Academics
The School of Business offers the Master of Science in Accounting (MSA), Master of Science in Taxation (MST), and Master of Business Administration (MBA) as well as a doctoral program in organizational studies and information science and policy, and a joint degree in nanoscale science and engineering. Other programs include internships, joint research, cross-registration with Albany Law School, 3-2 degrees with virtually all schools on campus, and cooperative programs with Universidad del Salvador Buenos Aires, Argentina. The strongest areas of study are accounting, information technology management, and human resource information systems. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus through a Distinguished Speaker Series, Alumni Speaker Series, Research Speaker Series, and ethics speakers.
Forty-eight total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 3 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Accounting for Managers
- Economic Analysis
- Organizational Behavior and Managerial Skills
- Statistics for Business Decisions
- Financial Management
- Operations Management
- Marketing Management
- Human Resource Management
- Information Decision Systems
- Presentation Skills
Required courses for the MSA include:
- Introduction to Financial Accounting
- Theory of Financial Accounting I and II
- Economics
- Organizational Behavior
- Statistics for Business Decisions
- Computer Applications
- Financial Management
- Operations Management
- Marketing Management
- Income Tax Accounting
- Introduction to Cost Analysis
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements through work experience and by taking preliminary courses.
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 4 semesters; maximum, 6 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 6 semesters; maximum, 6 years.
There are 37 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 90% hold a doctorate; there are 33 part-time faculty, of whom 20% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated well 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 20.