[Frank Jordan]  A student entering ECC business administration program will encounter an exposure into all the various areas of business.

[Richard A. Rich] We have two programs here; the AAS degree, which is a general business program where you will be able to take certain general business courses.  The other one is the AS degree, which is what we refer to as the “fast track”.  This is primarily for students who are looking to transfer to a college or university that require such courses as calculus, statistics.

[Frank Jordan]  The majority of our students go on for a four-year degree.  Upon graduation, we probably send about 50 percent off; and then within 5 years approximately 85 percent winded up attending a four-year school.

[Kathleen DeNisco]  Most of the students who graduate from our program are very well prepared to continue their education in four-year institutions.  Many of them return, telling us they had a good foundation and are very successful in the schools that they chose to attend.

[John Eagan]  Everybody majoring in business at ECC must take: two economics courses, two accounting courses, at least one marketing course, at least one business law course, they have to take a couple English courses as you do in almost any college, they must meet a math science requirement, take a few liberal arts courses, and then we give them a number of business electives.

[Richard A. Rich]  One of the things that we have here at ECC is the flexibility of students to come both morning, afternoon and in the evening.  

[Frank Jordan]  Our entire degree is available in the evenings and also online.  So students wishing to get a two-year degree in business administration have ample opportunity to do so.  

[Roy Pipitone]  Companies take the performance appraisal system very seriously…

[Frank Jordan]  ECC’s program I believe is one of the better two-year programs in the area.  Number one, we have been able to attract high quality, well credentialed, well educated, and experienced faculty members.  

[John Eagan]  We have an administrative law judge teaching business law for us, we have a C.M.A teaching taxation, and virtually all of our personnel hold an MBA or a law degree.

[Kathleen DeNisco]  Faculty use their real life experiences as examples to illustrate the concepts that they are teaching in their courses, whether it is a marketing concept, or a management concept, or an accounting concept.  

[Roy Pipitone]  What might the company do to get you from here to here?

[Frank Jordan]  Here at Erie Community College Business Administration, we do maintain an internship program whereby we place students directly in industries to apply what they have learned in the classroom in a real life situation.

[Richard A. Rich]  What we try to do here at ECC is obtain, for students, the ability to work at various companies and learning how it is done at these companies.  In other words, trying to apply some of their knowledge that they have acquired here in more of a practical aspect.

[Kathleen DeNisco]  Most of our graduates are very employable upon graduation because they have the basic skills in accounting, and in finance, and in management, and in marketing.

[Richard A. Rich]  The job opportunities that we have here at ECC upon graduation are almost limitless.  The foundation that a business degree gives an individual almost qualifies you for any kind of a position out there or occupation that isn’t obviously specialized.  

[Kathleen DeNisco] Under field size, I am going to change the field size from 50 to 30.

[Frank Jordan]  The student I think makes their best choice by coming to ECC.  We are giving them an opportunity to learn, and we are here to help them learn, and we have also opened all the doors leading out of ECC whether it be to an educational institution or whether it be to a job.