Academics
The CBA offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Business Administration with an accounting concentration (MBA). Other programs include an interdisciplinary program in public administration with a business concentration. The most popular courses are the management courses.
Thirty total credits are required to complete the MBA/general or accounting, including 6 elective credits. Required courses for the MBA/general or accounting include:
- Accounting Information Analysis
- Operations and Technology Management
- Business Policy and Strategy
- Managerial Economics
- Financial Planning and Policy
- Marketing Administration
- Business Leadership
- International Business
- 2 business electives ( or 3 accounting electives for accounting concentrations)
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements and may transfer up to 6 hours from another AACSB program and up to 9 hours in the accounting concentration.
The maximum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time or part time is 6 years.
There are 18 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 94% hold a doctorate; there are 3 part-time faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated 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.