Academics
The College of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science in Accounting (MSA) as well as a joint degree in in medicine (MBA/MD). Other programs include interdisciplinary programs in health care management, enviromental and development planning, international management, school business management, management information systems, taxation, sport management, hospitality management, security studies, and finance, work-study and internships through cooperative education; and foreign exchange with Australia, France, Mexico, and Scotland. The most popular courses are Finance and Marketing. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. .
Sixty total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
First Year: - Financial and Managerial Accounting
- Quantitative Methods
- Management Information Systems I
- Analysis of the Business Environment
- Operations Management
- Advanced Writing for Business
- Financial Management I
- Government Regulation of Business
- Comparative Management
- Marketing Management
Second Year: - Management Science
- Statistical Methods
- Financial Management II
- Marketing Strategy
- Business Policies
- Accounting for Decision Making
- Organizational Behavior
Required courses for the MSA include:
- Accounting Information Systems
- Law for Professional Accountants
- Financial Management II
- Human Resources
- Accounting Theory
- Federal Income Taxation
- Advanced Federal Taxation
- Auditing Seminar
- The Professional Accounting Environment
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements for MBA first-year courses (30 semester hours) if completed as undergraduate course work.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time or part time is 1 year; maximum, 6 years.
There are 60 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 6.