Academics
The Graduate School of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA). Other programs include the MBA with options in accounting, contract management, economics, finance, global business management, information systems, management, management of information technology, marketing, and nursing administration. Cooperative, work-study, and internship programs are also offered. The strongest areas of study are accounting, human resources management, and marketing. The most popular courses are Finance, Accounting, Strategic Management and Business Policy, Human Resources Management, and Marketing. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. During Business Week, executives address every class, and top executives teach 1 class a year during the Executive-in-Residence program.
Forty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Managerial Applications of Accounting Information
- Managing People
- Financial Valuation Models and Applications
- Synergistic Organizational Strategy
- Marketing Management
- Data Analysis for Managers
- Economics of Decision Making
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements.
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 3 semesters; maximum, 5 years.
In a recent year there were 35 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 2; average business class size is 29.