Academics
The MBA Program offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA). The strongest areas of study are finance and entrepreneurship. The most popular courses are e-commerce, Special Topics in Finance, and Strategic Project-Based Experience. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus and includes the Executive-in-Residence program.
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Integrative Managerial Skills
- Managerial Accounting
- Financial Decision Making
- Marketing Management
- Designing, Developing, and Leading High-Performance Organizations
- Managerial Decision Making Tools
- International Business and Society
- Issues in Management Information Systems
- Integrative MBA Seminar
- 3 electives
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements through previous coursework and by transferring graduate coursework from other schools.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The maximum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending part time is 6 years.
There are 25 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 9; average business class size is 17.