Academics
The School of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Arts in Administration (MAA) as well as a doctoral program in organizational leadership, mathematics education, international education, and entrepreneurship, and a joint degree in nursing (MSN/MBA). Other programs include work-study. The strongest areas of study are management and marketing. The most popular courses are information systems, international business, management, and marketing. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus.
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 6 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Managerial Accounting
- Managerial Economics
- Financial Management
- Information Systems Seminar
- Marketing Management
- Human Resource Management
- Business Research and Communication
- Quantitative Methods in Business
- Cases in Management Problems
- International Business Management
Required courses for the MAA include:
- Accounting Concepts and Issues
- Foundations of Organization Research and Assessment
- Administrative Law and Process
- Organizational Behavior and Learning
- Management Concepts and Issues
- Strategic Planning and Policy
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by transferring credits.
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.
There are 15 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 80% hold a doctorate; there are 21 part-time faculty, of whom 60% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated below average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average business class size is 13.