Academics
The College of Business and Public Administration offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Public Administration (MPA) as well as a joint degree in PhD in Information Sciences with Claremont Graduate University (Drucker). Other programs include internships with local manufacturing and service companies, joint research with faculty, and consulting programs with area businesses. The strongest areas of study are finance, information systems, marketing, accounting, management, and entrepreneurship. The most popular courses are accounting, finance, information systems, and marketing. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus.
Forty-eight total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 20 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Organization Theory and Behavior
- Financial Planning and Control
- Marketing Management
- Accounting for Managerial Decision Making
- Supply Chain Management
- Corporate Strategies in Global Economy
- Information Management Systems
Required courses for the MPA include:
- Research Methods in Administration
- Public Administration Theory and Practices
- Public Financial Management
- Human Resources Management in the Public Sector
- Public Budgeting and Finance
- Management of Public Organizations
- Administrative Regulation
- Public Policy Analysis
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by transferring up to 12 quarter units from an approved graduate program.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 1 year; maximum, 7 years.
There are 36 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate; there are 2 part-time faculty, of whom 50% 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 18.