Business and Career Professions

Students in our business administration program learn to use business and financial principles and know-how to succeed as managers, human resource or marketing officers, or entrepreneurs.

Buffalo State's communication major allows students the flexibility to tailor a program of theory-based and applied communication courses. Compare this communication undergraduate degree with journalism, media production, and public relations and advertising.

Buffalo State’s criminal justice degree is the oldest such program in Western New York and its reputation extends across New York State. Our bachelor's in criminal justice educates the next generation of criminal justice practitioners, policymakers, and researchers for positions at the local, state, and federal levels; law school; or graduate study.

Enrollment in SUNY Buffalo State's bachelor's in dietetics allows highly qualified students to work on the master of science in dietetics while completing their dietetics undergraduate degree.

Buffalo State economics majors are exposed to a broad range of economic views. Our economics degree courses provide inspiration for budding entrepreneurs and as well as students preparing to participate in the global economy as scholars, managers, or economic specialists.

Our health and wellness undergraduate program prepares students to assume roles as health/wellness professionals in private business and industry, community organizations, and healthcare environments.

Buffalo State’s hospitality administration undergraduate degree prepares graduates for management positions in various aspects of the hospitality industry. The bachelor's in hospitality administration educates and develops proven hospitality professionals by integrating a strong core curriculum with a deliberate emphasis on hands-on learning.

The bachelor's in international relations program challenges students to think with diverse world views and intense study of current global events. The program equips students for future careers in foreign service, nonprofit work, international business, and global governance. 

Our bachelor's in journalism allows students who enjoy writing the flexibility to tailor a program based on reporting and presentation of news and other journalistic writing through print, broadcast, and online media.  

The bachelor's in media production major focuses in audio/radio and video/television non-fiction and fiction production and postproduction. Students develop storytelling, creative abilities, and critical thinking skills as well as organizational and technical proficiency relevant to the media field.

This undergraduate marketing program at Buffalo State allows students the flexibility to tailor a program based on strategic communication through the disciplines of public relations, advertising, and related fields.

Students in the social work program develop the skills required to work with clients who are diverse in race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexual orientation, ability, and religion. They also gain the knowledge and skills gleaned from a liberal arts education, including writing, logical thinking, and analysis.