Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and Management with Concentration in Gender, Race, and Society

at State University of New York at Albany USA

The bachelor’s in business administration program at UAlbany will increase your understanding of fundamental business concepts and provide you with practical skills in your chosen area of concentration.

Available concentrations include the financial analyst honors program, information systems and business analytics, and marketing. Many combined concentrations are also offered, including entrepreneurship and management.

Marketing
Concentrating in marketing equips you with the knowledge and skills to better understand, analyze, and manage consumer behavior, customer and business relationships, and firm strategy. You will practice applying tools and strategies used by businesses today to identify potential customers, introduce new products to the market, develop branding and advertising campaigns, and analyze market data. You will also be exposed to emerging trends in marketing analytics, services marketing, and social media and digital marketing.

You may either concentrate solely in marketing or choose a combined area of study that will complement your career goals.

The master’s in geography offers a two-year thesis track or one-year, non-thesis track. Choose the thesis track if you intend to pursue further academic study or the non-thesis track if you are obtaining a master’s degree to advance your career in the field.

UAlbany is exceptionally strong in:

• Climate and environmental systems
• Geographic information systems (GIS)
• Remote sensing
• Cartography
• Computer applications and spatial analysis
• Urban, social, cultural, and economic geography

Areas of interest include Europe, Latin America, North America, Africa, and East Asia.

Program Tracks

• Non-Thesis Track (One Year)
• Thesis Track (Two Years)

Develop your visual art practice within an engaged community of peers when you earn a master's degree in studio art from the University at Albany.

This program uses intensive and intellectually challenging discourses, encouraging you to create new, ground-breaking work. When you participate in these rigorous courses and practical elements, you can expand the complexity of your studio art practice while improving your ability to think critically within the context of contemporary art.

Gain a deep, practical understanding of the theory, tools and practice of modern chemical and biochemical methods, culminating in a research-based thesis with a postgraduate master’s in applied chemistry.

Because this program is designed to support working professionals, UAlbany takes steps to ensure you can achieve your academic goals in tandem with your professional ambitions.

Analyze the way chemicals compose the world and employ complex theories through practical experience. You will take learned theory and apply it to business, legal and environmental challenges to shape the future of your industry.

The bachelor’s in business administration program at UAlbany will increase your understanding of fundamental business concepts and provide you with practical skills in your chosen area of concentration.

Available concentrations include the financial analyst honors program, information systems and business analytics, and marketing. Many combined concentrations are also offered, including entrepreneurship and management.

Finance
Master the fundamentals of corporate financial policy and strategy, financial statement analysis and budgeting, investment management, money and capital markets, stock valuation and analysis, and entrepreneurial finance.

Understand the Earth's environment and the challenges it faces in the bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies with a concentration in environmental science program at the University at Albany. You will gain deep knowledge of our natural environment along with a detailed look at how human societies interact with the planet's landmasses, oceans and atmosphere.

Explore major national and international issues including climate change, air pollution, water conservation, and biodiversity preservation. Customize your studies to align with your career goals in areas like sustainability, energy, environmental conservation and geological survey.

The BS in Interdisciplinary Studies with a Concentration in Environmental Science is a combined major and minor where you can choose from one of four specializations:

• Climate Change
• Ecosystems
• Geography
• Sustainability Science and Policy

Each track has a customized set of classes. In addition to environmental science, you will complete core coursework in math, biology, chemistry and physics. Benefit from the expertise of faculty, who are highly recognized and active researchers in the field of environmental science.

The Bachelor of Arts in English at the University at Albany is so much more than delving into the great literary canons of yesterday or exploring the new voices and fresh perspectives of today's writers.

At UAlbany, English majors are encouraged first and foremost to foster their abilities in critical thought and interpretation, as well as in thoughtful expression.

You'll accomplish this by pursuing areas of study that matter to you, whether they align with personal passions or professional goals – or both.

The Writing Concentration within the English major enriches your experience through extended treatment of the process of writing and of the rhetorical and artistic aspects of writing. The concentration also supports exploration of the dynamics of working with writers as editors, tutors, and teachers. It brings together the subfields of creative writing and rhetoric and writing studies and allows you to explore writing in its multi-faceted dimensions as a rhetorical and a poetic activity, skill, practice, object of study, and art.

The English major’s required core courses and survey courses as well as the required 9 hours of electives are vital in supporting this sustained exploration of writing. The concentration allows English majors who select from an array of electives that emphasize the practice and theory of writing to indicate on their transcripts this emphasis on writing. The concentration will thus serve as a professional credential for graduates, as repeated and varied practice in writing and understanding of theories of writing are desired by employers and professional graduate programs.

Deepen your understanding of major civic issues and explore different ways you can help solve social problems by developing creative public policy solutions and improving management.

The interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and Management at UAlbany will give you a broad understanding of the relationships between government legislation, public policy, economics, politics, civil rights, regulation and finance, and city, state, federal, and global affairs.

The program includes foundational coursework and electives in management and politics, and quantitative methods and policy. Then you get to earn a concentration in the area of study that best matches your personal interests and career goals.

World Affairs
When and how will a policy made in another country have an effect on the rest of the world? The world affairs concentration encourages you to consider the impact of globalization on all societies and the challenges of public administration in countries with different cultures, histories, and political regimes.

Get advanced training and experience in the theory and practice of city planning, design, and development in the Master of Regional Planning (MRP) program at the University at Albany.

This program prepares you to assist community leaders, elected officials, and the public with issues of neighborhood change and preservation, environmental conservation, mobility and accessibility, comprehensive planning and zoning. You will also learn about emerging issues, such as how to reimagine community development, ensure equitable planning strategies and understand the impacts of extreme weather.

Develop your analytical, research and writing skills through the master's in history program at the University at Albany.

Take part in research seminars that encourage you to think critically about your chosen area of focus. Participate in reading seminars that explore new aspects of familiar historical topics like the Revolutionary War, European history, and visual media and culture. Supporting courses will deepen your exploration of your area of study.

This program prepares you to pursue careers in areas like archiving, documentary making, museum curating, and education.