Academics
The Weatherhead offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Executive MBA (EMBA), Master of Nonprofit Organizations (MNO), Master of Accountancy (MAcc), Master of Science in Management
Sixty-three total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 30 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Marketing
- Financial Reporting and Control
- Introductory Financial Management
- Operations Management
- Economics
- Strategic Issues and Applications
- Human Value in Organizations
- Statistics and Decision Modeling
- Management Assessment and Development
- Information Design and Management
- Action Learning (integrative consulting course)
Requirements may be waived for part-time MBA students who have completed equivalent course work within the past 6 years with grades of B or better; waiver exams are also available for part- or full-time students.
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 11 months; maximum, 6 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 6 years.
In a recent year, there were 92 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 99% held a doctorate; there were 10 part-time faculty, of whom 80% held a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated 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 38.