Academics
The MBA program offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Professional Accountancy (MPA), Master of Commercial Aviation (MCA), and Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA). Other programs include foreign exchange with 7 countries. The strongest area of study is management. The most popular course is in management. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus which includes an Annual College of Business Lecture Series with Distinguished speakers.
Thirty hours are required to complete the MCA and MPA, 36 for the MBA and EMBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Applied Decision Science
- Financial Management
- Strategic Marketing
- Management Problems
- Strategic Project Management
- Production/Operations Management
- Managerial Accounting
- Management Information Systems
- Managerial Economics
Required courses for the MPA include:
- Management Information Systems
or End User Systems Development - Financial Accounting—Theory and Analysis
- Managerial Accounting
- Federal Taxation Theory and Research
- Advanced Auditing
- Commercial Law
Required courses for the MCA include:
- Advanced Human Factors in Aviation
- Airline Management
- Aviation’s Regulatory Environment
- Airport Planning, Development and Operations
- Fixed Base Operations
- Advanced Aviation Safety
- Air Cargo and Logistics Management
- Advanced Transportation Systems
- Special Topics in Aviation Business Administration
- Methods of Educational Research and Statistics
Required courses for the Executive MBA include:
- Managerial Communication
- Managerial Accounting
- Managerial Economics
- Production/Operations Management
- Managerial Finance
- Management Problems
- Problems in Corporate Finance
- Business Modeling
- Marketing Problems
- Managing in a Global Environment
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by being granted credits for up to 2 graduate-level courses previously taken.
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, 6 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 18 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate; there are 4 part-time faculty, all of whom 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 18; average business class size is 15.