Academics
The College of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA). Other programs include a study-abroad program. The strongest areas of study are finance, accounting, marketing, management information systems, and management. The most popular courses are Advanced Accounting Information Systems, Health Care Law, and Database Modeling and Design. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. These include Business Week and the Ethics Speaker Series.
Thirty-three total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 12 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Accounting for Business Decisions
- Business Policy and Strategy
- Statistical Methods in Business and Economics
- Financial Policies
- Organizational Theory and Behavior
- Managerial Economics
- Marketing Administration
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by transferring up to 9 credit hours from another institution.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full or part time is 1 year; maximum, 6 years.
There are 32 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well below average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 2; average business class size is 34.