Academics
The Graduate School of Business and Management offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Public Administration (MPA), Master of Science in computer systems (MS), and Master of Arts (MA). Other programs include work-study and internships. The strongest area of study is business administration. The most popular course is in general management.
Forty-five total credits are required to complete the MBA. Required courses include:
- Marketing Management
- Management Accounting
- Managerial Communication and Research Methods
- Quantitative Methods for Managers
- High Performance Organizations
- Managerial Economics
- Management Information Systems
- Principles of Finance
- Legal Systems in a Global Economy
- Operations Management
Required courses for the MPA include:
- Managerial Communication and Research Methods
- Quantitative Methods for Managers
- High Performance Organizations
- Economic and Social Environments of Public Administration
- Management Information Systems
- Foundations of Public Administration
- Government Budgeting and Finance
- Intergovernmental Relations
- Advanced Methods of Analysis in Public Administration and Policy
- The Law and Public Administration
Required courses for the MS in computer systems include:
- Managerial Communications and Research Methods
- E-commerce
- Database Organization
- Operating Systems in a Distributed Environment
- Data Communications and Networks
- Internet/Intranet Design and Implementation
- Systems Analysis and Design
- Data Warehousing
- Software Development
- Strategic Planning for MIS
Required courses for the MS in project management include:
- Introduction to Project Management
- Leadership Principles for Project Managers
- Project Communications Management
- Project Planning and Control
- Systems Concepts and Thinking in Project Management
- Human Resources in Projects
- Project Financial Management
or Management Accounting - Project Risks and Decisions
- The Legal Environment
- Contract Administration in Project Management: Procurement
- Project Quality Management
- The Customer in the Project Process (Client/Customer/Stakeholder Satisfaction)
- Managing Change
- Project Management Program Integration
Required courses for the MA include:
- Managerial Communication and Research Methods
- Quantitative Methods for Managers
- High Performance Organizations
- Organizational Learning
- Creating Change in Organizations
- Managerial Leadership in the Twenty-first Century
- Leading from the Inside Out
Personal/Professional Development - Developing High Performance Teams
- Ethics at Work in Organizations
- Performance Consulting and Coaching
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by direct equivalencies, which must be a grade of 3.0 or better and are accepted for up to 12 quarter 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 5 quarters; part time, 8 quarters.
In a recent year, there were 27 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 15% held a doctorate; there awere 633 part-time faculty, of whom 18% held a doctorate. Average number of courses faculty teach is 1.