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Business Administration

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The Management Simulation
A computer simulation of actual management decisions has been integrated into the course in management policy (BUS 485). Students are grouped into competing companies and are required to make decisions concerning production, finance, marketing, sales, and research expenditures. They are held accountable for the results through a complex computer program which determines the profitability and net worth of each company. In the past, some students have represented SUNYIT in national competitions of management simulation.

Microcomputer Experiences
The Department of Business has its own student laboratory which is equipped with microcomputers. Each of these computers is connected through the school's local area network to a central file server and to the SUNYIT mainframe computer system and to various local and international internet systems.

Personalized Program of Study
Planning assistance for students, often called advising, is important and is quite different for transfer/upper division students than for freshmen. The advising process in a business program should assist students in planning without making them dependent upon an advisor. It becomes part of the management education for which the student is studying. The advising system gives each student, on the day of their initial registration, an individualized program of study that indicates those courses or requirements for which he or she has received transfer credit and the requirements remaining to be taken. This advising is done through the dean's office to ensure uniform treatment of all students regardless of faculty advisor. It allows students the opportunity for long-range planning of their academic program.

The program of study is filed in a computer-assisted advising system and is updated for each student every semester just prior to the advanced registration period. Students are, therefore, able to plan their own academic schedule. Transfer students who complete the admissions process in a timely manner will ensure that this advisement analysis is ready for them. They will also have the opportunity to request a draft analysis that could be valuable in the transfer decision process. Students attending two-year colleges with formal agreements with the Department of Business may follow sample programs while still at the two-year school to ensure maximum transferability.