What is the School of Management Honors Program?
Undergraduate Honors Program
What is the School of Management Honors Program? If you are a junior in one of the School of Management’s baccalaureate degree programs (business administration or accounting) with exemplary freshman and sophomore records and high promise for leadership and independent study, you may be eligible for the School of Management Honors program. Less than 5 percent of School of Management students are offered the opportunity to participate in this elite program. If you are admitted, you will be granted a number of unique opportunities and distinctions. For example, you will: Work with a faculty mentor, drawn from our award-winning teaching and research faculty and matched to you based on your field of interest. Receive exclusive invitations to events coordinated by the School of Management Alumni Association. You also will be invited and encouraged to become a part of the School of Management’s alumni network, enabling you to develop important contacts and relationships for the future. Be given the opportunity to enroll in select graduate-level business courses to fulfill your undergraduate requirements. Enroll in an exclusive section of MGO 403 Fundamentals of Strategic Management, our capstone experience, designated solely for Honors program participants. Earn an Honors program designation
on your transcript upon degree conferral if you meet all the necessary requirements. The Undergraduate honors program curriculum includes 12 credit hours of instruction over three semesters.
faculty director of the honors program and can be fulfilled by completing six credits of the following: An honors supplemental course option with a faculty member teaching an existing undergraduate management class. This option describes additional honors coursework that you will complete for that course during the semester. University Honors College students can use the honors contract for this purpose. A credit-bearing internship in the School of Management. Credit earned toward graduation on a study abroad trip. Study abroad trips, in particular, raise the possibility of completing flex credit outside of the fall semester of senior year, such as during summer and winter sessions. Credit-bearing undergraduate research activity, including the University Honors College thesis for those enrolled in the University Honors College. Select graduate courses.
Leadership Development Sequence Your honors coursework begins and ends with leadership development courses. You will take MGB 360 Leadership Development I, the first course in a two-course sequence, in the spring semester of your junior year. This 2-credit course is modeled after our highly successful LeaderCORE™ certification offered to full-time MBA students. You will be assessed on key leadership competencies and introduced to the processes that strengthen those competencies. One strategic deliverable of MGB 360 is a developmental plan you will pursue in subsequent semesters. You will be debriefed on your developmental plan in the spring semester of your senior year when you take the second course in the sequence, MGB 361 Senior Year Capstone Section Leadership Development II (1 credit). In your final semester of the honors program, you will participate in a Flex Credit designated honors section of MGO 403 Fundamentals of Strategic ManageYou also will complete six credit hours of flex credit, generally during ment, the 3-credit undergraduate the summer before your senior year, capstone course. in the fall semester of your senior For more information please visit: year or the following winter session. http://mgt.buffalo.edu/degree-programs/undergraduate/ Flex credit must be approved by the honors.html
204 Alfiero Center · Buffalo, NY 14260 · Tel. (716) 645-3206 · mgt.buffalo.edu/undergrad
What is the School of Management Honors Program? If you are a junior in one of the School of Management’s baccalaureate degree programs (business administration or accounting) with exemplary freshman and sophomore records and high promise for leadership and independent study, you may be eligible for the School of Management Honors program. Less than 5 percent of School of Management students are offered the opportunity to participate in this elite program. If you are admitted, you will be granted a number of unique opportunities and distinctions. For example, you will: Work with a faculty mentor, drawn from our award-winning teaching and research faculty and matched to you based on your field of interest. Receive exclusive invitations to events coordinated by the School of Management Alumni Association. You also will be invited and encouraged to become a part of the School of Management’s alumni network, enabling you to develop important contacts and relationships for the future. Be given the opportunity to enroll in select graduate-level business courses to fulfill your undergraduate requirements. Enroll in an exclusive section of MGO 403 Fundamentals of Strategic Management, our capstone experience, designated solely for Honors program participants. Earn an Honors program designation
on your transcript upon degree conferral if you meet all the necessary requirements. The Undergraduate honors program curriculum includes 12 credit hours of instruction over three semesters.
faculty director of the honors program and can be fulfilled by completing six credits of the following: An honors supplemental course option with a faculty member teaching an existing undergraduate management class. This option describes additional honors coursework that you will complete for that course during the semester. University Honors College students can use the honors contract for this purpose. A credit-bearing internship in the School of Management. Credit earned toward graduation on a study abroad trip. Study abroad trips, in particular, raise the possibility of completing flex credit outside of the fall semester of senior year, such as during summer and winter sessions. Credit-bearing undergraduate research activity, including the University Honors College thesis for those enrolled in the University Honors College. Select graduate courses.
Leadership Development Sequence Your honors coursework begins and ends with leadership development courses. You will take MGB 360 Leadership Development I, the first course in a two-course sequence, in the spring semester of your junior year. This 2-credit course is modeled after our highly successful LeaderCORE™ certification offered to full-time MBA students. You will be assessed on key leadership competencies and introduced to the processes that strengthen those competencies. One strategic deliverable of MGB 360 is a developmental plan you will pursue in subsequent semesters. You will be debriefed on your developmental plan in the spring semester of your senior year when you take the second course in the sequence, MGB 361 Senior Year Capstone Section Leadership Development II (1 credit). In your final semester of the honors program, you will participate in a Flex Credit designated honors section of MGO 403 Fundamentals of Strategic ManageYou also will complete six credit hours of flex credit, generally during ment, the 3-credit undergraduate the summer before your senior year, capstone course. in the fall semester of your senior For more information please visit: year or the following winter session. http://mgt.buffalo.edu/degree-programs/undergraduate/ Flex credit must be approved by the honors.html
204 Alfiero Center · Buffalo, NY 14260 · Tel. (716) 645-3206 · mgt.buffalo.edu/undergrad
