Academics
The School of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) as well as a joint degree in Law (JD/MBA) and business education (MED/MBA). Other programs include work-study and internship programs. The most popular course is in management. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. The Distinguished Speaker Series brings two speakers per semester to the Business School to share their experiences and give advice to our business majors.
Thirty total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 6 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Accounting Issues in Business Decisions
- Economics of the Firm (Microeconomics)
- Financial Management
- Quantitative Management
- Market Administration
- Organizational Behavior
- Law and Ethics in the Business Environment
- Policy Formulation and Administration
Required courses for the MBA-Accounting Concentration include:
- Economics of the Firm
- Financial Management
- Quantitative Management
- Policy Formulation and Administration
- Federal Tax Accounting
- Auditing Concepts and Applications
- Advanced Accounting ll
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 year; maximum, 6 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 15 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 80% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated average for Category llA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 10; average business class size is 24.