SUMMER BUSINESS ACADEMY
“SBA allowed me to gain extensive knowledge and skills in a remarkably short time, significantly boosting my professional development."
Mawutor Fiavey
'25 CLAS Comprehensive Science, '24 SBA
Your understanding of business is our business.
ֱ’s Summer Business Academy (SBA), designed exclusively for non-business majors, is a six-credit, four-week, online summer program. This holistic educational experience offers an exposure to the dynamic nature of business, providing graduates a global business lens that will help them be more informed “consumers” academically, personally — and professionally.
SBA provides non-business majors a productive summer experience, exposure to the business landscape, an academic credential — and a valuable affiliation with the ֱ School of Business (VSB). Through a mix of academic courses, experiential and applied learning, and exposure to VSB’s well-recognized and respected professional development component, students will gain a basic understanding of business they can apply to their primary course of study or use as a springboard to learn more.
Through its experiential education, SBA provides students with the opportunity to earn an academic credential from ֱ's nationally renowned business school along with a wide array of additional benefits, including:
- A more diverse academic portfolio
- An expanded peer, academic and professional network
- A broadened understanding of career options
SBA also provides access to VSB faculty, resources, programs and events. Additionally, upon successful completion of the program, SBAstudents can apply to ֱ’s Summer Business Institute or to ֱ’s Academic Year Business Minor program, allowing SBA graduates to extend their business education and affiliation with VSB upon acceptance to those programs.
Jarryd Kainz
Assistant Director, Business Minor Programs
The Clay Center at VSB - Bartley Hall 1054
ֱ School of Business | ֱ, PA 19085
