Academics
The College of Business offers the Master of Business Administration-General Management (MBA), Engineering Management (MBA/MS dual degree) (EMP), Master of Science in Industrial and Technical Studies (MSI&TS), MBA, Architecture Specialization (MBA/AMP), MBA, Agribusiness Specialization (MBA/AGB), MBA, Landscape Architecture Specialization (MBA/LA), and MBA, Graphic Communication Document System Management (MBA/GRC) as well as a joint degree in EMP (Engineering Management Program – Dual Degree). Other programs include joint degree in MBA/MS Engineering (specialization in Engineering Management), foreign exchange internship programs, and Internation Business Study Tour – People’s Republic of China. The strongest areas of study are general management and engineering management. The most popular courses are International Business, Effective Communication Skills for Managers, Commercialization of Innovative Technologies, Negotiations for Managers, Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business, and International Business Study Tour to China. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus through fellowships, individual programs by instructors, the MBA Association, and the Professional Development Speaker Series.
Sixty total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 24 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Accounting for Managers
- Quantitative Analysis
- Organizational Behavior
- Managerial Economics
- Marketing Management
- Managerial Finance
- Aggregate Economic Analysis and Policy
- Production and Operations Management
- General Management and Strategy
Required courses for the EMP include:
- Accounting for Managers
- Organizational Behavior
- Marketing Management
- Managerial Economics
- Manufacturing Systems
- Managerial Finance
- Technological Project Management
- General Management and Strategy
- Graduate Seminar
- Aggregate Economics Analysis and Policy
- Executive Seminars
- Graduate Internship
- Advanced Topics in Simulation
- Applied Statistical Methods in Engineering
Required courses for the MS I&TS include:
- Impact of Science and Technology
- Improving Productivity through Technology
- Trends and Issues in Technology
- Management of Technology
- Commercializing Technological Developments
- Industrial and Technical Studies Project/Thesis
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 1 year; maximum, 7 years. For students attending part-time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 7 years.
There are 60 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 98% hold a doctorate; there are 3 part-time faculty, of whom 66% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well above average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 8; average business class size is 25.