Faculty Spotlight
With an extensive professional background in Finance and Economics, Professor Romero has devoted his career to higher education and the enrichment of his students through his insight and experience gained from global travels.
“ During my many years as a professor at SUNY Poly, I have had the honor of interacting with a variety of students and their families. Mentoring them has been a tremendous privilege. It’s my passion to couple my research expertise and professional experience to facilitate engaging courses that stimulate learning. I am proud of my students and their achievements— both during their program and after graduation.”
MBA Technology Management The Program
The MBA is the most widely awarded and recognized graduate degree in the field of business. At SUNY Poly, the MBA in Technology Management combines a rigorous study of management topics with a unique focus on technology and innovation management. Our students benefit from an emphasis on leading and managing emerging technologies which is crucial in today’s ever changing workplace.
The program stresses the use of modern techniques to analyze and develop business solutions and prepare graduates for upper-level management jobs. Students can complete the program on either a full-time or part-time basis and it is offered in a full online format.
Concentrations
All MBA students choose an area of specialization that is best suited to their specific career goals.
• Accounting and Finance: From investment strategy to corporate financial reporting, this concentration explores and magnifies topics in money management guided by the everchanging and modern influences of technology. Practitioners including CPA’s, accounting or financial professionals, or students with a peaked interest in these topic areas will benefit.
• Health Informatics: The impact and reliance of technology in the healthcare industry continues to grow. Skilled professionals in information systems and management are now just as essential to organizations as the technologies themselves. Topics balance the theory and practice needed to start or advance your career in health care.
• Human Resource Management: This concentration is designed to teach HR practices from a strategic point of view: labor relations, compensation, and human resources information systems. Practitioners will gain effective techniques for their challenges in managing people in the changing work environment. Students will learn to identify problems and make recommendations in the areas of recruitment, selection, training, performance management, compensation, and labor relations.
• Marketing Management: Through case-based activities and an emphasis on technology, students learn the planning, management, and assessment of marketing activities critical to an organization’s success. Current topics such as brand communities (use of social media for marketing) and data analytics are also emphasized.
• Business Management: For a closer look and understanding of multiple topic areas, students create their own custom concentrations by selecting courses from any of the other concentrations. The business management concentration is a perfect choice for students interested in exploring specialized topic areas in business.
Degree Requirements
The MBA in Technology Management consists of 48 credit hours distributed as follows:
Technology Management Core Courses 18 credits
Business Management Core Courses 21 credits
Specialized Concentration Courses ..................... 9 credits
Total: 48 credits
Technology Management Core Courses (18 credits)
TIM 500 Project Management
TIM 530 Managing New Product Design & Development
BLW 570 Business Law, Ethics, & Intellectual Property Rights
ENT 575 Innovation and Entrepreneurship
TIM 585 Leading Organizational Change & Innovation
TIM 685 Strategic Planning
Business Management Core Courses (21 credits)
ACC 520 Accounting for Managers
HRM 518 Human Resource Management
MIS 515 Management Information Systems
MKT 505 Marketing Management
BUS 505 Multinational Economics of Technology
FIN 525 Financial Management Problems
MGS 511 Quantitative Business Analysis
Specialized Concentration Courses (9 credits) Students choose one area of concentration and complete all three courses in that area.
n Accounting & Finance Concentration
FIN 532 Investment Strategy
ACC 585 Financial Statement Analysis & Reporting
FIN 685 Seminar in Accounting & Finance
n Health Informatics Concentration
HIM 501 Health Care Informatics
HIM 509 Legal Issues in Health Informatics
HIM 600 Quality Improvement in Health Informatics
n Human Resource Management Concentration
HRM 615 Labor Relations
HRM 620 Compensation
HRM 650 Human Resource Information Systems
n Marketing Management Concentration
MKT 510 Data Analysis
MKT 652 Sales Management
MKT 654 Services Marketing Management
n Business Management Concentration
Choose any three graduate level business courses, excluding the technology management and business management core courses.
Fast Track MBA Options
Applicants with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance
A fast track MBA option is available for students who have a bachelor’s degree with a major in business, accounting, or finance with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher from an accredited business program in the U.S. Students meeting the admission and eligibility requirements will be granted course waivers for the following five MBA courses: ACC 520, BUS 505, FIN 525, HRM 518, and MKT 505.
This 15 credit hour waiver reduces the total number of credit hours required for the MBA program to 33 credit hours and allows qualified full-time MBA students to complete the program in one year. It is also available to part-time students.
Applicants with a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Information Management or Health Informatics
A fast track MBA option is available for students who have a bachelor’s degree with a major in health information management or health informatics with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher from a CAHIIM accredited health information management or health informatics program in the U.S. Students meeting the admission and eligibility requirements may be granted course waivers for some or all of the following four MBA courses: ACC 520, HIM 509, HRM 518, and MIS 515.
The total number of credit hours required for completion of the MBA program will range from 36 to 45 credit hours, depending on the total number of course waivers that are granted at the time of admission.
All applicants to the MBA program will automatically be considered for admission into a Fast Track option.
Admission Guidelines
To be considered for admission, all applicants to the MBA program must possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited university or college.
The College of Business follows the AACSB recommended admission guidelines:
A total of 1,000 points based on 200 x undergraduate GPA + GMAT score. The minimum GMAT score required for admission consideration is 400.
The Application for Graduate Admission and all required forms are available at: sunypoly.edu/graduate-admissions/apply-now/
GMAT Waiver Options
A waiver of the GMAT exam may be requested in the following circumstances:
• The applicant previously earned a master’s degree in another field OR
• The applicant has passed all four sections of the CPA (Certified Public Accountants) examination OR
• The applicant is a licensed CMA (Certified Management Accountant) OR
• The applicant has an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher and has completed graduate business or accounting coursework at SUNY Poly as a non-degree student, and has earned a grade of B+ or higher in each course.
• The applicant has a GPA of 3.0 or higher with a major in business or accounting from an AACSB accredited business program in the U.S., or with a major in health information management or health informatics program from a CAHIIM accredited program in the U.S. within the last 7 years OR
• The applicant has an overall GPA of 3.5 or higher in any major from any accredited university or college, within the last 7 years OR
• The applicant has relevant professional experience of 5 years or more, will be reviewed on a case by case basis.
Submit the online GMAT Waiver Request Form if you qualify: webapp.sunypoly.edu/forms/gmat-waiver-request-form/
Career Opportunities
MBA degree holders can seek a wide variety of positions including corporate administrators, business entrepreneurs, industry consultants and government administrative employees. The broad learning scope and advanced professional training in the MBA curriculum make it possible for graduates to hold various positions in nearly every industry.
Accreditation
SUNY Poly business programs are accredited by AACSB International. AACSB International is known, worldwide, as the longest standing, most recognized form of specialized/professional accreditation an institution and its business program can earn. Less than 5% of the world’s 16,000 business programs have earned AACSB Accreditation.
AACSB-accredited schools have the highest quality faculty, deliver relevant and challenging curriculum, and provide educational and career opportunities that are not found at other business schools.
For more information: aacsb.edu
For More Information:
Graduate Admissions Office State University of New York Polytechnic Institute 100 Seymour Road Utica, NY 13502
315-792-7347
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