Academics
The Kelley School of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Professional Accountancy (MPA), Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS), Global Supply Chain Management (MS), Finance (MS), and Strategic Management (MS) as well as a doctoral program in business administration, and joint degrees in Russian and East European Languages and Cultures (MBA/MA), Law (MBA/JD), Telecommunications (MBA/MS), West European Studies (MBA/MA), and Latin American and Caribbean Studies (MBA/MA). Other programs include 3-2 degrees, cross-registration in area studies, and foreign exchange with 15 countries. The strongest areas of study are finance and marketing. The most popular courses are Finance, Marketing, and Decision Models. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. Faculty bring speakers into the classroom; student organizations hold speaker series.
Fifty-four total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 27 elective credits. Required courses include:
- MBA Foundations Core; Leadership, Professional and Career Development
- Strategic Cost Analysis and Control * Leadership Assesment Program l: Assessor Training and Development
- Academy Intensive Week #1
- Academy Intensive Week #2
- Academy Intensive Week #3
- Second year core exercise
- Information Systems requirement
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, 7 years.
There are 197 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 76% hold a doctorate; there are 14 part-time faculty. 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 26.