Academics
The College of Business and Leadership offers the Master of Business Administration in Leadership (MBA). The strongest areas of study are management, finance, marketing, and computer information systems. The most popular courses are in management and finance.
Thirty-seven total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 3 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Strategic Management
- Marketing Strategy
- Corporate Finance: Theory and Application
- Behavioral Management
- Management Information Systems
- Business Forecasting: Theory and Application
- Advanced Managerial Accounting
- Managerial Economics: Theory and Application
- Research Methods
- Managerial Reports and Presentations
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 3 semesters; maximum, 6 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 5 semesters; maximum, 6 years.
There are 12 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well below average for Category llA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 12; average business class size is 25.