Academics
The Graduate Business Center offers the Master of Business Administration in economics/finance, technology and electronic commerce, management, executive management, and general business (MBA). The strongest areas of study are management and finance.
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 6 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Managerial Accounting
- Business and the Economic Environment
- Financial Accounting
- Management and Organizational Theory
- Business Communications
- Marketing Management
- Evolution of Business
- Strategic Management
- Managerial Problem Analysis
- Business Information Systems
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 2 years; maximum, 6 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 1/2 years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 20 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 90% hold a doctorate; there are 2 part-time faculty. Average business class size is 18.