SY SYMS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

| ABOUT SY SYMS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS |

THE SY SYMS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, founded in 1987, was established through a generous gift from entrepreneur and businessman Sy Syms. From its inception, the school—which emphasizes quality teaching and research—has aspired to be a leading business school appropriate to Yeshiva University, with its unique mission of Torah Umadda.

Sy Syms provides a comprehensive education in business fundamentals and practice with concentrations in accounting (CPA), finance, management, information systems and marketing, awarding the Bachelor of Science degree as well as a Master of Science in accounting and an Executive MBA degree. Our graduates, now numbering more than 3,000, go to work in prominent positions throughout business and industry.

The Sy Syms School of Business is a unique learning community. The Ira Rennert Entrepreneurial Institute assists Sy Syms students in starting and running their own businesses. The Doris and Dr. Ira Kukin Entrepreneurial Lecture Series provides opportunities to interact with top corporate executives and CEOs. The Dr. William and Bernice Schwartz Business Plan Competition awards substantial cash prizes for outstanding business plan. Making the most of our New York City location, all students are encouraged to participate in our internship programs.

The Business Honors and Entrepreneurial Leadership Program at the Sy Syms School of Business strives to enhance the educational experience of high achieving business students. The program focuses on providing honor students with enhanced leadership opportunities, significant interaction with senior faculty in business, liberal arts and sciences, and career-changing contacts with global business leaders and senior executives. Sy Syms honors courses are designed to challenge students in various areas of business, to encourage imagination and creativity and to prepare students for exceptional career opportunities.

Under the leadership team of Dr. Moses Pava (Dean), Professor Michael Strauss (Associate Dean) and Dr. Avi Giloni (Associate Dean), the Sy Syms School of Business has been accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the world’s leading management education association. The school’s focus is on integrating ethics in every course, celebrating the spirit of Jewish entrepreneurship across the curriculum, and emphasizing experienced-based learning. While maintain-ing its commitment to excellence in research, the school prides itself on meeting the demands and ever-changing needs of current and future students.

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| MAJORS OF STUDY |

ACCOUNTING Accounting is the language of business.

The major in accounting at the Sy Syms School of Business prepares students for many different careers. The usual career path is to join the professional staff of a public accounting firm, where audit, taxation and consulting services are provided to a wide range of clients, and then to become a certified public accountant. One may enter into a private practice as a public accountant to offer these services as an integral part of the company’s management.

The accounting department offers numerous courses in accounting, taxation and business law. Required courses vary for students who follow the CPA track or the non-CPA track.

Department Chair: Dr. Moses PavaFor more information, visit www.yu.edu/syms/ug/accounting/courses

FINANCEThe finance program at Sy Syms develops an understanding of the domestic and international financial environments by studying shareholder value creation, corporate decisions, financial structures, capital markets and instruments, derivative markets, strategies in risk management, and the nature of risk and reward in long term investment planning and entrepreneurship.

Sy Syms students with a finance concentration gain expertise in all areas of finance, including asset management, investment and commercial banking; financial management, the financial aspects of venture capital, mergers and acquisition; and management consulting. Additionally, a finance concentration will help prepare students for future careers in government and law.

Students who major in finance will take courses such as corporate finance, investment analysis, portfolio management and advanced corporate finance.

Department Chair: Dr. S. Abraham RavidFor more information, visit www.yu.edu/syms/ug/finance/courses

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INFORMATION AND DECISION SCIENCESThe information and decision sciences (IDS) department at Sy Syms gives students an understanding of why and how information systems and technology are driving changes in markets and business. Many of the strategic and routine decisions that firms face involve the study of “big data,” which includes analyzing large datasets through the use of information systems and information technology. Through knowl-edge of operations management and related statistical and quantitative methods, firms are able to gain a competitive advantage by creating cost leadership and providing flexible response to customer needs.

The IDS department offers courses in information systems that include topics such as business intelligence, decision models and database management. Our major in Business Intelligence and Marketing Analytics focuses on the intersection of business intelligence approaches and marketing. This interdisciplinary approach uses data and marketing knowledge to show how companies can get closer to their consumers, develop a better understanding of the relationship between their consumers and the brand, and help marketers create better marketing plans and innovative products.

Department Chair: Dr. Avi Giloni For more information, visit www.yu.edu/syms/ug/information-decision-sciences/courses

MANAGEMENTBusiness and management are the rigorous and critical study of the ways in which individuals and groups interact in a dynamic business environment. It is an aca-demic discipline that examines how business decisions are made and the impact of these decisions on internal and external environments. With today’s advanced technology and globalization of the business world, the role of a manager is more crucial than ever. With the experienced background of our management faculty, an academic program has been developed that prepares our graduates for careers in management with a special focus on innovation and entrepreneurship in the global marketplace, with a growing emphasis on sustainability.

The management department offers courses in organizational behavior, leadership and business in the global environment.

Department Chair: Dr. Tamar AvnetFor more information, visit www.yu.edu/syms/ug/management/courses

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MARKETINGMarketing at Syms is a dynamic community of faculty members, students and alumni. We research, teach, study and connect at Syms. Syms’ Marketing Program develops creative and analytical marketers armed with the skills, network and experience to succeed. Located in New York City, we are surrounded by the latest innovations from leading marketing practitioners, as well as the cutting-edge research conducted by our faculty. This is the home of Madison Avenue, Times Square, the Fashion District, and thought leaders in marketing and branding strategy, as well as leading companies in media, retail, financial services, consumer products, pharmaceuticals and other industries. The marketing department offers courses in social media, digital media, consumer behavior and decision making, marketing research and advertising management.

