Academics
The Hull College of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA). Other programs include work-study. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. Two of these are the MBA Executive Lecture Series program and the Executive-in-Residence program.
Thirty-six total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 3 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Societal Issues in Business Decisions
- Communication for Managers
- National and International Economics for Managers
- Accounting Systems for Managerial Control
- Management of Information Technology
- Managerial Finance
- Marketing Management
- Management of Human Resources
- Strategic Management
- Applied Business Research
- Designing, Managing, and Improving Operations
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 1 1/2 years; maximum, 6 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 years; maximum, 6 years.
There are 17 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 88% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated below average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 7; average business class size is 15.