Academics
The MBA Program offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) as well as a joint degree in Master of Business Administration / Juris Doctor Joint Degree Program with Southern New England School of Law. Other programs include cross-registration with Southern New England School of Law, work-study, foreign exchange with a German university, and internship programs in some electives. The strongest areas of study are accounting and management. The most popular courses are Accounting for Decision Making and Organizational Behavior.
Thirty total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Accounting for Decision Making
- Finance for Decision Making
- Information Technology Management
- Organizational Behavior
- Operations Analysis
- Marketing Strategy
- Strategic Management
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by having taken graduate or undergraduate equivalent courses of foundation courses only.
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 1 year; maximum, 5 years. For students attending part time, the maximum is 5 years.
There are 43 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 86% hold a doctorate; there are 21 part-time faculty. Faculty salaries are rated well 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 15.