Academics
The MBA Program offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA). Other programs include work-study and joint research with faculty. The strongest areas of study are management, marketing, finance, and international economics. The most popular courses are Managerial Marketing, Management Theory, Managerial Finance, and International Economics. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus, including the Watson Memorial Lectures on ethics in business and guest speakers thoroughout the semester during the Social Environment/Ethics course.
Thirty-two total credits are required to complete the MBA. Required courses include:
- International Economics
- Managerial Marketing
- Management Theory
- Managerial Accounting
- Managerial Finance
- Data Acquisition/Analysis/Presentation
- Social Environment/Ethics
- Strategic Management
- unbound project
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by waiving course work completed at an accredited school.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The maximum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 7 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 7 years.
There are 5 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate; there is 1 part-time faculty member, who holds a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well above average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of credit hours faculty teach is 12; average business class size is 15.