Academics
The Carlson School offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Arts in Human Resources and Industrial Relations (MA/HRIR), Master of Business Taxation (MBT), and Master of Health Care Administration (MHA) as well as a doctoral program in business administration and in human resources and industrial relations, and joint degrees in health care administration, law (JD/MBA), and medicine (MD/MBA). Other programs include work-study, internships, joint research, and foreign exchange with 13 countries. The strongest areas of study are management information systems, human resources and industrial relations, marketing, finance, general management operations, health care administration, and entrepreneurial studies. The most popular courses are finance and marketing electives. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus, including lecturers and classroom speakers. First Tuesday brings in distinguished speakers every month.
Sixty-three total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 32 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Data Analysis and Statistics
- Financial Accounting
- Marketing Management
- Operations Management
- Financial Management
- Managerial Accounting
- Strategic Management
- Ethical Environment of Business
- Top Management Perspectives * Three electives from options menus
- Information Technology Management
Required courses for the Evening MBA include:
- Strategic Management
- Data Analysis and Statistics for Managers
- Financial Accounting
- Operations Management
- Financial Management
- Marketing Management
- Managerial Accounting
- Ethical Environment of Business
- Three electives from options menus (1 economics-related)
Part-time MBA students may waive core requirements with proof of recently completed comparable coursework.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time or part time is 2 years; maximum, 7 years.
There are 133 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 93% hold a doctorate; there are 120 part-time faculty, of whom 61% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well above average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 2; average business class size is 30.