Academics
The School of Business Administration offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Accounting (MAcc), and Master of Science in Information Technology Management (MSITM) as well as a joint JD/MBA with the Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Other programs include interdisciplinary programs in engineering management, and in health safety management, joint research, and a post-master certificate program. The strongest areas of study are management information systems, organizational behavior, finance, marketing, accounting, and international business. The most popular courses are Total Quality Management, international courses, and courses in finance, marketing, and ethics. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus, including the Business Forum, the Dean’s Lecture series, Executive-on-Campus programs, and the Alice Gorlin Memorial Lecture.
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 15 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Managerial Accounting Systems
- Managerial Economics
- Marketing Management
- Enterprise Information Systems
- Operations Management
- Policy, Strategy, and Goals
- Financial Management
- Statistical Analysis
- International Business
- Organizational Behavior
- Legal Environment of Business
Required courses for the MAcc include:
- Accounting and Communications
- Professional Issues in Accounting
- Financial Management
- 15 credits of accounting electives
Required courses for the MSITM include:
- Managerial Accounting Systems
- Marketing Management
- Organizational Behavior
- Operations Management
or Financial Management - Introduction to Information Systems Management
- Technology of Information Systems
- Systems Analysis
- Systems Design
- Software Project Management
- Project Seminar
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements based on previous graduate or undergraduate course work. Students may be exempted from any core course except Policy, Strategy, and Goals. MBA students must take at least 1 graduate-level course in each of the functional areas.
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 1/2 years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 50 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 96% hold a doctorate; there are 15 part-time faculty. Faculty salaries are rated above average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 5; average business class size is 35.