Academics
The College offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS). Other programs include 12 to 15 graduate assistantships. The strongest area of study is general management. The most popular courses are Re-engineering, Planning for Management in the Future, Organizational Reward Systems, and E-Business.
Thirty to 33 total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 6 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Personal and Professional Development * Financial Management * Operations and Process Management * Cost Management
- International Business
- Information Systems in Organizations
- Organizational Leadership and Change
- Resource Management
- Marketing Strategy
- Strategic Management
- Business Environments: Law, Regulation, and Ethics
- 2 to 4 electives
Required courses for the MSIS include:
- Project Management
- Advanced Project Management
- Project Execution and Control
- Project Portfolio Management
- Personal and Professional Development
- Organizational Leadership and Change
- Business Environments: Law, Regulation and Ethics * Systems Engineering Management * Business Intelligence * IT Infrastructure Management * Information Resource Management, Strategy, and Policy * The Chief Information Officer
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 1/2 years; maximum, 7 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 1/2 years; maximum, 7 years.
In a recent year, there were 40 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom held a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated above 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 22.