Academics
The Southern School of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA). Other programs include work-study, foreign exchange, and joint research. The strongest areas of study are management and entrepreneurship. The most popular courses are Business Planning, Business Strategy, Research Project Seminar, and Global Business. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. Distinguished alumni hold an annual workshop.
Forty-eight total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Macro-Micro Economics
- Statistics
- Management Process
- Managerial and Financial Accounting
- Managerial Finances
- Business Planning
- Marketing Management
- Organization Behavior
- Business Law
- Global Business
- Business Strategy
- Business and Society
- Research Project
- Three electives
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements. Only 4 courses in the first year are subject to waiver.
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 1 year; maximum, 6 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 21 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 90% hold a doctorate; there are 2 part-time faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well above average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 4; average business class size is 27.