Academics
The Aviation Business Administration Department offers the Master of Business Administration in Aviation (MBA/A). Other programs include work-study and internship programs, joint research with NASA’s Florida Space Grant Consortium and the Arizona Consortium, and cooperative research agreements with the University of Central Florida in aviation and space science and technology. The strongest area of study is aviation business. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus.
Thirty-nine total credits are required to complete the MBA/A, including 12 elective credits. Required courses for the MBA/A include:
- Operation Research
- Business Research Methods
- Marketing Management
- Accounting for Decision Making
- Managerial Finance
- Organizational Behavior, Theory, and Applications in Aviation
- Global Information and Technology Management
- Advanced Aviation Economics
- Business Policy and Decision Making
- thesis or graduate research project
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by taking human resource management or organizational behavior courses at the undergraduate level.
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 12 months; maximum, 7 years. For students attending part time, the maximum is 7 years.
In a recent year, there were 13 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 92% held a doctorate; there was 1 part-time faculty member. Faculty salaries are rated below average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average business class size is 17.