Academics
The school offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Taxation (MST), Master of Science in Human Resource Organizational Leadership (MSHROL), and Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS) as well as a joint degree in law (JD/MBA), engineering (ME/MBA), clinical psychology and health and medical services administration (PsyD/MBA), clinical psychology and human resources (PsyD/MSHR), and medicine (MD/MBA) with Jefferson Medical College. Other programs include interdisciplinary programs in information systems with the College of Arts and Science. The strongest areas of study are health administration, management, taxation, information systems, ERP and financial planning. The most popular courses are developing management skills, project management, financial planning, and information systems. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. The Banking and Finance Lecture series brings notable speakers in the area of banking and finance every year. The Economics Department has brought a Nobel Prize winner to campus every year for more than 10 years. There is also an Executive-in-Residence program, and international business leaders give lectures.
Forty-two total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 12 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Strategic Planning
- Leadership
- Information systems
- Data Mining, Collection and Analysis
- Customer/Market Focus
- Managing Human Capital
- Modeling and Forecasting
- Process Management
- Managing for Results
Required courses for the MSTEP include:
- Overview of Financial Planning
- Financial Fundamentals
- Federal Income Tax Taxation
- Research
- Federal Corporate Taxation and the Law of Business Entities
- Federal Estate and Gift Taxation
- Federal Taxation of Partnership
Required courses for the MSIS include:
- Project Management
- Decision Support Systems
- Business Process Analysis and Process Automation
- Managing Distributed Technologies
- Data Base Systems
- Systems Design, Analysis, and Implementation
Required courses for the MSHROL include:
- Organization and Management in a Global Environment
- Developing Management Skills
- Management of Change
- Organizational Development
- Preformance Management
- Measuring Effectiveness
- Strategic Policy and Planning in Human Resourse
All foundation courses (12 credits) may be waived because of undergraduate work; candidates may also take the challenge exam.
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 1 year; maximum, 5 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 5 years.
There are 31 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 97% hold a doctorate; there are 12 part-time faculty, of whom 17% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well above average for Category llA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 6; average business class size is 15.