Academics
The MBA Program offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Education (MBE), and Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS). The strongest areas of study are accounting, finance, marketing, management, and international business.
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 6 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Methods of Business Research
- Managerial Accounting
- Public Policy and American Enterprise
- Productional Operations Management
- Organization Behavior and Change
- Marketing Strategy
- Financial Management
- Managerial Economics
- Quantitative Decision Making
- Business Policy and Strategy
- 2 electives
Required courses for the MBE include:
- Curriculum Innovations in Business Education
- Research in Business Education
- Evaluation and Measurement in Business Education
- Integrative Office Information Management
- Organization Behavior and Change * independent research or thesis
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements only for prerequisites.
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 12 months; maximum, 7 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 30 months; maximum, 7 years.
There are 68 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated below 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 25.