When you successfully complete the English Transition program, you move into full time degree study at Manhattan College. Depending on your major, you will be based in one of the following academic schools:
School of Business
Manhattan College's School of Business is known for its strong academics and networking opportunities. You will learn how to perform in the business world. Armed with practical knowledge, you enhance your ability to reason, problem solve and sort through ethical challenges.
Balanced curriculum
One of the unique features of the School of Business is its balance of liberal arts courses and professional business preparation. All students are required to take liberal arts core courses to provide a broad-based education on which to build. Students then take a core of business courses in each of the major areas, before pursuing a major area of study.
Experienced faculty
The School’s faculty is an international group of academics with experience in their fields. You will get to know your professors outside the classroom as you participate in student clubs and research projects.
Links with alumni
Throughout your college career you will also have many opportunities to meet alumni so that you can explore different career options. Alumni keep close ties to the College: some come back to lecture as part of the Visiting Executives Program, some talk to current students through the Mentorship Program, more work with student interns and still more come to campus on Career Day.
Career opportunities and internships
You can gain real business experience through the College's Internship Program in New York City. Many major corporations recruit directly on campus. Most Business students have jobs by the time they graduate. See employers of Business graduates.
Majors
ACCOUNTING
The program prepares you for careers in public, industrial or private accounting, governmental and institutional accounting, or for a general business career. Accounting education provides a sound basis for advancement to managerial positions and is a desirable background for a law profession.
COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS
The program includes studies in computer hardware and software, programming, computer decision systems, file and communication systems, operations analysis and simulation, management information systems, and the analysis and design of information systems.
ECONOMICS
This business economics program is oriented towards an examination of economic relationships, and will benefit students seeking a broad global economic background for government, industry, or law.
FINANCE
Examine the tasks and techniques of financial management within business and government units and study the elaborate structure of financial institutions. The program stresses financial analysis and decision-making.
GLOBAL BUSINESS STUDIES (second major only)
Develops a thorough and rigorous global perspective and understanding of the international environment and markets. This interdisciplinary program includes economics, finance, marketing, management and government. It can lead to careers in the international phase of business or government.
MANAGEMENT
The program examines management theories; explains the skills and activities used in fulfilling managerial functions; and explores new techniques in management. The major emphasis is on behavioral aspects of organizations.
MARKETING
Focuses on determining consumer needs and wants, developing products and services, and communicating with and delivering these goods to the consumer. The program emphasizes a managerial approach, is globally oriented and aimed at the development of marketing managers.
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Undergraduate School of Engineering
Manhattan College is one of the best engineering schools in the USA. A Manhattan engineering degree prepares you to enter the world of professional practice and to continue your studies through the pursuit of a graduate education. You will benefit from close interaction with student-centered faculty, small class sizes, and strong supportive relationships with a vast and dedicated alumni.
The Curriculum
All engineering degrees begin with an innovative program that introduces you to each of the engineering disciplines. This foundation is carefully integrated with practice-oriented engineering design experience which addresses both technical and non-technical aspects of engineering practice.
Distinguished faculty
Many of the College's Engineering faculty are recognized within their areas of expertise. About 25% hold professional engineering licenses. Faculty do much more than teach the fundamentals. Students and professors can be seen together working on research and other projects outside of the classroom.
Career opportunities and internships
Engineering alumni provide an excellent connection between the academic world and professional practice. You will have many opportunities to gain engineering experience through the College's Internship Program. Manhattan College engineering graduates work in more than 800 companies and agencies around the world. See employers of School of Engineering graduates.
Majors
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Combines mathematics and advanced chemistry with engineering principles to design, develop and operate industrial processes for the manufacture of a huge range of products. Chemical Engineering degrees can lead to careers in design and construction, computer simulation, specialty chemicals, industrial gases, petroleum, polymers, pollution prevention, pharmaceuticals or biotechnology.
