Academics
The College of Business Administration offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA). The strongest areas of study are human resources, organizational behavior, comparative management, and finance. The most popular courses are human resources, finance, information systems, and total quality management.
Thirty total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Decision Framing and Decision Making in Complex Environments l
- Decision Framing and Decision Making in Complex Environments ll
- Business Decision Making and Research Methodology
- Managing in an Environmental and Socially Conscious World
- Managing in a Changing Technological Environment
- Managing in a Global Environment
- MBA Program Assessment
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements. Foundation requirements may be fulfilled in this way.
The maximum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 2 years; part time, 7 years.
There are 15 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are 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 23.