Academics
The College of Business and Economics offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Arts in Economics (MAEcon), Master of Science in Business Administration (MSBA), Master of Science in Taxation (MSTax), and Master of Science in Telecommunications (MSTelSys). Other programs include foreign exchange with Russia, Vienna, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sao Paolo and internships with local firms. The strongest areas of study are accounting, finance, taxation, and e-commerce. The most popular course is Human Resource Management. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus.
Forty-five total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 4 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Seminar in Financial Management
- Quantitative Business Methods
- Interpersonal Skills
Required courses for the MSBA with a CIS/Quantitative Business Methods concentration include:
- Seminar in Probabilistic Techniques of Quantitative Business Methods
- Seminar in Advanced Techniques of Quantitative Business Methods
- Seminar in the Design and Use of Computer Simulation Models
- Seminar in Econometrics
- Quantitative Business Methods
- Seminar in Advanced Operations Management
- Business and Economic Forecasting
- Analysis of Information Systems
- Data Base Theory and Administration
- Decision Support and Expert Systems
- Data and Voice Communications
Required courses for the MSTax include:
- Federal Income Tax Accounting/Corporations and Shareholders
- Advanced Individual Taxation
- Income Taxation of Partners and Partnerships
- Federal Tax Research, Procedures and Penalties
- Advanced Corporate Taxation
- Tax Accounting Periods and Methods
- Seminar in Public Finance
- Seminar in Business Policy
Required courses for the MS Telecommunications (Computer Technologies) include:
- Object-Oriented Software Development for Telecommunications
- Web-Based Systems
- Network Security
- Operating Systems Design
- Data Compression
- Artifical Intelligence in Telecommunications
- (select 4 of above)
Required courses for the MS Telecommunications (Telecommunications Management) include:
- Telecommunication Management Systems
- Collaborative Multimedia Networking and Telepresence
- Telecommunication Industry and Service Management
- Management of Satellite/Wireless-Communications
- Quantitative Business Methods
- Service Operations Management
- Management of Technology and Innovation
- (select 4 of above)
Required courses for the MAEcon include:
- Seminar: Micro-Economic Theory I and II
- Seminar: Macro-Economic Theory
- Business and Economic Forecasting
- Seminar: Econometrics
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The maximum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time or part time is 5 years.
In a recent year, there were 75 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 90% hold a doctorate; there were 48 part-time faculty. Average number of courses faculty teach is 3; average business class size is 25.