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Civil engineers both design and construct facilities that affect all aspects of human life. They use mathematics, biology, chemistry and physics as the bases for the applied engineering sciences of fluid, particulate (soil) and solid mechanics. These engineering sciences can be applied to environmental, geotechnical, structural, and transportation and water resources problems.
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Computer engineers build complex systems which integrate computer hardware and software. By combining the core courses in electrical engineering and computer science, the computer engineering curriculum prepares students to enter this challenging new field.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Electrical Engineering ranges from design of solid state devices and increasingly complex microcircuits to communication systems of large scale power generating equipment and plants to meet society's accelerating demand for clean energy. Electrical engineers find careers in such diverse areas as industry and medicine.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
The program will give you technical competence in mechanical engineering knowledge and skills, and the ability to understand and apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering. You will be able to interpret data, design systems, and components. The curriculum includes thermal/fluids/energy, and solid mechanics/machine design/manufacturing.
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Graduate School of Engineering
The Graduate School of Engineering builds upon the fine reputation established in its undergraduate engineering programs. Its excellent faculty is renowned for its scholarship, its courses cover every facet of the engineering disciplines, and its alumni have accomplished outstanding things in their professional lives.
Master's degrees
You can study graduate degrees in: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Read more about Master's degrees in Engineering.
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School of Science
Manhattan has a tradition of excellence in science education. Degrees in the School of Science combine research and close faculty contact, all in the heart of New York City. You will have many opportunities for research that most students do not see until graduate school.
Prestigious funding
The School receives major grant funding from prestigious foundations such as the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the NASA/New York Space Grant Consortium. The membership of the consortium includes Manhattan, Cornell, Columbia, Syracuse, Hamilton, Union and Colgate.
Curriculum
Undergraduate studies in the sciences provide an almost unique opportunity to learn and develop problem-solving and analytical skills while gaining a deeper understanding and appreciation of physical laws and their applications.
Respected faculty
The School's prestigious faculty are scientists who have found a way to balance their expertise with their love for their classroom. Faculty regularly publish in highly respected professional journals and present their research at Conferences around the country. Often, students work with professors on this research and have the opportunity to publish as co-authors and present at conferences with their professors.
Career opportunities and internships
You have many internship opportunities throughout New York. Manhattan is among a select number of colleges whose graduates are recognized as important sources of the nation's professional scientists. Recent graduates have gone on to attend prestigious graduate and medical schools. Manhattan College science alumni work for a diverse range of employers.
Majors
Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics.
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School of Arts
The School of Arts works with students in every area of Manhattan College to help them sharpen their skills of critical reading, critical writing and critical thinking. There is the possibility of pursuing a second major or a number of minors and clusters, even in areas outside the humanities and social sciences.
Core curriculum
The School of Arts provides students with the opportunity for a life of continuing growth and development. The core of the program is entitled 'The Roots of Learning'. Foundation courses include composition, foreign language, science, and mathematics. Students then proceed to studies of the modern age through humanities and the social sciences.
Dedicated faculty
The faculty in the School of Arts are noted for their dedication to research and their love of teaching. In the past two years, Arts faculty have published a broad range of books and scholarly articles.
Career opportunities and internships
Students have many opportunities to see how their arts programs work in the real world through Manhattan's Internship Program. You will learn how to tailor the rest of your college coursework to give you the edge you will need in your career. See leading employers of School of Arts graduates.
Majors
Fourteen majors in humanities and social sciences, including three interdisciplinary majors are available. See you full choice of undergraduate degrees in the School of Arts.
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Graduate School of Education
The School of Education focuses on a contemporary, student-centered education encouraging research, excellence in teaching, respect for individual dignity, and commitment to social justice. The School prepares motivated, thoughtful, scholarly professionals dedicated to the highest standards for themselves and those they serve.
Master's degrees
You can study graduate degrees in the fields of Special Education and Counseling. Read more about Master's degrees in Education and Counseling.
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