CSI unveils masters degree in business management
School’s first
graduate program in the field will accommodate 25-30
students, 3 days a week
Staten Island Advance - February 25, 2005
Who’s to say Donald Trump’s next apprentice won’t
come from the College of Staten Island?
CSI rolled out its business management master of science degree
program last night.
The 30-credit curriculum is CSI’s 19th graduate program, and the
business department’s first. It will offer courses in financial
management, administrative process and financial and managerial
accounting.
Classes, to be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, will
accommodate 20 to 25 students with undergraduate degrees in
business, accounting and related fields.
Professor Laura Novak, business department chairwoman, said the
program will help students seeking a certified public accounting
license get the 30 additional credit hours required. She added that
while public colleges in other boroughs offer similar programs, this
will be the first of its kind on Staten Island.
Michael Troncone, a member of an alumni panel making a presentation
about success in business to about 450 students, said he would have
stayed at CSI for the program instead of going somewhere else.
“It’s a great idea, and makes their strong business program
stronger,” Troncone said.
Professor Richard Prinzi Jr., an alumnus who manages his own
accounting firm and three businesses besides, said focusing on
management makes terrific sense for accounting students seeking
their CPAs.
“Many public accountants will run their own practices, Prinzi said.
“But the undergraduate CPA course load only allows students to take
one class in management. I wish I’d had this training.”
The program courses also will support the college’s new urban health
science master’s program, leading to positions in health
administration and management.
Applications for both programs will be accepted starting in a few
weeks.
By Ben Eben Newhouse
Reprinted here with permission from the
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