Academics
The Opus College of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Health Care UST MBA (MBA), Executive UST MBA (MBA), Master of Business Communication (MBC), Master of Science in Real Estate Appraisal (MS), and Master of Science in Accountancy (MS) as well as a joint degree in law (JD/MBA). Other programs include internships, cooperative programs, work-study programs within the university, and foreign exchange with 13 countries. The strongest areas of study are finance, marketing, entrepreneurship, international management, health care management, human resource management, general management and accounting. The most popular courses are in management, finance, and marketing. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. Visiting professors and speakers come to campus through the Opus Distinguished Speakers Program and through the Faculty Seminar Series.
Sixty-one total credits are required to complete the Part-Time MBA, including 15 elective credits. Required courses for the Part-Time MBA include:
- Financial Accounting
- Management and Organizational Behavior
- Legal Environment of Business
- Economics of Organization and Management
- Managerial Accounting
- Financial Management
- Marketing Management
- Business Ethics
- Operations Management
- Statistics Methods for Decision Making
- Strategic Management
Required courses for the Full-Time MBA include:
- Marketing Management
- Management of Organizational Behavior
- Financial Accounting
- Statistics for Management Decision Making
- Economics of Organization and Management
- Financial Management
- Managerial Accounting
- Operations Management
- Applied Business Research
- Business Ethics
- Information Technology Management
- Strategic Capstone Management
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements up to 12 credits in the part-time MBA. Core may be waived through examination. Full-time students may not waive core courses.
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 21 months; maximum, 21 months. For students attending part time, the minimum is 3 years; maximum, 7 years.
There are 72 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 84% hold a doctorate; there are 180 part-time faculty, of whom 33% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated below average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 6; average business class size is 21.