Academics
The VSB offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA), Full Time Equivalent 24-month MBA (FTEMBA), Master of Accountancy (MAC), Master of Taxation (MT), Master of Technology Management (MTM), and Master of Science in Finance (MSF) as well as a joint degree in law (JD/MBA). Other programs include interdisciplinary programs in engineering and computer science (MTM). The strongest areas of study are finance and marketing. The most popular courses are Portfolio Management and E-business. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus.
Forty-four to 56 total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 12 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Accounting Information and Decision Making
- Economic Analysis
- Corporate Finance
- Decisions in Marketing
- Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Management Accounting: Concepts for Planning, Control, and Decision Making
- Leadership and Team Building
- Applied Corporate Finance
- Strategic Management of Marketing
- Technology Course Option
- Decision Technology for Business Application
- Economics of Strategy
- Strategic Management
- Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions
- Business Ethics
Required courses for the MT include:
- Employment Law
- Introduction to Taxation
- Legal Process and Professional Responsibility
- Taxation of Property Dispositions
- Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders
- Tax Accounting
- Tax Procedure
- Taxation of Trusts and Estates
- Partnership Taxation
- Legal Orientation
- Federal Wealth Transfer and Taxation
- Tax Research and Writing
Required courses for the MAC include:
- Taxes and Business Strategy
- Performance Measurement/Strategic Cost Management
- Applied Corporate Finance
- Fraud Examination and Forensic Accounting
- Advanced Topics in Disclosure and Financial Reporting
- Risk Management and Assurance Services
- Negotiation, Ethics and Relationship Management
- Accounting Information Systems
- Global Financial Markets
- Ethics and Legal Environment of Business
Required courses for the MSF include:
- Survey of Financial Theory
- Probabillity and Stochastic Processes
- Contemporary Topics in Finance: Valuation
- Financial Marketing and Institutions
- Derivatives
- Time Series and Applied Business Forecasting
- Financial Modeling
- Applied Corporate Finance
- Corporate Risk Management
- Student Managed Funds
Required courses for the FTEMBA include:
- Foundations of Economics
- Statistics
- Accounting
- Marketing Management
- Business Technology Management
- Leadership and Ethics
- Decision Making for Business Applications
- Financial Management
- Virtual Supply Chain Management
- Strategic Management for Global Organizations
- Financial Risk Management
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by having basic core courses waived if completed through prior course work or by taking a challenge exam.
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 1 year; maximum, 7 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 7 years.
There are 95 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 90% hold a doctorate; there are 61 part-time faculty, of whom 14% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well above average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 9; average business class size is 27.