Academics
The School of Management offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) as well as a Coordinated MBA/MSW degree and a Coordinated MBA/MHA. The strongest areas of study are general management and organizational behavior. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus and include the Finance Lecture and Leadership series and Executive-in-Residence program.
Forty-eight total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 8 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Foundations of Business
- Economic Analysis for Managers
- Business, Government, and the Global Economy
- Quantitative Analysis
- Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Managerial Accounting
- Marketing Management
- Strategic Decision Making
- Technology and Operations Management
- Finance
- Strategy and Leadership
- Career Strategies
- Leading Individuals and Groups
- Communication Strategies
- Organizations and their Environment
- Negotiation and Conflict Management
- Leadership, Governance and Accountability
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 11 months; maximum, 18 months. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 5 years.
There are 18 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 85% hold a doctorate; there are 13 part-time faculty, of whom 50% hold a doctorate. 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 15; average business class size is 50.