Academics
The School offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) as well as a joint degree in JD/MBA. The strongest areas of study are accounting, finance, marketing, and information systems. The most popular courses are Finance, Marketing, and Information Systems.
Fifty-five total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 6 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Legal and Ethical Issues
- Human Resources
- Product Systems
- Management Accounting Analysis
- Financial Strategies
- Computer-Based Information Systems
- Strategic Marketing Management
- Strategic Analysis
- Management Information Systems
- Financial Accounting Concepts
- Managerial Accounting Concepts
- Quantitative Methods I
- Quantitative Methods II
- Economic Environment
- Survey of Finance
- Marketing Concepts
- Production and Operations System
- Human Behavior in Organizations
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements. A JD degree may be substituted for the legal class and two elective classes.
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 1 year; maximum, 6 years.
There are 20 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate; there are 2 part-time faculty. Faculty salaries are rated average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 18; average business class size is 18.