Academics
The AGSM offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA). Other programs include cross-registration with other University of California campuses, work-study and internship programs, foreign exchange with 33 countries, and joint research with faculty in all areas. The strongest areas of study are finance, marketing, organizational behavior/human resources management, accounting, and management information systems. The most popular courses are in marketing, finance, accounting, and management information systems. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus.
Twenty-three total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Financial Management
- Managerial Economics
- Cost and Management Accounting
- Introduction to Management Science
- Production and Operations Management
- Business, Government, and Society
- Marketing Management
- Computer Systems for Management
- Managing Behavior in Organizations
- Human Resources Management
- Statistics for Management
- Management Synthesis
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 2 years; maximum, 3 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 3 years; maximum, 5 years.
In a recent year, there were 33 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom held a doctorate; there were 15 part-time faculty, of whom 72% held a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated above average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 4; average business class size is 30.