Academics
The School of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA). Other programs include a cooperative program with the Medical University of South Carolina for the MBA with a concentration in health management. The strongest areas of study are economics and management. The most popular courses are management and macroeconomics.
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA. Required courses include:
- Management Science
- Production Management
- Organizational Behavior
- Entrepreneurship
- Strategic Management
- Financial Accounting
- Managerial Accounting
- International Business Environment (Macroeconomics)
- Managerial Economics
- Information Systems Management
- Financial Management
- Marketing Theory
Required courses for the MBA with a concentration in health management include:
- Management Science
- Managerial Accounting
- Managerial Economics
- Financial Management
- Marketing Theory
- Strategic Management
- Health Care Delivery Systems
- Health Economics and Policy
- Health Law and Risk Management
- Health Care Finance
- Health Care Management
- Topics in Health Administration and Policy
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements for prerequisite foundation courses.
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending part time is 1<1/2> years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 12 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated below average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 3; average business class size is 15.