Academics
The MBA Program offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Public Administration (MPA), and Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) as well as a joint degree in in public administration (MBA/MPA). Other programs include interdisciplinary programs in computer science and communications and individually arranged internships. The strongest areas of study are accounting, not-for-profit, entrepreneurship, health services administration, and statistics. The most popular courses are Decision Making, Quantitative Communications, International Ops, and Ethics and Leadership.
Forty-nine total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 12 elective credits. Required courses include:
- The MBA Experience
- Corporate Finance
- Information Technology and the Organization
- Decision Making and Accounting Information
- Advanced Data Modeling
- Marketing Management
- Leadership and Ethics
- Environment of Business (International Class)
- Business Strategy, Vision, Policy, and Implementation
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, 6 years. For students attending part time, the maximum is 6 years.
There are 15 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well below average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 5; average business class size is 27.