Academics
The Eberly College of Business and Information offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Education in Business (MEd). Other programs include internships with area businesses, federal and state work-study programs, foreign exchange with 12 countries, research assistantships, and a small business institute. The strongest areas of study are general management and international business. The most popular course is International Business. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus, including the Distinguished Speakers Program (Graduate Business Student Association).
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Managerial Accounting
- Financial Management
- Management Information Systems
- Organizational Analysis
- Business Policy
- Marketing Management
- Managerial Economics
- Quantitative Methods
- International Business
- Organizational Communications
- Operations Management
- Case Problems in Business Law
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by transferring up to 6 credits from other MBA/graduate programs.
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, 2 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 5 years.
There are 39 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 97% hold a doctorate; there are 2 part-time faculty, of whom 50% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated below average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 9; average business class size is 31.