Academics
The Rawls College of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Accounting (MSA), Master of Science (MS), and International Master of Business Administration (IMBA) as well as a doctoral program in accounting, business administration, finance, marketing, management information systems, production and operation management, and statistics, and a joint degree in law (MBA/JD, MSA/JD), medicine (MBA/MD), architecture (MBA/MArch), foreign language (MBA/MA), personal financial planning (MBA/MS, MS/MS), and environmental toxicology (MBA/MS). Other programs include foreign exchange with Finland, France, Italy, Great Britain, and Mexico and internships in accounting and health organization management. The strongest areas of study are health organization management, finance, information technology, accounting, and general business. The most popular courses are Management, Finance, Marketing, Accounting, Management Information Systems, and Entrepreneurship. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus, including the Chief Executives’ Roundtable.
Forty-eight total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 12 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Financial and Managerial Accounting
- Statistical Concepts for Business and Management
- Price and Income Theory
- Executive Skills
- Financial Management Concepts
- Marketing Concepts and Strategies
- Managing Organizational Behavior and Organizational Design
- Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Environment of Business
- Operations Management and Management Science
- Information Technology for Managers
- Managerial Decision Theory
- Strategic and Global Management
Students with a BBA take 6 hours out-of-classroom experience in lieu of certain course work.
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, 6 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 67 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate; there are 34 part-time faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated below average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 4; average business class size is 29.