Academics
The MBA Program offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) as well as a joint degree in nursing (MSN/MBA). Other programs include internships and work-study programs. The strongest areas of study are finance, management, accounting, and management information systems. The most popular courses are Financial Statement Analysis and Management Skills Lab. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus, including the Executive-on-Campus Program, Economic Outlook, and Business Ethics Forum.
Thirty-three total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 4 elective credits. Required courses include:
- The Executive Communicator: Presentation Module
- Computer Literacy for the Contemporary Business Environment
- Mathematical Methods Module
- Business Economics
- Financial Accounting: A Customer Focus
- Statistical Thinking for Managers
- Effective and Efficient Management of Operations
- Financial Markets
- Creating Customers through Effective Marketing Management
- Financial Performance: Control and Measurement
- Managerial Accounting for Decision Making, Planning, and Control
- Self-Assessment for Leadership
- Information Technology for Decision Making
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Competing in a Global Market
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements for all 500-level, basic core courses.
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 3 trimesters.
There are 35 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 85% hold a doctorate; there are 27 part-time faculty, of whom 25% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated above average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average business class size is 22.