Academics
The Graduate Business Programs offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA), and Master of Accounting (MAcc). Other programs include cross-registration with University of Indianapolis, Athens campus, foreign exchange with 4 countries, and internship programs. The strongest areas of study are Supply Chain Management and Finance. The most popular courses are Supply Chain Management, Project Management, and Financial Engineering.
Forty-five total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 6 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Advanced Organizational Behavior
- Financial Management
- Operations Management
- Statistical Inference
- International Business Seminar
- Strategic Management
- Effective Communications
- Managerial Application of Accounting Data
- Simulated Financial Management
- Marketing Management
- Ethical Values in Business
- Business Condition Analysis
Required courses for the MAcc include:
- Advanced Tax Research
- Special Industries Accounting and Auditing
- Advanced Accounting Problems
- Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting
- Managing an Accounting Practice
- Forensic Accounting and Fraud Auditing
- Effective Communication
- Statistical Inference
- Personal Financial Management
- Operations Research
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The maximum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 5 years.
There are 16 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 89% hold a doctorate; there are 10 part-time faculty, of whom 56% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated below average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 6; average business class size is 18.