Academics
The College of Business and Economics offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Economics (MSEco), Master of Science in Accounting and Information Analysis (MSAcc), Master of Science in Health and BioPharmaceutical Economics (MSHealth), and Master of Science in Analytical Finance (MSAFIN) as well as a doctoral program in economics, and joint MBA and engineering and MBA and educational leadership degrees. Other programs include foreign exchange in France and graduate certificates in Supply Chain Management, Entrepreneurship, and Project Management. The strongest areas of study are management, economics, finance, international business, entrepreneurship, and supply chain management. The most popular courses are Management Policy, Communications, and International Entrepreneurship. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. There are Executives-in-Residence, visiting scholars who address the business advisory council and the public and who hold in-class sessions and small group discussions.
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 15 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Introduction to the Organization and Its Environment
- Managing Financial and Physical Resources
- Managing Information
- Managing Products and Services
- Managing People
- Integrative Experience
Required courses for the MSEco include:
- Price Theory and Applications
- Advanced Macroeconomics
- Advanced Microeconomics
- Mathematical Economics
- Econometrics
Required courses for the MSAcc include:
- Professional Issues and Ethics
- Advanced Information Systems and Auditing
- Corporate Financial Reporting
- Information Quality Assurance and Business Risk
- Business Consulting: Process and Practice
- Information Analysis for Management and Business Solutions
Required courses for the MSAFIN include:
- Derivatives
- Financial Calculus
- International Finance
- Optimization Models And Applications
- Econometrics
- Financial Engineering Projects
- Financial Calculus
- Advanced Investments
- Stochastic Programming and Portfolio Analysis
- Advanced Numerical Methods
- Random Processes and Applications
Required courses for the MSHealth include:
- Mathematical Economics
- Managerial Economics
- Economic Analysis of Market Competition
- Econometrics
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Health Economics
- Pharmaceutical Economics
- BioPharmaceutical Economics
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full or part time is 1 year; maximum, 6 years.
There are 64 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 98% hold a doctorate; there are 14 part-time faculty, of whom 30% hold 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 5; average business class size is 23.