B.S. in Management

The Management Department prepares students to manage resources, make informed decisions, and lead with integrity in a global environment.

No matter where you work—start-up, small business, corporate, government, non-profit—you need a set of critical management skills to be successful in today’s diverse global environment. We asked hiring managers and accomplished alumni what our students needed to thrive in their careers and created a program based on their input. As a result, Siena’s management program is relevant, engaging, and flexible. You will learn and practice skills that apply to the changing world: thinking like an entrepreneur, managing complex projects, communicating with confidence, energizing a team toward high performance and making informed decisions. You will learn to use your talents to serve not just your employer, but society as a whole. Finish our program and start your own company, work in the public or private sectors, join a not-for-profit or pursue graduate education. You’ll have the skills you need to succeed.

The Management Major at Siena College allows you to:

Prepare for the real world

Learn critical competencies that apply to any position in any organization. Gain additional expertise in an area of interest, such as leadership, entrepreneurship, international management, or human resource management. Develop a unique perspective on people, organizations, and the world by integrating your Franciscan and liberal arts education with the management competencies. And, learn to do your work while always working to make the world a better place.

Learn through experience

Participate in service learning, simulations, live cases, internships, in-depth research, student organizations, and more. Every management class includes opportunities to learn the key competencies through hands-on experiences.

Create a network

Interact with executives – in classes and beyond. They watch your presentations, read your reports, and provide feedback. Gain extensive knowledge of an organization through an internship or make connections by helping a start-up at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Build an e-portfolio

Create and access your portfolio to track your progress, feature your best work, impress recruiters, and refer to on the job.

Study with accomplished faculty

Our faculty members are practicing scholars that have extensive real-world experience – CEOs, management consultants, board members, entrepreneurs, textbook authors, and a member of President Obama’s Advisory Board. Our emphasis is on excellent teaching and bringing reality to the classroom.

Program Highlights

• Emphasis on six different management competencies: decision making and planning, innovation and entrepreneurship, teamwork and leadership, communications, human resource development and process/project management.
• Our faculty members are practicing scholars that have extensive real-world experience – CEOs, management consultants, board members, entrepreneurs, textbook authors, and a member of President Obama’s Advisory Board.
• Every management class includes opportunities to learn the key competencies through hands-on experiences such as service-learning, simulations and live cases.
• Flexible curriculum that allows each student to pursue their interest.
• Interaction with executives who work directly with students by evaluating presentations, reading reports and providing feedback on projects.
• Students build an e-portfolio to use when entering the job market.

Requirements for the Major (30 credits)

• MGMT113 - Business Communication 3 credits
• MGMT211 - Management 3 credits
• MGMT329 - Organizational Behavior 3 credits
• MGMT300 - Operations Management 3 credits
• MGMT332 - Human Resources Management 3 credits
• MGMT336 - Management Research Methods 3 credits

AND

Twelve credits of Management electives, at least three of which must be a 400-level course. These can also include BUDV-305, BUDV-310, and BUDV-410. (12 credits)

Success Stats

• 100% of management majors have the opportunity to solve problems at Capital Region businesses before they graduate
• One in four say a Siena connection led to their first or current job
• The freshman retention rate is 81%
• 97% of recent graduates are employed or in graduate school

Recent Employers of our Graduates

• Coldwell Banker
• GE
• Golub Corp.
• HBO
• Key Bank
• KPMG
• IBM
• Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless
• LexisNexis
• Nestlé
• Northwestern Mutual
• PepsiCo
• Starwood Hotels
• State Farm
• Target
• TD Ameritrade
• TIAA-CREF

Recent Internship Sites

• Albany Times Union
• GE
• Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless
• KPMG
• Madison Handbags
• Mazzone Hospitality
• New Jersey Nets
• Nielsen Company
• Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
• Peter Harris Clothes
• Price Chopper
• SiriusXM Satellite Radio
• Special Olympics New York
• The Ayco Company, L.P.
• Time Warner Cable News
• Tri-City Valley Cats

Job Titles of Recent Graduates

• Account Executive
• Benefits Analyst
• Business Owner
• Business Continuity and Crisis Management
• Entrepreneur
• Executive Team Leader
• Office Manager
• Operations Group Leader
• Project Manager
• Sales Manager
• Sales and Marketing Associate
• Senior Group Leader
• Senior Human Resources Associate
• Web Developer

A Siena education is an education with soul. Located in Loudonville, New York—just 10 minutes from the state capital of Albany—the Siena experience is built for a new generation of leaders eager to create a more just, peaceful, and humane world. It empowers them through a transformative journey of intellectual, spiritual, and personal discovery.

At Siena education isn’t something you get, it’s something you get to do. With 40 majors, 80-plus minors and certificates, and prestigious joint-degree programs in liberal arts, science, and business, Saints have over 1,200 unique ways to reach their personal and professional goals. But that’s just the beginning. Our 3,000 Saints engage personally with top scholars in a dynamic, customized learning environment. From internships to research to service, they get real-world experience now, not later. The result: sought-after graduates prepared to succeed in an ever-changing global society.