Academics
The Graduate Programs in Business offers the Master of Accounting (MAcc) and Master of Business Adminstration (MBA) as well as a doctoral program in business administration and economics, and a joint degree in JD/MBA with University of Idaho. Other programs include faculty-led study abroad program in Switzerland and internships. The strongest areas of study are entrepreneurship, marketing, internatinal business, finance, and management information systems. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. The Executive Education Seminar Speaker Series presents 10 self-contained lectures, seminars, and workshops annually.
Sixty-one total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Introduction to Financial and Managerial Accounting
- Managerial Economics for Decision Making
- Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions
- Managerial Leadership and Productivity
- Survey of Marketing
- Executive Education Seminar Series
- Administrative Control
- Advanced Financial Management
- Operations Management
- Information Systems Management
- Marketing Management and Administrative Policy
- Internship
- Business Law and Ethics
- Problems in Financial Management
- Services Management
- Emerging Technologies
- Strategy Formulation and Organizational Design
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 2 years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 44 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate; there are 4 part-time faculty. Faculty salaries are rated below average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 4; average business class size is 30.