Academics
The College of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Accountancy (MAC), and Master of Business Administration for Entrepreneurial Thinking (IMBA) as well as a doctoral program in entrepreneurship, and a joint degree for all graduate programs on campus. Other programs include 3-2 degrees with the schools of Engineering and Arts and Science, a cooperative program with United Parcel Service, foreign exchange with 4 countries, an international trip, and internships. The strongest areas of study are entrepreneurship and leadership. The most popular courses are Marketing and Distribution Management, Managerial Finance, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Business Valuation and Analysis, and Managerial Economics. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. Various classes and the college have a variety of speakers, including entrepreneurs and business leaders; college-wide events are frequently open to the entire campus community.
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 6 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Managerial Accounting
- Managerial Economics
- Managerial Finance
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
- Operations and Design and Analysis
- Marketing and Distribution Management
- Strategic Management
- Business Valuation and Analysis
- Global Economics
- Leadership and Ethics
- Global Business
- business elective
Required courses for the IMBA include:
- Accounting Foundations
- Economic Foundations
- Finance Foundations
- Marketing Foundations
- Team Dynamics
- Opportunity Discovery
- New Venture Creation
- Leadership
- Individual and Organizational Influences on Innovative Behavior
- Business Plan Development
- Financial Strategy
- Information Technology and the Global Business Environment
- Developing High Performance Systems
- Life-Long Learning l
- Integrative Operatons Strategy
- Corporate Entrepreneurship and Global Strategy
- New Venture Implementation
- Life-Long Learning ll
Required courses for the MAC include:
- Cost and Operations Management
- Advanced Financial and Government Accounting
- Federal Taxation
- Financial Accounting and Professionalism
- Auditing and Systems
- Special Topics in Accounting
- Commercial Law Professional Accountants
- Professional Interest Area Electives
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements on an case-by-case basis.
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 year; maximum, 3 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 3 years.
There are 44 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 91% hold a doctorate; there are 10 part-time faculty, of whom 10% 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 5; average business class size is 22.