Academics
The School offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Accounting (MAcc), and Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) as well as a joint degree in law (JD/MBA) and Latin American studies. Other programs include work-study, foreign exchange with France and Mexico, joint research with area businesses and faculty-sponsored projects, and cross-registration with the Normandie Business School in Le Havre/Caen, France and the University of Guanajuato, ITAM in Mexico. There is also a 5-year combined bachelor and MBA degree, a 15-credit post-master’s professional program for MBA graduates, and a 2-year part-time program for midlevel bankers at the New Mexico School of Banking. The strongest areas of study are finance and MIS. The most popular courses are in management information systems and finance. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. Associated graduate business students hold regular speaker meetings throughout the year.
Sixteen total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 6 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Microeconomics for Managers
- Statistical Analysis for Management Decisions
- Organizational Behavior and Diversity
- Operations Research and Production Management
- Marketing Management
- Financial Management
- Strategic Management
- Accounting and Management Information Systems I
- Technology Commercialization and the Global Environment
- Ethical, Political, Social, and Legal Environment of Business
Required courses for the EMBA include:
- Computer-Based Information Systems
- Organizational Behavior I and II
- Organizational Economics I and II
- Management Science
- Operations Management
- Financial Accounting
- Organizational Environment Law
- Management Accounting
- Financial Management
- Marketing Management
- International Management
- practicum
or elective seminar - integrative seminar
Required courses for the MAcc include:
- Seminar in Accounting and Its Development
- Professional Accounting
- Seminar in Individual Tax Planning
- Seminar in Business Tax Planning
- Advanced Auditing
- Seminar in Controllership
- Tax Research, Procedure, Compliance, and Practice
- Seminar in International Accounting
- Seminar in Managerial Control
- Management Information Systems
- Professional Communication and Reporting
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements on the basis of previous course work.
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 1<1/2> years; maximum, 7 years.
In a recent year there were 46 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom held a doctorate; there are 18 part-time faculty, of whom 27% held 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 5; average business class size is 30.