Academics
The Graduate Business Programs offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science in Accountancy (MSA). Other programs include internship programs. The strongest areas of study are ethics, leadership, and strategy. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. Speakers on capitalism and morality are brought in on a regular basis by the Institute for the Study of Capitalism and Morality, which is funded through a grant.
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 6 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Organizational Behavior
- Marketing Management
- The Ethical Environment of Business
- Quantitative Business Analysis
- Managerial Economics
- Management of Financial Resources
- Accounting for Management Control
- Operations Management
- Managerial Policy and Strategy
- Leadership Skills
- 2 electives
Required courses for the MSA include:
- Management of Financial Resources
- Controllership
- Advanced Tax Accounting
- Managerial Economics
- Auditing and Professional Auditing Standards
- Ethical Environment of Business
- Law for Accountants
- Accounting Profession and Its Environments
- 2 electives
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by having foundation courses waived (MBA only); other substitutions are possible with the approval of the dean.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full or part time is 1 year; maximum, 7 years.
There are 6 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 66% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well below average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 11; average business class size is 13.