Academics
The College of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Accounting (MSA), Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS), and Master of Science in Human Resource/Organizational Development (MSHR/OD). Other programs include internships, work-study programs, and foreign exchange with Germany, Spain, France, and India. The strongest areas of study are information systems, accounting, and human resource management/organizational development. The most popular courses are finance, management, international, and information systems. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. They include executive management seminars, executive-in-residence-taught courses, the President’s Executive Strategy course, and the Center for Strategic Studies.
Thirty-three total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Techniques in Business Research
- Managerial Economics
- Administrative Controls
- Organizational Theory and Behavior
- Financial Administration
- Marketing Problems
- Management Communications
- Management Strategy and Policy
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by substituting in the business functional area.
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 2 years; maximum, 3 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 3 years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 60 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 95% hold a doctorate; there are 4 part-time faculty, 3 of whom hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are related above average for category llA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 3; average business class size is 21.