global E-Commerce Strategies | 3 |
| MGMT 6040 | High Performance Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6045 | Global Leadership Competencies | 3 |
| MGMT 6050 | Operations and Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6060 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| MGMT 6075 | International Financial Management | 3 |
Remaining required courses of the MBA degree can be found on the MBA in Business Management page of this catalog.
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SUNY Canton, SUNY Cobleskill and SUNY Morrisville students interested in an Empire State University MBA pathway should seek guidance from their undergraduate academic advisor as admission and program requirements may differ.