Academics
The Mendoza College of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA), Master of Science in Accountancy (MSACCT), and Master of Nonprofit Administration (MNA) as well as a joint degree in law MBA/JD and an MBA/Engineering and MBA/Science (for Notre Dame undergraduates only). Other programs include international programs in Chile, South Africa, Amsterdam, Japan, Brussels, and China. The strongest areas of study are corporate finance, marketing, general management, and consulting. The most popular courses are Security Analysis, Applied Investment Management, Financial Policy, Multinational Financial Management, Negotiations, Entrepreneurship, Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategic Cost Analysis, Business Forecasting, and Organizational Consulting. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. A variety of lecture series is offered, including the MBA Association Executive Speaker Series (for senior executives), the Eugene B. Clark Executive Lecture Series (for Fortune 100 CEOs), the O’Brien-Smith Visiting Scholars program, the Women Leading Lecture Series, and Ten Years Hence Lecture Series.
Sixty-three total credits are required to complete the MBA (2-year program), including 28 elective credits. Required courses for the MBA (2-year program) include:
- Statistics
- Accounting
- Microeconomic Analysis
- Organizational Behavior
- Marketing Management
- Macroeconomic Environment
- Financial Management
- Operations Management
- Conceptual Foundations in Business Ethics
- International Business (elective)
- Corporate Strategy and Planning
- Microsoft Excel Workshop
- Management Communication
Required courses for the MBA (1-year program) include:
- Macroeconomic Environment
- Management Communication
- Microeconomic Analysis
- Statistics
- Conceptual Foundations in Business Ethics
- International Business (elective)
- Corporate Strategy and Planning
- Microsoft Excel Workshop
Required courses for the MS Administration include:
- Statistics
- Accounting
- Microeconomic Analysis
- Marketing Management
- Financial Management
- Management Communication
- Business Ethics
- Strategy and Planning
- Law
- Board Management
- Fund Development
- Field Project
Required courses for the MS Accountancy include:
- Negotiations
- Taxes and Business Strategy
- Financial Management
Students in the MBA and MSACCT programs may waive course(s) but not hours.
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 11 months; maximum, 5 years.
In a recent year, there were 113 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 92% held a doctorate; there were 18 part-time faculty, of whom 61% held a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well above average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 3; average business class size is 29.