Academics
The MBA Program offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA). Other programs include 3-credit internships and a 1-year accelerated MBA. The strongest areas of study are management, international business, and management information systems. The most popular courses are Management of Information Systems and Strategic Planning Concepts. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. The MBA Luncheon Speakers Program brings distinguished business leaders to campus to lecture during the lunch break in the Saturday MBA program approximately 4 times a year.
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 12 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Accounting for Managers
- Global Environment of Business
- Legal Environment of Business
- Statistical Technology and Marketing Research
- Corporate Finance
- Organizational Behavior
- Quantitative Methods
- Managerial Economics
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements. Students can transfer up to 9 credits of previous graduate course work.
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, 6 years.
In a recent year, there were 10 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 60% held a doctorate; there are 17 part-time faculty, of whom 13% held a doctorate. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 12; average business class size is 14.