Academics
The School of Graduate Studies offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Management and Leadership (MS), Master of Science in Human Resource Management (MSHRM), and Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS).
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 15 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Business Research Methods
- Seminar in Business Strategy and Policy
- Managerial Statistics
- Ethics and Values of Leadership
or - Analytical Methods for Management Decisions
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing Strategy
- Accounting for Management
- Development of Information Systems Applications
or - Financial Management
- Organizational Behavior
Required courses for the MSIS include:
- Telecommunications for Managers
- Systems Analysis for Managers
- Managing Information Systems
- Applied Database Management
- Quantitative Concepts in Computing
- Research Methods in Information Systems
- 12 hours CIS electives and 6 hours of general electives
Required courses for the MSHRM include:
- Foundations of Financial Systems
- Foundations of Management
- Managerial Statistics
- Business Research Methods
- Law and Regulation in Human Resources
- Managing Human Resource Development
- Workforce Planning and Employment
- Compensation Management
- Employment and Labor Relations
- Professional Issues in Human Resources
- Electives to bring to 36 hours
Required courses for the MSML include:
- Foundations of Financial Systems
- Foundations of Management
- Managerial Statistics
- Business Research Methods
- Managing Information Systems
or Strategic Impact of Technology - Organizational Behavior
- Analysis and Design
or or Organizations - Seminar: Management and Leadership
- Managing Operations and Services
- Organizational Development and Change
- Electives to 36 hours
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements Subject to approval, students may transfer up to 12 semester hours of graduate coursework from another regionally accredited institution.
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 4 semesters.
There are 8 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate; there are 5 part-time faculty. Faculty salaries are rated below average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 12; average business class size is 21.