Academics
The School of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA). Other programs include foreign exchange with Norway, for-credit internships, and joint research with faculty. The strongest areas of study are finance, management, services marketing, and closely held business. The most popular courses are Negotiations, Knowledge Management, Managing Innovation and Technology Change, Project Management, and Financial Investments. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus including a leadership forum with distinguished guests, an Executive-in-Residence program, and an MBA Executive Leadership speaker series.
Forty-five total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Global Business Perspectives
- Legal, Ethical, and Social Responsibilities of Business
- Accounting for Decision Making
- Marketing Management
- Organizations and Leadership
- Understanding and Managing Financial Resources
- Supply Chain and Operations Management
- Economic Policy Analysis
- Information Systems and Knowledge Management
- Conflict and Negotiation
- Managing Innovation
- Strategy & Global Competitiveness Students may eliminate up to 6 hours, which may be waived through previous coursework taken within 5 years with an earned grade of B or better or by successfully passing a waiver exam. If more than 6 credits qualify, students may substitute electives to meet 39 credit minimum requirements.
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 16 months; maximum, 7 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 20 months; maximum, 7 years.
There are 11 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate; there are 4 part-time faculty, of whom 50% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average business class size is 16.