Academics
The Flores MBA Program offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Public Administration (MPA), and Master of Science in accounting, finance, and economics (MS) as well as a doctoral program in accounting, economics, and business administration with specializations offered in finance, management, marketing, and information systems and decision sciences, and a joint degree in law (JD-BCL/MBA juris doctorate, bachelor of civil law/MBA). Other programs include interdisciplinary programs and internships. The strongest areas of study are internal audit, finance, and enterpreneurship. The most popular courses are in internal auditing, information systems, finance, and accounting. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus, including visiting business executives, who lecture in classes; the MBA Distinguished Speaker Series in which 3 CEOs per semester speak to MBA students in a discussion format; and professionals, executives, and recruiters who conduct presentations on current topics to student associations and in the classroom.
Twenty-seven total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 9 elective credits. Required courses include:
- The Practice of Business
- Managerial Statistics
- Understanding Financial Information
- Managerial Economics
- Informations Systems
- Understanding Behavior in Organizations
- Elements of Cost Management
- Macroeconomic Analysis and Issues
- Financial Management
- Marketing Administration
- Operations Management
- Managing Sources of Competitive Advantage
- Legal Environment in Business
- Economic Environment of the Firm
Required courses for the Professional and Executive MBA include:
- Special Topics in Entrepreneurship
- Managerial Statistics
- Understanding Financial Information
- Managerial Economics
- Information Systems
- Understanding Behavior in Organizations
- Elements of Cost Management
- Macroeconomic Analysis and Issues
- Financial Management
- Marketing Administration
- Operations Management
- Managing Sources of Competitive Advantage
- Legal Environment in Business
- Economic Environment of the Firm
Required courses for the MS in finance include:
- Advanced Financial Management
- Financial Markets
- Investment Analysis and Portfolio Theory
Required courses for the MS in accounting include:
- Advanced Theory of Accounts
Required courses for the MS in economics include:
- Mathematics for Economists
- Price Theory I
- Macroeconomics I
- Econometrics I
- Econometrics ll
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 2 years; maximum, 5 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 3 years; maximum, 5 years.
There are 81 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 99% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated 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 25.