Academics
The Lally School offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science in Management (MS) as well as a doctoral program in management. Other programs include foreign exchange with 13 exchange partners in Europe, Australia, and Asia, cross-registration with other area schools, joint research, cooperative programs with various companies through Rensselaer’s Career Development Center, internships, and an Executive MBA program. The strongest areas of study are entrepreneurship, management information systems, new product development, production and operations management, and marketing. The most popular courses are Creating and Managing an Enterprise; Developing Innovative New Products and Services; and Strategy, Technology and Competition. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. Through Visting Professors, the Guest Speakers and Venture Affiliates programs, top-level executives are brought to campus each year to work with students in the classroom, interact with faculty, and make a formal presentation to the campus community.
Sixty total credits are required to complete the Management and Technology MBA, including 12 elective credits. Required courses for the Management and Technology MBA include:
- Heroes, Leaders, and Innovators
- The Craig, 68 Professional Development Seminar
- Economics and Institutions
- Financial Management I and II * Accounting for Reporting and Control
- Creating and Managing an Enterprise I and II
- Business Implications of Emerging Technologies I and II
- Networks, Innovation, and Value Creation I and II
- Global Business and Social Responsibility
- Strategy, Technology, and Competition I and II
- Developing Innovative New Products and Services I and II
- Managing on the Edge: Corporate Innovation of the Coming Years
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, 2 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 4 years; maximum, 5 years.
There are 55 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 87% hold a doctorate; there are 8 part-time faculty, of whom 63% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well above average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 4; average business class size is 25.