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Programs of Study

The H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) offers the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) program with concentration options in entrepreneurship and finance. Other master’s degree programs include the Master of Accounting, Master of Science in Human Resource Management, Master of International Business Administration, Master of Public Administration, Master of Taxation, Master of Science in Leadership, and Master of Science in Real Estate Development. The School also offers concurrent or postdegree certificates in entrepreneurship, finance, human resource development, human resource management, information security, international business, international economics, international logistics, international management, international strategy, leadership, management information systems, marketing, and real estate development.

The doctoral program is designed to enable students to assume increased responsibility; enhance problem-solving skills; and design, implement, and evaluate research. The doctoral program includes the Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) with specializations in accounting, finance, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, or operations management. The D.B.A. program’s flexible part-time format features classes that are offered one weekend per month for three months. Classes are offered at NSU’s main campus in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and in Atlanta, Georgia and Alexandria, Virginia. This flexibility helps students to concurrently meet their educational and professional goals.

Research Facilities

Information services are offered via traditional and technology-driven approaches in the libraries, which are stocked with carefully selected print materials and are readily available to various electronic resources. The NSU libraries are nationally known for their excellent services to distance education students. With its 325,000-square-foot structure, the Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center is the largest library building in Florida. It is a joint-use facility between the Broward County Board of County Commissioners and NSU, and it is ultramodern in its application of both wireline and wireless technology. The facility has individual study rooms, large conference rooms, exhibit areas, electronic classrooms, a café, and the Rose and Alfred Miniaci 500-seat Performing Arts Center.

Financial Aid

NSU offers various loans, student employment, and scholarships to graduate students. Although administered by the colleges, many of the scholarships are funded by private individuals and institutions. Financial aid awards are based on the completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), accuracy and timeliness of information, receipt of appropriate documentation, and the availability of funds. More information is available for prospective students at http://www.nova.edu/financialaid/.

Cost of Study

Graduate tuition for 2009–10 varies by program. The tuition ranges from $590 to $675 per credit hour for master’s courses, and is $802 per credit hour for doctoral courses.

Living and Housing Costs

The Office of Residential Life helps students with their housing needs and concerns. Graduate housing is available in the Cultural Living Center (CLC) and Rolling Hills Graduate Apartments, both of which are located on the main campus. The CLC, built in 1984, houses approximately 125 graduate students during the academic year and costs between $2240 and $4561 per semester. The Rolling Hills Graduate Apartments house 373 students and cost between $2200 and $5815 per semester. All rates include unlimited laundry, NSU-secured wireless Internet, furnishings, utilities, air conditioning, cable TV, and local telephone service. More information about student housing is available for prospective students at http://www.nova.edu/reslife/.

Student Group

The typical weekend graduate student enrolled in the master’s degree programs is 30–35 years old and in the doctoral program, between 35 and 40 years old. Most work full-time–in the middle to upper levels of management–and are engaged in study for the purpose of professional development and advancement. The average age of full-time master’s students is 23.

Student Outcomes

Graduates of the Huizenga School work for such companies as Alamo; American Broadcast Company (ABC); American Express; American University; AT&T; AutoNation USA; Bank of America; Baptist Hospital; Beckman Coulter Electronics; BellSouth; BellSouth Mobility; Blockbuster Entertainment; Boeing Aircraft; Burger King; Busch Gardens; CALA; Chrysler Credit; Citicorp; City of Fort Lauderdale; City of Houston; Coca-Cola; Computer Sciences Corporation; CSX; Department of Energy; DHL; Digital Equipment Corporation; Disney World; EG&G; Exxon-Mobil; Federal Express; First Data; Florida Power; Ford Motor Company; FPL; General Electric; General Mills; General Motors; GlaxoSmithKlein; Hewlett-Packard; Hughes Aerospace; Humana Health Care Plus; Hyundai Electronics; IBM; Jackson Memorial Hospital; John Alden Financial; Johnson & Johnson; Johnson & Johnson Cordis; Kaiser Engineering; Knight-Ridder; Lenox; Lucent Technologies; Martin Marietta; McDonald’s; Microsoft; Modcomp; Motorola; NASA; Northern Telecom; Parke-Davis; Pepsico; Perrier; Petro Canada; PricewaterhouseCoopers; Quaker Oats; Raymond James and Associates; Rexall Sundown; Rockwell Collins; Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines; Rubbermaid; Ryder; Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Sensormatic; Siemens; TVA Tropicana; Unisys; United Parcel Service; United States Military (Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, National Guard, Navy); United Technologies; Verizon; Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Inc.; Xerox; and ZPMC, Co., Ltd.

