Academics
The SBMS offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA). The strongest areas of study are accounting, management, and marketing. The most popular courses are Business, Government and Society, Advanced Finance, and marketing electives.
Thirty-five total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 6 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Accounting and Control
- Strategic Financial Management
- Microeconomic Analysis and Decision Making
- Quantitative Business Analysis
- Strategic Marketing Management
- Strategic Management of Global Operations
- 2 electives
- Management of People in Organizations
- Communication, Team Building, Ethics, and Regulatory Environment
- Production and Operations Strategy and Management
- Business Strategy and Policy
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by completing undergraduate courses of equivalent content for a maximum waiver of 3 hours.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time or part time is 4 years; maximum, 6 years.
In a recent year there are 7 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom held a doctorate; there was 1 part-time faculty member. Faculty salaries are rated well above average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 12; average business class size is 10.