Academics
The College offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Accounting (MSA), Master of Science in Information Assurance (MSIA), and Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS) as well as a joint degree in architecture (MBA/MArch), community and regional planning (MBA/MCRP), and statistics (MBA/MS). Other programs include interdisciplinary programs in information assurance, internship programs, and work-study programs in Australia and Great Britain. The strongest areas of study are finance, management information systems, marketing, and supply chain management. The most popular courses are finance, marketing, and management information systems. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus, including an Executive-in-Residence program.
Forty-eight total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 24 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Strategy Formation
- Survey of Financial and Managerial Accounting
- Organizational Behavior
- Marketing
- International Business
- Applied Business Statistics
- Financial Valuation and Corporate Financial Decisions
- Operations Management Strategy
- Management Information Systems
- Ethics and Social Responsibility
- Strategic Management
- Business Economics
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, 2 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 3 years; maximum, 5 years.
There are 70 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 12; average business class size is 30.