Academics
The CBPM offers the Master of Business Administration (Career MBA), Master of Business Administration for Experienced Professionals (MBA), Master of Business Information Technology (MBIT), Master of Science: Leadership and Management (MSLM), Master of Public Administration (MPA), Master of Health Administration (MHA), and Master of Science: Gerontology (MSGERO) as well as a doctoral program in publis administration, and a joint degree in law (MBA/JD). The strongest areas of study are management, leadership, finance, supply chain, international business, and marketing. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus.
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the Career MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses for the Career MBA include:
- Accounting Information for Decision Making
- Economics of the Firm
- Financial Management
- Seminar in Organizational Theory and Behavior
- Seminar in Marketing Management
- Business Analysis
- Management of Information Technology
- Managing in a Global Economy
- Graduate Business Seminar
Required courses for the MBA for Experienced Professionals include:
- Managing Technology
- Managing Financial Resources
- Designing Effective Organizations
- Strategic Management
Required courses for the MBIT include:
- Accounting Information for Decision Making
- Management of Information Technology
- Integrated Data Management
- Information Networks
- Systems Planning and Implementation
- Electronic Commerce
- Current Issues in Management Practice
- Seminar in Marketing Management
- Analysis of Business Operations
- Graduate IT Seminar
Required courses for the MS Leadership and Management include:
- Organizational Theory and Development
- Leadership: Theory and Practice
- Ethics and Decision Making
- Human Resource Management
- Conflict Management and Organizational Change
- Organizational Research
- Graduate Seminar
Required courses for the Master of Public Administration include:
- Introduction to Public Administration
- Human Resource Management in Public Administration
- Organizational Theory
- Policy Formation and Analysis
- Management of Public Funds
- Reorganization and Intergovernmental Relations
- Ethics and Leadership in Public Management
- Administrative Law
- Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis for Public Management
- Managing Collaborative Networks
- Strategic Planning and Organization Change
- Graduate Seminar
Required courses for the Master of Health Administration include:
- Managing and Leading in Health Service Organizations
- Recent Trends and Issues in Health Services
- Financial and Cost Analysis
- Healthcare Economics
- Organizational Communications
- Organizational Research Methods
- Graduate Seminar
- MHA Professional Seminar
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by transferring up to 6 semester hours of acceptable course work completed within the past 5 years from an acceptable institution at which a grade of B or better was achieved.
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 1 year; maximum, 5 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 to 2<1/2> years; maximum, 5 years.
There are 37 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 90% hold a doctorate; there are 70 part-time faculty. Average number of courses faculty teach is 6; average business class size is 12.