Academics
The College of Business Administration offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Security Analysis and Portfolio Management (MSAPM), and Master of Science in Information Technology Management (MSITM) as well as joint degrees in law (JD/MBA), pharmacy (MBA/PharmD), information technology management (MBA/MS-ITM and MS-ITM/JD), and international relations (MBA/MA). Other programs include foreign exchange with China and Germany and credit and noncredit internships. The strongest areas of study are strategic management, business ethics, information technology management, and finance. The most popular courses are Business Ethics, Leadership and Organizational Behavior, and Business Policy.
Thirty-three total credits are required to complete the MBA, and the MS-ITM; 30 for the MSAPM, including 9 elective credits, for the MBA; 15 for the MS-ITM; and 3 for the MSAPM. Required courses include:
- Accounting Applications for Managerial Decision Making
- Financial Management and Business Strategy
- Managerial Economics
- Marketing Management
- Leadership and Organizational Behavior
- Information Systems Management
- Business, Ethics and Society
- Business Policy and Managerial Action
Required courses for the MS-ITM include:
- Information Systems Management
- Information Systems Analysis and Logical Design
- Information Systems Project and Risk Management
- Business, Ethics and Society
- Data Base Management Systems
- Human Factors in Information Systems
Required courses for the MSAPM include:
- Ethics and Professional Standards
- Fixed Income and Derivatives l and ll
- Quantitative Analysis
- Financial Statement Analysis l and ll
- Capital Markets
- Equity Analysis
- Portfolio Management
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by transferring up to 6 hours of graduate credit from other AACSB schools.
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 12 months; maximum, 6 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 18 months; maximum, 6 years.
There are 22 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 95% hold a doctorate; there are 8 part-time faculty, of whom 12% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated above average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 6; average business class size is 30.