Academics
The Moore School of Business offers the Master of Accountancy (MAcc), Master of Human Resources (MHR), Master of Arts in Economics (MAEc), International Master of Business Administration (IMBA), and Executive International Master of Business Administration (EIMBA) as well as a doctoral program in business administration and economics with majors in accounting, business policy/strategic management, finance, international business, management information systems, marketing, operations research, organization behavior, international finance, production/operations management, and economics, and a joint degree in the Moore School of Business, in cooperation with the University of South Carolina Law School, which offers programs that permit students to obtain a JD/IMBA, JD/MAcc, JD/MHR, or a JD/MAEc. The student must first be admitted to both the law school and the Moore School of Business. Then, through the combined program, the total course load may be reduced by as many as 18 credit hours from the number required if the 2 degrees were earned separately. Other programs include interdisciplinary programs for the IMBA in foreign languages, cooperative programs for the IMBA with Wirtschaftuniversitat Wien, Vienna, Austria, and for the EIMBA with Tec de Monterey, Guadalajara; foreign exchange with 9 countries; and internships (required for the IMBA and MHR). The strongest areas of study are international business, finance, information technology, operations management, and marketing. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. Corporate executives and foreign dignitaries are brought in as an ongoing part of the course’s guest lecture series; attendance by IMBA students is required.
Fifty-four total credits are required to complete the IMBA, including 15 elective credits. Required courses for the IMBA include:
- Financial Accounting in the Global Environment
- Global Strategic Management I
- Decision Analysis
- Global Economics
- International Management
- Global Finance
- Global Marketing Management
- Management Accounting in the Global Environment
- Operations Management
- Information Systems
Required courses for the MHR include:
- Management of Compensation
- Staffing
- Employment Relations Law
- Labor Relations
- Management of Employee Benefit Programs
- Organization Development
- International Employment Relations
- Labor Economics and Labor Markets
- Personnel and Employment Relations
- Issues in Personnel and Employment Relations
- Internship in Personnel and Employment Relations
Required courses for the MAcc include:
- Auditing II
- Financial Accounting IV
- Seminar in Accounting Information Reporting
- Systems II
Required courses for the MAEc include:
- Applied Macroeconomics
- Applied Microeconomics
- Introduction to Econometrics
- Quantitative Methods I
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, 6 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 3 years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 87 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate; there are 19 part-time faculty, of whom 26% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 4; average business class size is 30.