President Heath with Empire State’s Acting President Meg Benke (left) and SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher.
OD/MBA Certificate Program Launched
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Last spr ing the College entered into a unique
agreement with SUNY Empire State College to
jointly offer an
Advanced Graduate Certificate in
Optometry Business Management.
The 18-credit,
six-course certificate, which can largely be done
through online courses, will be fully applicable to
the MBA program offered through SUNY Empire
State College’s School for Graduate Studies. This
program is currently the only one of its kind among
schools and colleges of optometry.
“It is clear that there is a growing demand from
incoming students for a business education that will
complement the clinical education that they receive
here,” President Heath said in a statement announcing
the agreement. “The timeliness of such a program is
even more fortuitous given the acceleration of health
care reform and what that will mean in terms of the
practical application of optometry.”