Location

Founded in 1964, Nova Southeastern University is the largest not-for-profit institution in Florida. The main campus consists of 300 acres with general-purpose athletic fields and NCAA-qualifying soccer and baseball fields. The residence halls on the main campus serve undergraduate, graduate, health professions, and law students.

Davie, a city of more than 80,000, maintains a sense of small-town intimacy while its location between major highways is near both an international airport and a seaport, which offers access to the state’s metropolitan centers. The area is famous for its wide expanses of sandy beach and its tropical climate. Nearby Fort Lauderdale is home to numerous museums, art galleries, and a performing arts center.

The University and The School

NSU offers a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs to more than 26,000 students every year. It is the sixth-largest independent institution in the nation. The University Center, which opened in August of 2006, is a 300,000-square-foot multipurpose facility that is home to a 5,000-seat sports arena, recreation and wellness center, student union, and a performing arts theater.

In early 2004, the Carl DeSantis Building, home to the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, opened its doors. Its design includes general-purpose classrooms, compressed video/teleconferencing classrooms, a lecture theater, computer labs, multipurpose facilities, conference facilities, business services/copy center, and a full service café, as well as administrative and student offices with support facilities.

Applying

Master’s applicants must submit a graduate admission application form with a nonrefundable application fee; provide official transcripts in English, showing the degree conferred and all undergraduate course work from all colleges and universities attended; and have unrestricted access to a PC. Those with an undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited institution should have a GPA of 2.5 or greater overall (or in the last 60 hours) on a 4.0 scale. Applicants whose undergraduate GPA is greater than or equal to a 2.25 but less than a 2.5 must submit a GMAT score of 450 or greater (or GRE score of 1000 or greater). International students must have a TOEFL score of 550 or greater on the written test, 79 or greater on the Internet-based test, or the equivalent of 213 or greater on the computer-based test. Applicants may also be considered for admission through corporate sponsorship. A letter on company letterhead verifying corporate sponsorship, signed by the corporate tuition benefits officer or appropriate human resources official, must accompany the application.

Doctoral candidates must submit a completed doctoral application form with a nonrefundable application fee; an earned master’s degree (preferably in business or public administration as appropriate); specific prerequisite courses with a B or better at the master’s level; a career essay that describes professional development goals and the reasons for entering the doctoral program; a resume or curriculum vitae with detailed explanation of previous and present employment responsibilities that demonstrates at least seven years’ professional-level experience in business, industry, government, military service, education, or consulting; official transcripts in English from all undergraduate and graduate institutions attended, received directly from each institution; and official GMAT or GRE scores taken within the past five years. Those with a master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution should have a graduate GPA of 3.25 or greater on a 4.0 scale and a GMAT score of 500 or greater (or GRE score of 1,110 or better). International students should have a minimum TOEFL score of 600 (paper-based), 100 (Internet-based), or 250 (computer-based) and a GMAT score of 500 or greater (or GRE score of 1,110 or better). Applicants must own or have unrestricted access to a personal computer and modem that can be used to complete course work.

Students are admitted on a year-round basis and may begin classes in any of four terms in the master’s programs (January, April, July, and October). The doctoral program starts only in September.

