Academics
The Graduate Business Studies offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA). Other programs include internships with local firms, joint research with faculty through independent study, and external graduate assistantships. The strongest areas of study are accounting, operations management, and quantitative modeling. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. The Executive-in-Residence program brings noted executives to the school for 2-to 3-day visits to speak to classes and to meet with students and faculty.
Thirty-three total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Quantitive Modeling
- Marketing Management
- Managerial Accounting Control
- Financial Management
- Operations Management
- Management Information Systems
- Organizational Behavior and Group Dynamics
- Administrative Policy
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 3 semesters; maximum, 6 semesters. For students attending part time, the minimum is 6 semesters; maximum, 15 semesters.
There are 23 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 2; average business class size is 25.