Academics
The School of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science in Accounting (MSA) as well as joint degrees in accounting (MBA/MSA), nursing (MBA/MSN), law (MBA/JD), and health policy and management (MBA/MS in HPM). Other programs include a foreign exchange program, a 3-2 degree with the University of Southern Maine, cooperative programs with the Portland business community, and internships. The strongest areas of study are finance, management, marketing, and accounting. The most popular courses are finance, management, and marketing.
Thirty-nine total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Ethical and Legal Issues in Business
- Management Accounting Systems
- Finance
- Introduction to Organizational Change
- Managerial Marketing
or Consumer Behavior - Production/Operations Management
- Information Systems Management
- Management
- Practicum
Required courses for the MSA include:
- Current Issues and Developments in Accounting
- Financial Statement Reporting and Theory
- Professional Responsibilities and Conduct
- Introduction to Organizational Change
- International Finance
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements if they have completed foundation courses in economics, accounting, probability/statistics, operations analysis, computer application skills, finance, management, and marketing.
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<1/2> years; maximum, 6 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 19 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate; there are 2 part-time faculty, 1 of whom holds a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 18; average business class size is 16.