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Syracuse University, College of Arts and Sciences

Career Roadmap - Management and Entrepreneurship

The Management and Entrepreneurship Career Cluster involves skills and occupations that are essential across all industries, focusing on business administration, operations optimization, strategic planning, workforce management and entrepreneurship. It merges key areas such as data management and analysis, human resources, general operations, administrative support, project management and organizational leadership. This Cluster ensures that businesses across all industries efficiently meet their goals, adapt to market changes and maintain competitive advantage. By emphasizing entrepreneurship, this Cluster supports the creation of new ventures, driving economic growth and innovation and making it a cornerstone of modern economies.

This Career Cluster is also a Cross-Cutting Cluster as the skills gained through this Career Clusters area are applicable across all Career Clusters. Practitioners are encouraged to combine content from this Cluster across other CTE programs.

Roadmap Categories

  • Business Information Management
  • Entrepreneurship & Small Business
  • Leadership & Operations
  • Project Management
  • Regulation

Majors

  • Applied Math
  • Economics
  • International Relations
  • Policy Studies
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Minors

  • Accounting
  • Applied Math
  • Business
  • Computer Science
  • Economics
  • Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises
  • Information Technology, Design, and Startups
  • International Relations
  • Marketing
  • Policy Studies
  • Project Management
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Writing

  • ACC 151 - Introduction to Financial Accounting
  • ACC 252 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting
  • CRS 325 - Presentational Speaking
  • ECN 365 - The World Economy
  • ECN 373 - Industrial Organizations & Policy
  • ECN 451 - Labor Economics
  • EEE 370 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises
  • IST 322 - Digital Strategy & Analytics for the Web
  • IST 195 - Information Technology
  • MAR 301 - Essentials of Marketing
  • PST 101 - An Introduction to the Analysis of Public Policy
  • PST 424 - Conflict Resolution in Groups
  • PSY 205 - Foundations of Human Behavior
  • WRT 307 - Advanced Writing Studio: Professional Writing

  • Citizenship and Civic Engagement
  • Energy and its Impacts
  • Ethics

  • Building Organizational Leadership Development
  • Business Fraternities
  • Entrepreneurship Club
  • Information Security Club
  • Leadership Role in Any Club
  • Slice Consulting

  • Blackstone Launchpad
  • Corporate Rotation Training Programs
  • Fellowships
  • Internship with Consulting Company
  • Research
  • Sales Position with Campus Newspaper
  • Shaw Center
  • Team Lead Position
  • Volunteer
  • Winston Fisher Seminar

  • Alumni Connections
  • Faculty Advisor/Mentor
  • LinkedIn
  • Professional Associations
  • The Women’s Network

  • Bloomberg Terminal Certificate
  • Creative Leadership
  • Lean Six Sigma
  • MS Excel Certification
  • Project Management (PMP)

  • Consulting Firms
  • Healthcare Organizations
  • Higher Education
  • Industrial Organizations
  • Local, State, & Federal Government
  • Non-Profits
  • Manufacturing
  • Product and Service Organizations
  • Service Organizations
  • Technology Companies

  • Human Resource Management
  • Master of Business Administration
  • Master of Public Administration
  • Master of Science - Information Management

These are suggested options. All content listed can be used as a guide to explore different career pathways. It is recommended students make an appointment with their academic and career advisor to discuss options that work best for them.

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