Syms School of Business (formerly the Syms School of Business) is
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University is a private Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City.["About YU]
on the Yeshiva Universit ...
business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in business administration or management. A business school may also be referred to as school of management, management school, school of business administration, o ...
. It offers both undergraduate and graduate business programs at the Wilf Campus in New York Washington Heights neighborhood, and at the Beren Campus in New York’s
Murray Hill neighborhood.
The school offers the combination of a complete business curriculum, affording professional preparation with a broad base in liberal arts studies.
Background
Established in 1987 through a $22 million endowment from businessman and philanthropist
Sy Syms
Sy Syms (May 12, 1926 – November 17, 2009) was an American businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist, who founded the SYMS off-price clothing chain in New York City in 1959.
Biography
Syms was born Seymour Merinsky on May 12, 1926, in Br ...
and other business leaders, the school offers a complete business curriculum along with an intensive Jewish studies component for undergraduates.
Sy Syms School of Business offers preparation with a broad base in liberal arts studies. Jewish tradition provides the framework for consideration of ethical issues, an integral part of the student's education. All Sy Syms students simultaneously attend one of the four schools of Jewish studies.
It is accredited as a business school by the
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, also known as AACSB International, is an American professional organization. It was founded as the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business in 1916 to provide accreditation to ...
.
Campus and facilities
The main building on Wilf Campus is the 235 ft tall Belfer Hall that was originally built in 1968 for the use of
Wurzweiler School of Social Work &
Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies The Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies was Yeshiva University’s first graduate school. Founded in 1937, it was named for Yeshiva University's first president, Bernard Revel. Its curriculum prepares highly trained teachers, researchers ...
but now shared by the three schools. Belfer Hall, named for philanthropists Diane and
Arthur Belfer
Arthur B. Belfer (May 30, 1907 – May 2, 1993) was a Polish-born, American businessman and philanthropist who founded the Belco Petroleum Corporation.
Biography
Belfer was born to a Jewish family in Wodzisław, Poland. He worked as a dealer in ...
, is one of the tallest educational structures in the world. The school's students live in the surrounding residence halls of
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University is a private Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City.["About YU]
on the Yeshiva Universit ...
and make use of the surrounding facilities. Students can also have a productive workout at Syms Fitness Center located in Rubin Hall.
The graduate programs take place in the university's midtown Beren Campus located in Murray Hill.
Academics
Students take business courses through the Sy Syms School of Business and complete their liberal arts requirements at Yeshiva College or
Stern College for Women
The Stern College for Women (SCW) is the undergraduate women's college of arts and sciences of Yeshiva University. It is located at the university's Israel Henry Beren Campus in the Murray Hill section of Manhattan.
The college provides progra ...
. Women undertake their Jewish studies at Stern, while men attend one of four Jewish studies options:
*
James Striar School of General Jewish Studies
The James Striar School of General Jewish Studies, informally known as the Mechinah Program, is a comprehensive program in Jewish studies for students seeking to improve and further their basic skills and knowledge of Jewish studies. JSS is the on ...
/Mechinah Program
* Yeshiva Program/Mazer School of Talmudic Studies
* Isaac Breuer College of Hebrew Studies
* Irving I. Stone Beit Midrash Program
Majors and minors offered include
accounting
Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "languag ...
(an optional 5-year program leading to a B.S/M.S. in Accounting);
finance
Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...
; general business;
international business;
management
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business.
Management includes the activities o ...
;
management information systems
A management information system (MIS) is an information system used for decision-making, and for the coordination, control, analysis, and visualization of information in an organization. The study of the management information systems involves pe ...
; and
marketing
Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...
. The accounting program was recently ranked by Business Insider as a top 25 accounting program to attend based on top tier job placement for graduates.
A general business
minor is offered to students majoring in Yeshiva University's liberal arts college, Yeshiva College. Additionally, Syms students may be able to pursue a minor in a subject area in Yeshiva College.
In addition, the school offers a selection of honors courses, with newly developed and successful honors program.
Graduate programs
Sy Syms also offers graduate programs including a
Master of Science in Accounting
The Master of Accountancy (MAcc, MAcy, or MAccy), alternatively Master of Science in Accounting (MSA or MSAcy) or Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAcy, MPAcc or MPAc), is a graduate professional degree designed to prepare students for public ...
and an
Executive MBA
A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accoun ...
Program. Its graduate business programs are held at the Beren Campus in New York’s
Murray Hill neighborhood.
The EMBA offers students state-of-the-art business knowledge in the context of the highest ethical ideals. The Syms Executive MBA program curriculum was developed to challenge students to hone their business expertise in a way that prepares them to achieve their current and future professional goals. In the summer of 2013, the first EMBA cohort traveled to Israel as part of their international residency requirement.
Entrepreneurship
The Sy Syms School of Business maintains a strong focus on
entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values th ...
.
*The Rennert Entrepreneurial Institute is one of the nation's few undergraduate programs teaching the knowledge and skills necessary for creating and developing a business. The undergraduate program uses classroom instruction and hands-on experience to teach the intricacies of starting and managing a business. Students may take entrepreneurship courses as electives or as an integral part of the management concentration. The institute received its initial funding through a grant from Mr. and Mrs.
Ira Rennert
Ira Leon Rennert (born May 31, 1934) is an American billionaire businessman, and the chairman and CEO of Renco Group.
Background and education
Rennert's parents were immigrants from Poland and Romania. He graduated from Brooklyn College in 1954 ...
, for whom the Institute is named.
* The Doris and Dr. Ira Kukin Entrepreneurial Lecture Series allows students to interact with prominent CEOs and other business experts.
References
External links
Sy Syms School of BusinessSy Syms School of Business Executive MBA Program
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Yeshiva University
Business schools in New York (state)
Universities and colleges in New York City
Universities and colleges in Manhattan
Educational institutions established in 1987
1987 establishments in New York City