Academics
The Clemson University College of Business a offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Marketing (MSMkt), Master of Science in Management (MSM), Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAcc), and Master of Arts in Economics (MA) as well as a doctoral program in economics. Other programs include foreign exchange with France, Germany, and Belgium, and summer internships with industry, and dual degrees in many areas. The strongest areas of study are MBA and Masters in Public Accountancy. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. Speakers come twice a month, drawn from business and industry.
Sixty-two total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 18 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Managerial Economics
- Statistical Analysis for Business
- Introduction to Accounting and Finance
- Operations Management
- Management Information Systems Development
- Organization Behavior/Human Resources Management
- Strategic Management
- Managerial Marketing
- Business Communications
- Managerial Accounting
- Advanced Financial Management
- Advanced Marketing Strategy
- Business Law
Required courses for the MPAcc include:
- Environment of Accounting
- Advanced Accounting Problems
- Law for Professional Accountants
- International Financial Management
- Non-accounting business-related course chosen with coordinator’s consent
- Contemporary Financial Accounting Theory
- Auditing Seminar
- Accounting Information Systems
- Taxation of Business Entities
- Controllership
- Operational Auditing
Required courses for the MSMkt include:
- Marketing Strategy and Analysis
- Marketing Research
- Quantitative Methods in Marketing
- Buyer Behavior
- Seminar in Marketing Management
- Selected Topics in Marketing
- Master’s Project Research
- Statistical Methods
- Analytic Methods Course
Required courses for the MA include:
- Microeconomic Theory l
- Macroeconomic Theory
- Econometrics l
- Applied Math Economics
- Microeconomic Theory ll
- Macroeconomic Theoy ll
- Econometrics ll
- Computational Methods in Economics
- Price Theory
- Gen Equil and Growth
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by waiving, with replacement, up to 15 semester hours via testing. Up to 6 approved semester hours may be transferred from another acceptable school.
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, 6 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 87 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate; there are 2 part-time faculty, of whom 50% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 4; average business class size is 25.