Academics
The Graduate Business Program offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Accounting (MSA), and Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT). Other programs include a 3-2 degree with UMass Boston’s Colleges of Liberal Arts and Science and Mathematics; foreign exchange with 9 countries; an interdisciplinary program in public policy; cooperative programs with Tsinghua University in Beijing, Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland, University of Frankfurt, and Jaypee University of Information Technology in Delhi, India; work-study, joint research, and internships. The strongest areas of study are finance, accounting, and international management. The most popular courses are Portfolio Analysis and Investment Management, Cost Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Financial Statement Analysis, and Managing in the Global Economy. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. There is an Executive-in-Residence program and a Senior Executive Leadership Forum. Additionally, the CM Forum brings 2 to 3 local and national business leaders to campus to speak to the graduate students each month.
Fifty-four total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 24 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Economics for Managers
- Accounting for Managers
- Financial Management
- Statistical Analysis for Managers
- Operations Management
- Computers and Information Processing Systems
- Strategic Management
- Organizational Analysis and Skills
- Business and Its Environment
- Marketing Management
Required courses for the MSA include:
- Intermediate Accounting
- Cost Accounting
- Federal Tax Planning
- Financial and Managerial Auditing
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Accounting Information Systems
- Financial Accounting Theory and Analysis
Required courses for the MSIT include:
- Business Data Communications and Computer Networks
- Database Management
- Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence
- Innovation in IT Management
- Business Process Innovation
- Project and Change Management
- IT for Quality and Competitive Management
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by recent coursework at the undergraduate or graduate level.
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 15 months; maximum, 5 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 5 years.
There are 49 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 98% hold a doctorate; there are 6 part-time faculty, of whom 33% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated average for Category l institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 6; average business class size is 21.