Master the Art and Science of Leadership — in Any Industry
Become a master in the business realm, ready to apply real-world skills to any situation.
Advance your career further, faster, by completing your bachelor’s degree in three years and using the fourth year to complete a master’s degree in management field.
Build a portfolio of business skills that will prepare you to to lead teams, use financial resources effectively and efficiently, and structure processes to achieve your marketplace goals.
Develop the art and science of leadership, thanks to a versatile degree that can take you just about anywhere. Graduate with the knowledge, skills, and hands-on experience you’ll need to flourish in today’s global business environment.
A Top-Ranked Program
Keuka College's Master of Science in Management is consistently ranked among the Top 50 MSM programs in the United States by The Financial Engineer Times.
Keuka College has also been ranked by The New York Times in the top 10% of colleges and universities in the country when it comes to our graduates' upward economic mobility.
Program Overview
Our 3+1 management degree option takes the best of Keuka College’s business management major and enhances it with the addition of a master’s degree in management, all within four years. In the same amount of time you planned to earn your bachelor’s degree, you can graduate with a master’s degree in hand, giving you a competitive edge in the marketplace.
Your professors will help you learn to effectively manage people and resources, fine-tune your verbal and written communication skills, and hone your decision-making and problem-solving abilities. You will accrue expertise across a range of business-related subjects as you take classes in decision making, law, economics, leadership, marketing, and strategic thinking.
Real-world, hands-on experience remains an important part of your management degree, and you’ll still graduate from Keuka College with a résumé that reflects the skills you’ve gained. The Keuka College Field Period® is an annual experience you can leverage into separate and distinct internships in business, starting your freshman year.
Hands-on experience is integrated throughout all of your business courses as well. You’ll have classes that include:
- Industry business software
- Stock-trading simulations
- Building a business and marketing actual products
- Numerous guest presentations by industry professionals and leaders.
- Courses taught by faculty members with robust industry experience.
Learn More About 3+1 Management Program
Students Interested in the Management 3+1 Program Must:
- Enter Keuka College with 4 – 6 college credits
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 87 on a 100 scale
- Wish to complete your bachelor’s degree in three years, rather than the traditional four years
- Have learned to manage your time efficiently
- Be able to handle 15 academic credits each semester
Course Requirements:
At Keuka College, your management faculty are more than just great teachers. They’re accomplished leaders, managers, executives, entrepreneurs, and scholars who will serve as mentors and help you achieve your goals. As a management student, you’ll also have the chance to work with and study under the accomplished accountants, lawyers, and financial experts who comprise the College’s business and management faculty.
And each of your professors come to the classroom with real-world experience in the field that complements their academic knowledge. Our faculty have worked in some of the world’s largest financial centers, served as leaders in Fortune 500 corporations, started (and continue to maintain) their own enterprises, and held executive roles with some of the world’s most prestigious brands.
Cassi Dunlop
Administrative Assistant, Business & Management
Janice Gaub
Visiting Assistant Professor of Marketing
Lisa Hochadel, C.P.A
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Academic Credentials
- Syracuse University
- M.S. in Accounting
- Sate University of New York at Albany
- M.A. in Criminal Justice
- University if Buffalo School of Management
- B.S. in Accounting
Biography
Ms. Hochadel welcomes the opportunity to teach at Keuka College and looks forward to sharing her well diversified experience and education with the College’s students. She has over 20 years of teaching experience, which includes teaching at three area community colleges, as well as Ithaca College.
Ms. Hochadel is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in New York state. She has over 10 years of experience in public accounting. Her areas of concentration are in the non-profit and governmental fields. Ms. Hochadel also retired after 20 years of service with the New York State Police, serving in various positions, including state trooper, sergeant, and station commander. With experience in both the accounting and criminal justice field, her professional interests focus on the area of financial crimes and fraud investigations.
Ms. Hochadel currently operates a small accounting business, concentrating on monthly write-up work for small businesses and the preparation of individual tax returns.
In her spare time, Ms. Hochadel enjoys her volunteer work, as well as time on her craft hobbies and gardening.
Megan Lawson Clark, MBA
Division Chair of Business and Management
Academic Credentials
- Dominican University
- B.A. in Merchandising and Design
- Syracuse University
- M.A. in Design
- The State University at Oswego
- M.B.A.
Mark McNaney
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Academic Credentials
- University of Rochester
- M.S.
- Elmira College
- B.S.
- Corning Community College
- A.A.S
Biography
I am a native Upstate New Yorker, having lived in Elmira, the Rochester area, and in the Finger Lakes for my whole life. I have worked in the food industry (The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company), office products (Xerox Corporation), and healthcare administration (University of Rochester Medical Center, Finger Lakes Health, and SUNY Upstate Medical Center).
My professional experience encompasses accounting and business financial management, strategic business and product planning, operations management, customer service management, marketing, and healthcare administration. I am a graduate of Corning Community College (A.A.S.), Elmira College (B.S.) and the University of Rochester (M.S.). On a less serious note, I am a certified judge for the Kansas City Barbeque Society (recently judging in Lake Placid and in Auburn), and I enjoy reading and fly fishing.
Ann Tuttle
Dean of International Programs, USA
Professor Emerita of Management
Academic Credentials
- Syracuse University
- M.B.A.
- SUNY College at Buffalo
- B.S.
Biography
For more than 20 years of teaching various business and management courses, Dean Tuttle brings a recognized passion and love of both business and teaching to the classroom.
Consistently praised by students and peers for her direct interaction with students and her devotion to their well being, Dean Tuttle has a well-deserved reputation for integrating practical necessities of the workplace into the academic environment of college. This led to her being named Keuka College's 2007 Professor of the Year.
Dean Tuttle brings a rich business background to Keuka College, having managed word processing centers at a Fortune 500 company, and having held sales and marketing positions.
Her syllabus for her Organizational Behavior course was featured in the April 2004 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Dean Tuttle has held many leadership roles, such as President of Schuyler Nursery School Board of Directors, Chair of the Keuka's Division of Business and Management, and Chair of the International Assembly of Collegiate Business Education (IACBE) Board of Directors. Dean Tuttle greatly enjoys the experience of taking what she learns from participating in business operations and bringing it back to the classroom to share with her students.
In addition to Keuka College’s institutional accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the College has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE), located at 11374 Strang Line Road, Lenexa, Kansas, USA.
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