Academics
The Graduate College of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Arts in Management (MAM).The strongest areas of study are management, human resources management, and finance. The most popular courses are Leadership in Management, Business Ethics, and Organizational Behavior. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. the Graduate College of Business hosts a Business Luncheon and Seminar Training Series in which noteworthy speakers address timely topics. In addition, guest professors are invited to teach a mini-term course, and the instructors utilize distinguished speakers in their classes.
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 12 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Corporate Finance
- Quantitative Analysis for Managers
- Managerial Accounting
- Strategic Management Decisions
- Management Information Systems
- Creative Problem Solving for Marketing Decisions
- Leadership in Management
- Business Ethics
Required courses for the MAM include:
- Communication and Business Behavior
- Managing Change in Organizations
- High Performance Work Teams
- Business Ethics
- Leadership in Management
- Organizational Behavior
- Human Resource Management
- Problems and Challenges in Organizational Management
Course substitutions may be made occasionally, based upon the recommendation of the Director of the Graduate Program.
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full or part time is 1<1/2> years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 19 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 79% hold a doctorate; there are 86 part-time faculty, of whom 26% hold a doctorate. Average business class size is 17.