The Department of Accounting, Economics, and Finance

The Department of Accounting, Economics, and Finance is part of the Business Division. The department’s curricula, degree programs, and faculty mentors help prepare students to embark on successful careers in a globally competitive business world. In addition, we provide students with a solid foundation on which to build specialized professional careers in accounting, economics and finance.

Our mission is to provide students with the professional and technical tools to succeed in a widely competitive marketplace. To this end, courses offered by the department focus on student-centered pedagogy and strive to employ adaptive-learning strategies. Courses are offered using various modalities: online, face-to-face, group studies, residencies and independent studies. Students work with their faculty mentors to develop degree programs that may include college credits from regionally accredited higher education institutions, as well as credits awarded through prior learning assessment at Empire State University. In the prior learning assessment process, students earn credit for college-level learning gained outside of the traditional classroom, such as through work experience.

You will develop analytical, management, communication, and quantitative skills, increase your understanding of economic principles and disciplinary methods and learn about the effective use of information technologies to support your career. Together with a faculty mentor, you'll create a program that meets your specific needs and goals.

As a regionally accredited university of the State University of New York, Empire State University offers the following degrees in the Business, Management and Economics area of study:

• Associate of Arts (AA).
• Associate of Science (AS).
• Bachelor of Arts (BA).
• Bachelor of Science (BS).
• Bachelor of Professional Studies (BPS).

• Combined B.A./B.S./B.P.S. in Business, Management, and Economics / M.B.A. in Business Management.

• Please Note: As of Fall 2024, SUNY Empire is no longer accepting applications to this combined pathway:

  Combined B.A./B.S./B.P.S. in Business, Management, and Economics / M.A. in Community and Economic Development.

Note: for a concentration in accounting practices, auditing must be upper-level course.

The Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, in addition to the A.A. and A.S. degrees, offers the following bachelor's degree programs:

• B.S. Accounting
• Combined Degree Program: B.S. in Accounting and Master of Business Administration (MBA) CPA-150 Licensure Qualifying Program New Fall 2022
• B.S./B.A./B.P.S Business Management and Economics: Financial Accounting Concentration including focusing on other career paths such as: Management Accounting, Forensic Accounting, Not-for-profit, and Internal Auditing.
• B.S./B.A./B.P.S. Business Management and Economics: Economics Concentration.
• B.S./B.A./B.P.S. Business Management and Economics: Finance Concentration.