Academics
The Donahue School offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Information Systems Management (MSISM), Master of Science in Taxation (MST), and Master of Science in Accountancy (MAcc) as well as a joint degree in law (MBA/JD), pharmacy (MBA/MPh), environmental sciences (MBA/MS), liberal studies (MBA/Master of Liberal Studies), and health care management (MBA/MS). Other programs include a 3-2 degree with Duquesne’s McNulty College of Arts, cross-registration with the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie-Mellon University, internships, and foreign exchange with 3 countries. The strongest areas of study are finance, marketing, supply chain management, information technology. The most popular courses are in leadership, financial management, and supply management. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus, and include executive faculty, Executives-in-Residence programs, and distinguished speakers through the Beard Center for Leadership and Ethics.
Fifty-seven total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 15 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Public Affairs Management
- Managing Operations
- Managing a Diverse Workforce
- Strategy Formulation
- Quantitative Analysis
- External Financial Reporting
- Economics for Decision Making
- Information Systems for Managers
- Law for the Executive
- Marketing Management and Product Development
- Assessing the Financial Health of the Firm
- Strategic Uses of Accounting Information
- Communications—Written
- Communications—Presentation
- The Global Economy
- Understanding the Value Chain
- Leading Change in Organizations
- Applied Ethics
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements.
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 1/2 years; maximum, 6 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 to 3 years; maximum, 6 years.
In a recent year, there were 43 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 90% held a doctorate; there were 6 part-time faculty, of whom 50% held a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated above average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 18; average business class size is 24.