The Faculty and Their Research

• Rebecca Abraham, Professor of Finance; D.B.A., US International. Investments and industrial/organizational psychology.
• Russell Abratt, Professor and Associate Dean of Marketing; Ph.D., Pretoria. Marketing, integrated marketing communication, brand marketing.
• Young Baek, Associate Professor and Co-Chair of Finance; Ph.D., South Carolina. International corporate finance, agency theory, management compensation, foreign exchange and foreign direct investment.
• Barry Barnes, Professor and Chair of Leadership; Ph.D., Kansas. Strategic planning, leadership, organizational behavior.
• James Barry, Assistant Professor of Marketing; D.B.A., Nova Southeastern. Marketing communications, salesmanship, Internet marketing, international marketing.
• Michael Bendixen, Professor of Research Methodology and Chair of Research Methods and Decision Sciences; Ph.D., Witwatersrand (Johannesburg). Research methodology, statistics, business forecasting, organizational culture.
• Nicholas Castaldo, Lecturer of Marketing; M.B.A., Harvard. Management, marketing, entrepreneurship.
• Frank Cavico, Professor of Business Law; LL.M., San Diego. Trade secret law and the law of intentional interference with contract, comparative legal and ethical analysis of whistleblowing in the private sector, tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress in the private employment sector.
• Ramdas Chandra, Associate Professor of International Business; Ph.D., NYU. International market entry and expansion, international retailing, international franchising, e-commerce, various strategic aspects of international marketing, exporting, foreign direct investment, trade and its impact on economic development, sustainable business.
• David Cho, Assistant Professor of Finance; Ph.D., Chicago. Investments, credit markets, financial econometrics.
• Ruth Clarke, Associate Professor and Chair of International Business; Ph.D., Massachusetts Amherst. Strategy, new venture creation, international business.
• Charles Collver, Assistant Professor of Finance; Ph.D., Syracuse. Economic thinking, managerial finance, futures and options.
• Barbara Dastoor, Associate Professor of Management Science; Ph.D., Texas at Dallas. Organizational behavior and human resource management.
• Peter Di Paolo, Assistant Professor of Finance; D.B.A., Nova Southeastern. Business strategy, operations management, and management.
• J. Wayne Falbey, Assistant Professor of Management and Real Estate; D.B.A., Nova Southeastern. Real estate development process, real estate finance, land use, project and construction management.
• Peter Finley, Assistant Professor of Sport Management; Ph.D., Northern Colorado. Sport marketing, sport law, sociology of sports.
• Jeffrey Fountain, Assistant Professor of Sport Management; Ph.D., Northern Colorado. Sport diversity, sport marketing, sport finance, sport camp administration.
• Jane Gibson, Professor of Management and leadership; D.B.A., Nova Southeastern. Human resource management, and leadership.
• Bayun Gong, Assistant Professor of Management; Ph.D., Pittsburgh. Human resource management, management, organizational behavior.
• Regina Greenwood, Professor of Management; D.B.A., Nova Southeastern. Management and strategy.
• Thomas Griffin, Professor of Operations Management; D.B.A., Nova Southeastern. Leadership, management, operations management, strategy.
• George Hanbury, Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Executive Vice President for Administration; Ph.D., Florida Atlantic. Leadership, organizational development, organizational theory, public-policy analysis, public administration, budgeting and finance, comparative government and economics.
• Charlie Harrington, Lecturer of Economics; M.A., Northeastern. Microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics.
• William Harrington, Professor of Management; Ed.D., Nova Southeastern. Human resource management, organizational behavior, values integration, organizational health and reward systems, values-based leadership.
• Judith Harris, Associate Professor of Accounting; D.B.A., Boston University. Cost and managerial accounting.
• David Hinds, Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences; Ph.D., Florida International. Information systems and e-business, enterprise 2.0 management, business decision modeling, entrepreneurship and strategy.
