School of Business and Leadership  MARK MEEHAN Dean, School of Business and Leadership Mark W. Meehan has been serving in higher education for over 15 years. He spent the first ten years at Columbia International University, serving on the faculty, as Assistant Dean of the College, Associate Dean for Extension Education, and Vice President of Institutional Advancement. More recently, he has served at Somerset Christian College, serving as Executive Vice President and President. Mark has done consulting and teaching in the Middle East, Asia, South America, and Europe. His Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees are from Columbia International University in Biblical Studies and Educational Administration. He is completing his PhD dissertation at the University of South Carolina, were he studied Higher Education Leadership and International Business. Mark has served on a variety of boards, and is currently a member of the President’s Council for the Leadership Center of Manhattan and the Board of Pillar Ministries International Missions. Mark and his wife, Leticia, have been married for 18 years and have two daughters, Sarah (16) and Lydia (13). Business and Accounting - Graduate and Undergraduate Programs We currently offer two majors – Accounting and Business Administration. Within Business Administration, if you choose, you may concentrate (i.e., take 5 courses in a specific field) in Accounting, Computer Science, Economics, Finance, Human Resources, International Business, Management, Marketing, Music Business, Pre-Law and Sports Management. This kind of focus may help you position yourself for specific job opportunities. Should you not be sure of a concentration at this stage of your life, you may opt to not concentrate and take a variety of business courses to see what interests you. We also have internship opportunities for credit so that you can add real world experience to your resume and “try out” a field. In the Fall of 2002, we launched an MBA program that allows qualified students to complete their MBA in Accounting or Business Administration in a 5 th year. Accounting majors whose objective is to earn a CPA will need to continue at Nyack or elsewhere to meet the new CPA requirements for additional courses. Our MBA program will permit accounting students to meet those requirements and to earn an MBA as well. We are in the process of adding 6 MBA concentrations (Management, Human Resource Management, International Business, Finance, Marketing, and Computer Information Systems). The MBA is offered nights and on Saturday in NYC and in Nyack, NY so that students can maintain full time jobs if they so choose. The School of Business has membership in the International Business Honor Society, Sigma Beta Delta, which is opened to seniors and upper class juniors with 3.5 or better GPAs. This gives you the ability to highlight this honor on your resume and increase your marketability. Finally, we have a Business Club run by students who host field trips, Christmas and end-of-year get togethers. Computer Science Our Computer Science Department is designed to provide you with core knowledge of the field. However, given the depth of the field and the growing selection of specialties in the workplace, the department has restructured to provide three concentrations (Information Technology, networking and Hardware, Application Development and Programming, and Digital Media). As with the business major, you can elect to not concentrate and dabble in a mix of courses from each discipline.
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