Academics
The Mason School of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Accounting (MAcc) as well as joint degrees in law (MBA/JD), public policy (MBA/MPP), and international management (MBA/MIM) with the Garvin School of International Management. Other programs include foreign exchange with Norway, Costa Rica, France, Mexico, and Germany, work-study, internships, and joint research,. The strongest areas of study are finance, marketing, operations management, and entrepreneurship. The most popular courses are the Career Acceleration Modules: Enterpreneurship, Investments and Financial Services, Corporate Finance, Business to Consumer Marketing, Business to Business Marketing, and Operations and IT Management. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. Distinguished speakers are incorporated into the Career Acceleration Modules, Batten Fund, and student organizations such as National Association of Women MBAs.
Sixty-eight total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 26 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Accounting and Managerial Decision Making
- IT: The Technology Infrastructure
- Applied Data and Economic Analysis
- Financial Accounting: Reporting and Analysis
- Organizational Behavior and Process
- Marketing Management
- Business, Government, and the Global Economy
- Management Communications
- Financial Management
- IT-Enabled Technological Transformations
- Global Business Strategy
- Field Consultancy
- Design and Control of the Modern Operations Function
- Business Ethics
- Leadership Advantage
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, 2 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 3 years; maximum, 4 to 5 years.
There are 51 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 96% hold a doctorate; there are 11 part-time faculty, of whom 27% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated above average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 4; average business class size is 24.