MA/MS in Business Administration, Management and Operations

This graduate-level professional degree emphasizes quantitative and qualitative skills for leaders. It prepares students for management roles in companies, public agencies and nonprofits. The curriculum works research, computing, quantitative reasoning, and written and oral communication into managerial decision making. Students are expected to arrive with these skills and should expect coursework that requires research beyond assigned materials. They can use campus computer labs, data banks and library resources. The school began graduate business programs in the mid-1960s, and a program for working students meeting in the evening received approval in the mid-1970s. The MBA holds AACSB-International accreditation, a mark of business school quality. Students are encouraged to review the department's guidance on prerequisites and to consult the School of Business about the sequence of courses before enrolling in the program.