Academics
The School of Business Administration offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Taxation (MST), Master of Professional Accounting (MPAcc), Master of Science in Computer Information Systems (MSCIS), Master of Science in Management Science (MSMS), Master of Arts in Economics (MAE), and Master of Public Administration (MPA) as well as a doctoral program in economics and a joint degree in law (JD/MBA). The strongest areas of study are international business, management, finance, management science, and marketing.
Forty-eight total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 18 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Business Policy and Strategy
- Essentials of Economics
- Accounting for Decision Making
- Statistics for Managerial Decision Making
- Managing Through People
- Valuation and Financial Decision Making
- Management Science Models for Decision Making
- Foundations of Marketing Management
- The Financial Environment
- Principles of Operations Management
- Foundations of Management Information Systems
- Legal and Ethical Implications of Business Decision Making
- Corporate Strategy and Organization
- Strategic Marketing
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 1 year; maximum, 6 years.
There are 142 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 81% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 4; average business class size is 28.