Academics
The Graduate School of Management offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science in Finance (MSF). Other programs include joint research, work-study, 3-2 degrees with College of the Holy Cross and Trier University in Germany, foreign exchange with Universite Laval in Quebec, Vaxjo University in Sweden, and University of Paris-Sorbonne in France, and paid summer internships for full-time students. The strongest areas of study are finance, health care, management and policy, and international management. The most popular courses are in finance, marketing, MIS, and international management. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus and include the Graduate Student Council Speaker Series, Leadership Speaker Series, and Leadership and Decision Making Seminar.
Sixteen total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 5 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Management Economics
- Statistical Methods/Management Decision Models
- Foundations of Accounting
- Financial Management/Stock and Bond Valuation
- Creating Effective Organizations
- Marketing Management/Marketing Strategy and Simulation
- Management Information Systems
- Operations Management
- International Management and Global Competition
- Contemporary Business Law
- Business in Society
- 5 elective courses
Required courses for the MSF include:
- Advanced Derivatives
- Case Studies in Derivatives
- Financial Econometrics
- Portfolio Management
- Stock and Bond Valuation
- Derivatives Valuation
- Market Microstructures
- Corporate Finance
- Investment Strategies
- Fixed Income Securities
- 2 electives
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements with advanced placement of up to 4 background and core courses.
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 1 1/2 years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 18 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 95% hold a doctorate; there are 12 part-time faculty, of whom 50% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 5; average business class size is 22.