2025-2026 Graduate Catalog
College of Business and Technology
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Plaster School of Business
Program Mission/Vision
The mission of the Hutton School of Business and the Plaster Graduate School of Business is to foster academic excellence and student achievement at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Students are provided with a strong academic foundation in business, and are prepared to become productive, competent, and ethical professionals. The School of Business provides a learning environment that is characterized by student-oriented instructional methodologies and the development of leadership and life-long learning skills in its students.
Program Goals
- Students will acquire the relevant disciplinary knowledge and competencies appropriate to their program of study.
- Students will acquire effective business-related professional skills.
- Students will assess their personal values and connect them to ethical behaviors appropriate to their intended endeavors.
Admission to the M.S. and MBA Programs
Applicants that do not possess an undergraduate degree in business can be provided access to academic leveling courses. These academic leveling courses include Principles of Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, and Marketing, as well as Statistics.
Students wishing to pursue the MBA Accounting concentration should have completed an undergraduate degree in accounting or demonstrate completion of accounting studies equivalent to the degree.
Programs:
Masters Degree
Business Administration, MBA
Business Analytics, M.S.
Engineering Management, M.S.
Finance, M.S.
Global Business with Blockchain Technology, M.S.
Healthcare Administration, M.S.
Project Management, M.S.
Strategic Management, M.S.
Strategic Marketing, M.S.
Supply Chain Management, M.S.
Doctoral Degree
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
Business Analytics Graduate Certificate
Entrepreneurship and New Venture Development Graduate Certificate
Financial Management Graduate Certificate
Global Business Blockchain Graduate Certificate
Marketing Analytics and Digital Strategy Graduate Certificate
Non-Profit Management Graduate Certificate
Project Management Graduate Certificate
School of Computer and Information Technology
Program Mission/Vision
The School of Computer and Information Sciences strives for excellence in creating, applying, and imparting knowledge in information technology through comprehensive educational programs, research in collaboration with industry and government, dissemination through scholarly publications, and service to professional societies, the community, the state, and the nation.
Program Goals
- To prepare information technologists with the knowledge to properly secure facilities, equipment and software.
- To prepare information technologists with the knowledge to create and implement a plan to provide for disaster prevention and recovery.
- To prepare information technologists with the proper techniques for implementing security plans that ensures compliance with various laws and identifying and investigating breaches in compliance.
- To prepare information technologists to address specific needs and challenges in the field of Information Security.
Program Emphasis Choices
Students pursuing Information Technology Ph.D. have the following choices of emphases:
- Artificial Intelligence Emphasis
- Blockchain Emphasis
- Computer Science Emphasis
- Cyber Engineering Emphasis
- Data Science Emphasis
- Digital Forensics Emphasis
- Information Securities Emphasis
- Information Technology Emphasis
Programs:
Masters Degree
Artificial Intelligence, M.S.
Computer Science, M.S.
Cyber Engineering, M.S.
Data Science, M.S.
Information Systems Security, M.S.
Information Technology Leadership, M.S.
Information Technology, M.S.
Doctoral Degree
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
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