Academics
The School offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Public Administration (MPA). Other programs include work-study programs and internships with SBA-aided local businesses. The strongest areas of study are finance, accounting, international business, management, and public management. The most popular courses are project management, international management, business research methods, investments, nonprofit accounting, information systems, management theory and practice, and international marketing.
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Business Research Methods
- Management Information Systems
- Quantitative Business Methods
- Management Theory and Practice
or - Organizational Development and Behavior
- Marketing Management
- Financial Management
- Managerial Economics
- Policy Formulation
- Accounting for the Management Function
Required courses for the MPA include:
- Public Management Research
- Public Policy Development and Implementation
- Public Finance and the Budgetary Process
- Planning in Government
- Quantitative Methods for Public Administration
- Management of Government Organizations
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by substituting course work completed at other schools.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The maximum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full or part time is 5 years.
There are 7 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate; there are 4 part-time faculty, of whom 2 hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated below average for Category llA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 3; average business class size is 14.