Academics
The Welch College of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) as well as a joint degree in nursing (MBA/MSN) and business (BS/MBA). Other programs include work-study, cross-registration, internships, and foreign exchange with Luxembourg. The strongest area of study is management, accounting, finance, and international business. The most popular courses are in management and finance. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. Guest lectures are held 6 to 9 times per year featuring distinguished speakers and local executives from Fortune 500 companies.
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 15 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Accounting for Decision Making and Control
- Organizational Management and Business Communication
- Organizational Behavior
- Legal Environment of Business
- Dynamics of Information Technology
- Operations Management
- Global Management Integration
- Leadership and Ethics
- Managerial Economics
- Financial Management
- Marketing Management
- International Business
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements. To apply for prerequisite undergraduate credit equivalents, a student must have had an average grade of B or better and courses must have been taken within the past 6 years.
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, 3 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 1 year; maximum, 6 years.
There are 35 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 81% hold a doctorate; there are 27 part-time faculty, of whom 50% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated above average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 2; average business class size is 17.