Academics
The Tippie School of Management offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Accountancy (MAc) as well as a doctoral program in business administration and economics., and a joint degree in law (MBA/JD), health care (MBA/MHA ), nursing (MBA/MA), library science (MBA/MA LibraryScience), medicine, (MBA/MD). Students may design their own joint-degree program. Other programs include work-study, foreign exchange with 4 countries, a strong summer internship program, and joint research opportunities. There is an intersession study program in London and Hong Kong. The strongest areas of study are finance, marketing, accounting, and entrepreneurship. The most popular courses are finance and marketing. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. Senior executives come in for guest lectures.
Sixty total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 30 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Marketing Management
- Managerial Economics
- Managerial Finance
- Operations Management
- Strategic Management and Business Policy
- Management in Organizations
- Corporate Financial Reporting
- Data and Decisions
- International Economic Environment of the Firm
- Seminar in Strategic Management
- MBA Competitive Prep
- Tippie Leadership Series
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements on a limited basis; waiver of courses (not hours) may be possible due to previous course work.
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 2 years; maximum, 2 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 10 years.
There are 99 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 92% hold a doctorate; there are 10 part-time faculty, of whom 40% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated above average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 4; average business class size is 27.