Academics
The MBA Program offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) as well as a joint degree in law (JD/MBA) and (MBA/ME), SELP – Systems Engineering Leadership Program. Other programs include a cooperative program in engineering, work-study, internships, foreign exchange with 1 country, and an Executive MBA program. The strongest areas of study are international, finance, management, marketing, and entrepreneurship. The most popular courses are Financial Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions, Power, Politics, and Negotiation In Organizations, and Marketing Strategy. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. These include the Distinguished Entrepreneur Lecture Series and Business Ethics Fortnight.
Fifty-four total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 27 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Legal Environment Business
- Financial and Managerial Accounting
- Business Statistics
- Business Economics
- Organizational Behavior and Management
- Marketing Management
- Operations Analysis
- Financial Management
- Management Information Systems
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements through waivers and challenge exams.
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full or part time is 1 year; maximum, 5 years.
In a recent year, there were 49 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom held a doctorate; there were 16 part-time faculty, of whom 39% held a doctorate. Average number of courses faculty teach is 3; average business class size is 22.