Metropolitan College of New York

Black Enterprise, Oct, 2005

MCNY Graduate Degrees: Innovative and Accelerated Focus on Management.

A leader in experiential learning and innovative education for the past four decades, Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY) offers graduate students distinctive graduate programs with a particular focus on management. Here students can earn a Master's Degree in as little as one year while working!

MBA in Media Management. The first of its kind, this MBA provides media savvy professionals with an overview of the media business and equips them with management skills to plan, produce and promote a new media venture. Expertise in fields such as media economics and finance, multimedia design, accounting for communication arts industries, entertainment law and international business are essential to success in the media management field. Students may travel to the Cannes Film Festival in late spring each year as part of a study-abroad component and work or intern in some of the cities best known media organizations. Many graduate student entrepreneurs have inaugurated their own media start-ups.

MBA in General Management. This degree provides broad preparation in managerial science with coursework in finance, marketing, information systems, etc ... for those who seek to advance into business leadership roles. The MCNY School for Business is preparing the corporate and entrepreneurial leaders of tomorrow. An international business component includes a study-abroad offering in London and Paris in late summer.

Master of Public Administration. Emergency and Disaster Management. Professionals working in the field and those interested in moving into this expanding career area, will learn the critical thinking and decision-making skills necessary to support and supervise comprehensive, integrated and effective management in the event of natural, system-wide, and human-induced crises. MCNY is playing an important role in identifying current and historical research in these fields and promoting innovative research by student practitioners. This was the first program of its kind to be offered in New York State and can be completed in sixteen months. A unique study-abroad component will bring MCNY graduate students to Israel for a ten-day review of global security issues and security training. A more generic MPA in General Administration was the first of the College's graduate degree offerings and can be completed in one year. Both programs require approved internship settings of 21 hours per week throughout the program.

Learn more and see why MCNY's graduate degree offerings are becoming a popular choice for students from around the world. For further information on Metropolitan College of New York's programs call 1-800-33-THINK, ext 5001; or visit www.metropolitan.edu.