Sy Syms School of Business

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The Sy Syms School of Business is Yeshiva University's undergraduate business school for men and women. It offers business programs for men at Yeshiva College's Wilf Campus in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood, and for women at the Stern College for Women's Beren Campus in New York’s Murray Hill neighborhood.

As of late 2006, Joel Hochman, Ph.D., was Sy Syms School of Business's interim dean.

The school offers the unique combination of a complete business curriculum along with Yeshiva University’s Jewish studies component, affording professional preparation with a broad base in liberal arts studies. Jewish tradition provides the framework for consideration of ethical issues, an integral part of program.

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[edit] History

Established in 1987 through a gift from businessman and philanthropist Sy Syms and other business leaders, the school offers a complete business curriculum along with an intensive Jewish studies component.

[edit] Academics

Students take business courses through the Sy Syms School of Business and complete their liberal arts requirements at Yeshiva College or Stern College for Women. Women undertake their Jewish studies at Stern, while men attend one of four Jewish studies options:

  • James Striar School of General Jewish Studies
  • Yeshiva Program/Mazer School of Talmudic Studies
  • Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic Studies
  • Irving I. Stone Beit Midrash Program


Majors offered include:

  • Finance
  • General business
  • Information systems
  • International business
  • Management
  • Marketing


Minors offered include:

  • Accounting
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Finance
  • Humanities
  • Information systems
  • International business
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Real estate
  • Social sciences


Sy Syms School of Business also offers a five-year program leading to a M.S. degree in accounting and a CPA program. In addition, the school offers a selection of honors courses, with a planned honors program in development


[edit] Entrepreneurship

The Sy Syms School of Business maintains a strong focus on entrepreneurship.

  • The Rennert Entrepreneurial Institute, one of the first undergraduate programs of its kind, uses classroom instruction and hands-on experience to teach the intricacies of starting and managing a business.
  • The Doris and Dr. Ira Kukin Entrepreneurial Lecture Series allows students to interact with prominent CEOs and other business experts.

[edit] External links

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