Academics
The College of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Accounting (MSA), Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS), Master of Science in International Business (MSIB), Master of Science in Human Resource Management (MSHRM), and Master of Science in Real Estate (MSRE). Other programs include a co-op program with Nottingham Trent University, Great Britain, work-study, and an internship in real estate. The strongest areas of study are accounting, international business, management, human resource management, and real estate. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus.
Thirty-seven total credits are required to complete the MBA and 31 credits for all others. Required courses include:
- Accounting for Executives
- Economics for Decision Makers
- Finance for Decision Makers
- Information Resource Management
- Quantitative Analysis for Decision Makers
- The Functions of the Executive
- Strategic Management
- Marketing Strategies: Theory and Practice
Required courses for the MSIB include:
- Graduate Business Orientation
- Quantitative Analysis for Decision Makers
- International Accounting
- International Business: Environment Analysis
- International Financial Analysis
- International Marketing Analysis
- International Leadership and Management
- International Consulting
- Strategic Management
- One of the following:
- The Economics of Development and Underdevelopment
- International Trade, Multinational Corporations, and the Question
- International Finance and Balance of Payments
Required courses for the MSIS include:
- Graduate Business Orientation
- Data Base Management
- Accounting for Executives
- Information Resource Management
- Systems Analysis and Design
- Introduction to Information Systems
- Management of Information Systems
- Quantitative Analysis for Decision Makers
Required courses for the MSA include:
- Graduate Business Orientation
- Managerial Accounting
- Issues in Asset Valuation
- Issues in Income Determination
- Introduction to Information Systems
- Accounting Information Systems
- Accounting Theory and Policy
Required courses for the MSHRM include:
- Graduate Business Orientation
- Strategic Issues in Human Resources
- Employee Staffing and Selection
- Compensation Management
- Seminar in Human Resources Management
- Executive Leadership
- Organizational Theory
Required courses for the MSRE include:
- Graduate Business Orientation
- Accounting for Executives
- Finance for Decision Makers
- Quantitative Analysis
- Real Estate Process
- Real Estate Finance and Investment Six to 9 semester hours of graduate course work may be transferred in with consent of department.
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<1/2> years; maximum, 6 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 29 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 93% hold a doctorate; there are 40 part-time faculty, of whom 40% 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 6; average business class size is 24.