Department Chair: Dr. Tamar Avnet For more information, visit www.yu.edu/syms/ug/marketing/courses

THE BUSINESS HONORS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM The Business Honors and Entrepreneurial Leadership Program at Sy Syms strives to enhance the educational experience of its high-achieving business students.

The program stresses a culture of academic excellence, coupled with a com-mitment to Jewish values across the curriculum. The program is focused on provid-ing honors students with enhanced leadership opportunities, significant interaction with senior faculty in business, the liberal arts and sciences and career-changing contacts with global business leaders and senior executives.

Specifically, the program offers high-level business courses, immersion to the liberal arts and sciences, along with significant entrepreneurship and internship opportunities.

Sy Syms honors courses are designed to challenge students in various areas of business, to encourage imagination and creativity and to prepare students for exceptional career opportunities.

Director: Dr. Avi Giloni For more information, visit www.yu.edu/syms/honors

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| MAJORS OF STUDY |

SY SYMS offers numerous clubs and extracurricular activities to the student body. The Sy Syms School of Business Student Council facilitates student involvement in workshops/clubs, speakers, networking opportunities and site visits. Some student ran clubs include accounting, entrepreneurship and marketing.

THE DORIS AND DR. IRA KUKIN ENTREPRENEURIAL AND EXECUTIVE LECTURE SERIES Students have the opportunity to hear from and dialogue with today’s most influential business and leadership minds, groundbreakers who represent the most successful organizations in the world. Eminent business leaders and entrepreneurs share their insights about current issues and challenges in business, entrepreneurship, leadership, their industry and their organization.

THE INGEBORG AND IRA LEON RENNERT ENTREPRENEURSHIP INSTITUTE The primary purpose of the Rennert Entrepreneurship Institute is to 1) be a gateway to the “real world” of entrepreneurial business for Sy Syms students; and 2) supplement traditional classroom teaching by providing a variety of practical experiences, including seminars, workshops, coaching, mentoring programs, internships and consulting engagements within and outside of the classroom setting.

ENTREPRENEUR-IN-RESIDENCEThe Entrepreneur-in-Residence program provides students a opportunity to work one-on-one with a successful entrepreneur to help refine their career aspirations, to develop or to launch successful entrepreneurial businesses, and to provide immediate access to practical, real world experience and perspectives. The program helps more than 100 students each semester.

| EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES |

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| CAREERS |

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY’S CAREER CENTER TEAM provides career planning and job search preparation and resources to students in all majors of study. The staff facilitates students’ securing practical opportunities to implement their studies, gain-real world experience and transition to their careers. Internships are a top priority for students at Sy Syms, with 86 percent of recent graduates having one or more internships during their time at YU. The Career Center holds career fairs, networking events and employer panels to connect students with potential internships and offers YU CareerLink, an online database of hundreds of internships as well as part-time and full-time positions.

For more information, visit www.yu.edu/career-center

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OUR ALUMNI ARE EMPLOYED ATn ACCOUNTING

Deloitte, Ernst and Young, KPMG, PwC (Audit Associates and Tax Associates); UBS, Citigroup, and Huron Consulting Group

n FINANCE JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Bloomberg, and Standard & Poor’s (Analyst)

n INFORMATION DECISION SCIENCES Goldman Sachs (Data Analyst), Lockheed Martin (Systems Administrator) and the Orthodox Union (Systems Support Manager)

n MANAGEMENT Goldman Sachs, Ann Inc. (Analyst), and the United States Department of Defense

n MARKETING Fidelity Investments (Financial Representative), Ogilvy & Mather (Search Planner) and Ralph Lauren (Production Associate)

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| GRADUATE PROGRAMS |

EXECUTIVE MBA PROGRAM The Sy Syms School of Business Executive MBA Program includes a curriculum that is challenging and relevant to your current and future professional goals.

Whether you are a corporate marketing director who wants to conquer global markets or an entrepreneur who wants to understand local ones, our general management Executive MBA is designed to help you learn how core analytical skills and management tools fit together, enabling you to become more effective in your current career.

Our students share wide-ranging professional experience in finance, market-ing, non-profit, sales and technology, and benefit from small personalized classes, outstanding faculty and an extensive alumni network. The international business course takes the students abroad to gain first-hand experience in emerging eco-nomic countries. The program is over two years, three Sundays each month and one night a week at our midtown campus.

For more information, visit www.yu.edu/syms/emba

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTING Designed to help students meet the New York State 150-credit educational requirement for CPA licensure, the Master of Science in Accounting degree is a 30-credit program intended for recent undergraduate accounting majors or those with degrees in other business disciplines.

The program assists in the transitions from the undergraduate accounting program to the CPA exam and professional practice by offering courses that combine both the theory and practical knowledge of advanced accounting topics and important related fields. The MS in Accounting is staffed with instructors who have strong backgrounds and understand the importance of developing pro-fessional knowledge and skills. This program emphasizes building research and communication skills and, in keeping with the Sy Syms tradition, it also focuses on business ethics and how they relate to a student’s professional choices.

For information, visit www.yu.edu/syms/grad/accounting

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS, PLEASE CONTACT:

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY SY SYMS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

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