Academics
The College of Business Administration offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Accountancy (MACC), Master of Arts in Economics (MAE), and Master of Science in Economics (MSE). Other programs include internships. The strongest area of study is management. The most popular course is Finance.
Fifty-one total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Statistics for Decision Making
- Production/Operations Management
- Financial Managerial Accounting
- Organizational Behavior Science
- Financial Management
- Economics of the Firm
- Marketing Management
- Managing Computer Systems
- Changing Environments of Business
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The maximum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full or part time is 6 years.
There are 23 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 90% hold a doctorate; there is 1 part-time faculty member. Faculty salaries are rated above average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 6; average business class size is 25.