Academics
The MBA Program offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) as well as a joint degree in nursing (MBA/MS), computer science (MBA/MSCS), and industrial engineering (MBA/ME). Other programs include cooperative programs with various businesses, work-study programs, foreign exchange with 2 countries, internship programs with various businesses and not-for-profit firms, and joint research. The strongest areas of study are managerial and analytical training and decision making. The most popular courses are in management, finance, and marketing. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus.
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 3 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Leveling courses:
- Financial Accounting
- Foundations of Economics
- Legal Environment of Business
- Statistical Analysis for Decision Making
- Foundations of Organization Behavior
- Operations Management and Information Systems
- Administrative Communications
- Marketing Concepts
- Foundations of Finance
- Second Year Courses, thesis route:
- Managerial Accounting
- Seminar in Management
- Seminar in Monetary and Fiscal Policy
- Financial Management
- Seminar in Marketing
- Strategic Management
- Environment of Business
- 2 thesis courses
- Second-year courses, nonthesis route:
- All thesis route courses plus
- Business Research and Quantitative Methods
- 12 semester hours of approved electives
- Written comprehensive exam
Required courses for the Additional required courses for the MBA with accounting emphasis include:
- Accounting Theory
- plus 6 hours of graduate-level accounting
- (9 hours of electives waived)
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements based on previous course work.
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 1 year; maximum, 2 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 4 1/2 years.
In a recent year, there were 20 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom held a doctorate. Faculty salaries were rated below average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 18; average business class size is 17.