SUNY Delhi's Business Administration program is designed to prepare students for successful business careers or continued management education. The Associate in Applied Science program in Business Administration is primarily for students who, after obtaining their degree at Delhi, plan either to pursue a career in business or transfer to a four-year college or university.

The Instructional Program

The Business Administration curriculum keeps pace with industry practices and incorporates innovations in management techniques as well as teaching/learning methods. Frequent contact between instructors, faculty advisors, and students is actively encouraged.

Students may participate in SIFE, Students in Free Enterprise. SIFE is a not-for-profit organization sponsored by major corporations whose mission is to work in partnership with higher education and business to provide college students the leadership experience of teaching others how market economics and businesses operate, and how to use this knowledge to better themselves, their communities, and their countries.

Required courses for the Business Administration program cover a broad range of activities involved in the management of an organization. These include courses in accounting, marketing, finance, computer processing, communication, business law, and human relations. Special emphasis is given to developing the analytical and interpersonal skills needed for successful management careers.

The Business Administration program is designed so that students, in addition to taking required courses, may concentrate on a chosen topical area. These electives broaden graduates' employment opportunities in business, retailing, wholesaling, and service industries. Even greater flexibility is achieved by allowing students to take six credit hours of unrestricted electives.

Students in this program will have ample opportunity for exposure to computer applications and uses. Each student is also assigned a faculty advisor who will assist and guide them.

Curriculum

SUNY Curriculum Code: 0632

First Semester

Second Semester

Third Semester

Fourth Semester

Degree Requirement: 62 credit hours and minimum mathematics competency

Admissions Requirements

High school graduate with a minimum 75% overall average or a minimum 2500 GED test score, and 70% or higher on the Math A Regents exam.

Program Objectives

A graduate of the Business Administration A.A.S. program should be able to:

1. Prepare financial statements and maintain accounting records.
2. Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the different types of accounts: assets, liabilities, equities, revenues, and expenses.
3. Generalize and discriminate among current American business practices, including production marketing, finance, and human resource management.
4. Demonstrate fundamental problem-solving skills related to finance and business.
5. Communicate effectively both orally and in written formats.
6. Demonstrate familiarity with the organization and operation of American banking and financial institutions, sources of funds, the practical aspects of money, and short- and long-term credit for business.
7. Apply marketing methods and policies with an emphasis on planning, pricing, promoting, and distributing products and services to consumers.
8. Demonstrate understanding of the impact of individual economic decisions and the major arguments and considerations that influence government as it attempts to intervene in the market system.
9. Discuss corporate power, labor unions, poverty and wealth, government taxation, and public policy.
10. Display a fundamental understanding of computers and computer information systems and be familiar with common computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software.