The areas include bu siness (a ccounting, management, marketing, and finance), public administration and computer science.

The electives in the business area are as follows:

Accounting (6 courses)

ACC 501: Financial Accounting Theory

ACC 503: Auditing

ACC 508: Advanced Cost Accounting

ACC 510: Accounting for Governmental and Nonprofit Entities

ACC 563: Advanced Income Tax

ACC 585: Advanced Accounting

Finance (2 courses)

FIN 540: Financial Institutions

FIN 550: Investment Analysis

Management (4 courses)

MGT 533: Human Resources Management

MGT 555: Operations Management

MGT 565: Entrepreneurship

MGT 601: Contemporary Topics in Management

Marketing (4 courses)

MKT 510: Marketing communications MKT 530: Marketing Research MKT 540: Consumer Behavior MKT 560: Marketing of Services In addition to the above electives, MBA students may also choose their electives from the Masters in Public Administration (MPA) program or the Masters in Computer Science (MCS) program with the approval of the MBA Coordinator.

In addition to the above electives, MBA students may also choose their electives from the Masters in Public Administration (MPA) program or the Masters in Computer Science (MCS) program with the approval of the MBA Coordinator.

All students must maintain a GPA of at least 3.0. If a student’s GPA falls below this minimum requirement, full-time students have one semester to raise the GPA to 3.0 and part-time students have 2 semesters to improve their GPA to the minimum of 3.0. All students must receive a grade of C or better in all courses.

Course Load

The normal load of a graduate student during any semester is 9 semester credit hours. Under no circumstances, may it exceed 12 credit hours. Pa rt-time students who are employed full-time are advised to carry no more than 6 semester credit hours of graduate-level coursework in any semester.

Transfer Credit

Candidates for the master’s degree are restricted to a maximum of 6 semester credit hours of credit by transfer of work completed at another accredited graduate institution. Official copies of transcripts must be submitted and evaluated before any transfer credit can be accepted. Certain courses submitted for transfer may not be considered equivalent to specified program requirements even if course titles are the same.