Academics
The School of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science in Finance (MS) as well as a joint degree in Nursing (MBA/MS) and Social Work (MSW/post master’s certificate). Other programs include credit-earning internships that combine part-time work and an independent study project. The strongest areas of study are finance and human resources. The most popular courses are finance and management. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. They include the Executive-in-Residence program in which executives spend a day on campus interacting with students formally and informally.
Sixty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Macroeconomics
- Microeconomics
- Legal and Ethical Environment
- Management Theory/Organizational Behavior
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing Management
- Accounting for Managerial Analysis
- Corporate Finance
- Statistical Methods
- Best Practices, Production, and TQM
- Management of Technology
- Persuasive Communication and Negotiation
- Leadership and Innovation in Complex Systems
- Building Shareholder Value through Competitive Analysis
- Strategic Management
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements. The MBA is a 66 credit program wherein up to 33 of those credits can be waived based on the student having taken the equivalent undergraduate course in the last 5 to 7 years and earned a minimum of a B.
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 18 months; maximum, 6 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 3 years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 37 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 87% hold a doctorate; there are 4 part-time faculty. Faculty salaries are rated average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 6; average business class size is 19.