Academics
The School of Business Administration offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Administration in Health Care Management (MBA), and Master of Business Administration in Accounting (MBA). Other programs include internships in health care management and a federally funded campus work-study program based on financial need. The most popular course is in management information systems. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus.
Forty-eight total credits are required to complete the MBA. Required courses include:
- Business Finance
- Behavioral Course
- Quantitative Course
- Marketing Course
- Business Environment Course
- Managerial Accounting Course
- International Course
- Technology Course
- Strategic Management
- Ethics, Law, and Social Responsibility
Required courses for the MBA in Health Care Management include:
- International Course
- Technology Course
- Marketing Course
- Introduction to U.S. Health Care System
- Health Care Finance and Economics
- Health Care Management
- Seminar in Health Care
- Health Care Field Work
- Strategic Management
- Ethics, Law, and Social Responsibility
- Business Finance
- Managerial Accounting
Required courses for the MBA in Accounting include:
- Economics for Management
- Management and Organizational Behavior
- Financial Accounting
- Quantitative Analysis and Statistics
- Production and Operations Management
- Marketing Management
- Ethics, Law and Social Responsibility
- Business Finance
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements transfer of graduate credits or waiver; if a student has received an undergraduate degree in business within the past 7 years, core courses may be waived.
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, 5 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 5 years.
There are 33 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 87% hold a doctorate; there are 5 part-time faculty, of whom 20% hold a doctorate. Average number of courses faculty teach is 6; average business class size is 25.