Academics
The Graduate School of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Accountancy (MAcc) as well as a joint degree in in law (MBA/JD and MAcc/JD) and engineering (MBA/BS). Joint MBA/BA, MBA/Macc, and MBA/MIS degrees are also offered. Other programs include work-study, internship programs, graduate assistantships with concentrations in finance, accounting, and marketing. The strongest areas of study are accounting, management, finance, ethics, and marketing. The most popular courses are Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Ethics, and Entrepreneurship. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. The Dean’s Business Forum has distinguished speakers durning each month of the academic year.
Thirty-three total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 11 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Orientation
- Marketing Theory and Practice
- Quantitative and Statistical Analysis
- Operations Theory and Practice
- Information Systems Theory and Practice
- Management Skills Development
- Corporate Financial Reporting
- Finance Theory and Practice
- Business Ethics
- Strategic Management
- Economic Environment of the Firm
- Managerial Accounting
Required courses for the Macc include:
- Orientation
- Professional Practice Seminar
- Management Skills Development
- Accounting Theory
- Professional Ethics
- Assurance Services
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by arrangement on an individual basis.
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, 5 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 to 3 years; maximum, 5 years.
There are 31 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 96% hold a doctorate; there are 6 part-time faculty. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 9; average business class size is 23.