• Michael Hoffman, Professor of Taxation; D.B.A., Indiana. Financial, retirement, and estate planning; corporate income taxation.
• J. Preston Jones, Assistant Professor and Executive Associate Dean; D.B.A., Nova Southeastern. Leadership, management.
• Joung Kim, Associate Professor of Accounting; Ph.D., South Carolina. Corporate disclosure strategies, firm valuation in capital markets, information system management, financial reporting, valuations, accounting information systems.
• Barbara Landau, Assistant Professor of Taxation; LL.M., NYU. Corporate and partnership taxation, estate and gift tax and fiduciary income taxation, taxation of pension and profit-sharing plans and tax-exempt organizations, taxation of LLCs and Subchapter S corporations, real estate taxation.
• Barri Litt, Professor of Accounting, M.A., Florida.
• Terrell Manyak, Professor of Public Administration; Ph.D., UCLA. Public policy and economic development.
• Tim McCartney, Professor of Management; Ph.D., Strasbourg. Organizational behavior, psychology, mental health in the Americas.
• Karen McKenzie, Professor of Accounting; Ph.D., LSU. Governmental and financial accounting.
• Walter Moore, Associate Professor, Director, and Chair of Accounting and Taxation; Ph.D., Nebraska. Private and public accounting.
• Bahaudin Mujtaba, Associate Professor and Chair of Management; D.B.A, Nova Southeastern. Leadership, human resource management, international business, management.
• Kathleen O’Leary, Associate Professor of Marketing; Ph.D., Florida Atlantic. Internet marketing, managerial marketing, international marketing and buyer behavior.
• Ordean Olson, Associate Professor of Finance; D.B.A., US International. Financial management and international finance.
• Pedro F. Pellet, Professor of Economics; Ph.D., Miami (Florida). Applied economics.
• Jack Pinkowski, Assistant Professor of Public Administration; Ph.D., Florida Atlantic. Public finance, economic development, globalization, international economic and organizational impacts of the Internet, evolution of e-commerce and its impacts on state and local government finance.
• Randy Pohlman, Professor and Dean of Finance; Ph.D., Oklahoma State. Finance and organizational behavior.
• Robert Preziosi, Professor of Management; D.P.A., Nova Southeastern. Leadership, values, adult learning.
• Randall Rentfro, Assistant Professor of Accounting; Ph.D., Florida Atlantic. Behaviors of financial statement preparers and the factors that influence those behaviors.
• Cynthia Ruppel, Associate Professor of Information Technology; Ph.D., Kent State. Management information systems, statistics.
• Robert Sellani, Associate Professor of Operations Management and Accounting; D.B.A., Nova Southeastern. Cost management and business systems development.
• John Sennetti, Professor of Accounting; Ph.D., Virginia Tech. Auditing and ethics.
• Belay Seyoum, Associate Professor of International Business; Ph.D., McGill. High-technology trade and global e-commerce.
• Randi Sims, Professor of Management; D.B.A., Florida Atlantic. The relationship between employee ethical decision making and national culture.
• Leslie Tworoger, Assistant Professor of Management; M.B.A., Nova Southeastern. Leadership, uses of power in organizations and privatization.
• Tom Tworoger, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship; D.B.A., Nova Southeastern. Entrepreneurship.
• Art Weinstein, Professor and Chair of Marketing; Ph.D., Florida International. Market definition and segmentation.
• Sara (Suri) Weisfeld-Spolter, Assistant Professor of Marketing; Ph.D., CUNY, Baruch. Marketing research, buyer behavior, marketing principles.
• Albert Williams, Assistant Professor of Economics; Ph.D., Georgia. Managerial economics, statistics, monetary policy, corporate finance.
• Pan Yatrakis, Professor and Chair of Finance and Economics; Ph.D., NYU. Efficient markets, behavioral finance.

Correspondence and Information

Nova Southeastern University
H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship
Carl DeSantis Building
3301 College Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314
Telephone: 954-262-5168
800-672-7223 Ext. 25168 (toll-free)
Email: info@huizenga.nova.edu