Academics
The SOBM offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA), Executive Master in Business Administration (EMBA Spanish Version), Master of Health Care Administration (MHCA), Master of Forensic Sciences (MFS), Master of Arts in Management (MAM), Master of Arts in Human Resources Management (MA/HRM), Master of Public Administration (MPA), and Master of Science in electronic business, corporate and international finance, taxation, technology management, and organizational leadership (MS). The most popular courses are in human resource management and marketing.
Fourteen courses are required to complete the MBA, including 4 courses or 18 quarter units. Required courses include:
- Knowledge Management for Business Strategies
- Theories, Practices, and Ethics of Leadership
- Managerial Accounting
- Seminar in Financial Management
- Statistics for Business
- Economics for Managerial Decision Making
- Marketing Management
- Strategic Decision Making
- MBA Project
- Principals of E-business
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by transferring credits from an accredited institution or by waiving relevant coursework completed at another institution.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The maximum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full or part time is 7 years.
There are 41 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 80% hold a doctorate; there are 525 part-time faculty, of whom 30% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated above average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 8; average business class size is 16.