Academics
The SOM offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science in Resource Economics (MS) as well as a doctoral program in education and business. Other programs include interdisciplinary study in education and business, foreign exchange with 1 country, and for-credit internships as well as internships through the Permanent Fund Internship Program and the International Tourism Program. The strongest areas of study are finance and resource economics. The most popular course is Investment Fund.
Thirty total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 12 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Management Accounting Seminar
- Seminar in Finance
- Seminar in Marketing
- Production and Operations Management
- Human Resources Management
- Advanced Topics in Business
- Corporate Strategy
- Practical Quantitative Methods
Required courses for the MS in Resource Economics include:
- Microeconomic Theory I
- Macroeconomic Theory
- Mathematical Economics
- Econometrics
- Resource Economics
- Microeconomic Theory II
- Seminar in Research Methodology
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by having taken certain undergraduate business courses.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time or part time is 1 year; maximum, 7 years.
There are 24 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 79% hold a doctorate; there are 2 part-time faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well below average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 4; average business class size is 6.