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Programs of Study

The accelerated Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) program at Wayne State University (WSU) is designed to incorporate the fluid nature of the twenty-first century’s business and industry. By emphasizing functional conceptual knowledge, the comprehensive, high-impact M.B.A. program prepares individuals for successful careers in business, government, and other types of organizations. A wide range of elective courses in accounting, finance, industrial relations, information systems management, international business, management and organizational behavior, marketing, personnel/human resources management, and taxation are offered. Fulfillment of foundation requirements in accounting, computing, economics, finance, management, marketing, production management, and business writing is essential. Applicants who do not fulfill the foundation requirements must enroll in accelerated foundation courses. The M.B.A. program is accredited by AACSB International–The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the organization with the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide. Member institutions confirm their commitment to quality and continuous improvement through a rigorous and comprehensive peer review.

The Master of Science in Taxation (M.S.T.) is designed to prepare students for entry into professional tax practice in both the public and private sectors. Through the interdisciplinary nature of the program, students learn the accounting, legal, and public policy aspects of taxation. Students with a bachelor’s degree in accounting usually meet all of the program’s foundation requirements. Applicants with a baccalaureate degree in a field other than accounting may have to complete foundation courses in the areas of accounting, business law, information systems management, and statistics. Concentration areas consist of accounting and taxation, public finance, and public administration.

The Master of Science in Accounting program (M.S.A.) prepares individuals for professional careers in public accounting. The primary objective of the program is to prepare students for public accounting careers rather than entry-level jobs, while meeting the 150-hour education requirement for licensure as a certified public accountant in the state of Michigan. Secondary objectives are to better prepare students for professional examinations, especially the CPA exam. Students with undergraduate degrees in accounting who are pursuing careers in private industry, financial institutions, and government and nonprofit organizations benefit from the expanded study in accounting and business.

The academic year has two 15-week semesters (fall and winter). The spring-summer semester is divided into two terms. A full schedule of graduate courses is offered each term. Students can complete their entire program of study either on the main campus in Detroit, at the Oakland Center in Farmington Hills, through the Online M.B.A. option, or a combination of these options. All M.B.A. requirements can be completed on Saturdays at the Oakland Center in Farmington Hills.

The Wayne State University School of Business Administration launched a Ph. D. program commencing September 2007. The principal objective of the Ph. D. program is to prepare students to become faculty members at major research universities. The program focuses on quantitative skills–enabling students to engage in research projects with faculty members–and will place a heavy emphasis on a global perspective. Assistantships, scholarships, and fellowships will be available to doctoral students on a competitive basis.

Research Facilities

The Wayne State University School of Business Administration offers a wide range of computing resources to students. The School has a dedicated computer laboratory exclusively for business school students. It is equipped with the latest PC workstations, network printers, and cutting-edge business software. In addition, distance learning classrooms link WSU’s main campus in Detroit with the Oakland Center campus in Farmington Hills, and new software products allow faculty to record lectures that students can view from any computer with Internet access. Most M.B.A. courses are available online. On campus, high-speed wireless Internet is accessible throughout the business school’s buildings, including classrooms, and in and around all libraries and many other classroom buildings on campus.

Wayne State University has a high-speed, fiber-optic Gigabit Ethernet network interconnecting buildings on its main and medical campuses. With high-performance connections to the commercial Internet, Internet2, and the Michigan LambdaRail (MiLR) research network, WSU’s network infrastructure supports the reach of University research and collaboration to academic institutions around the country and abroad, including national laboratories and supercomputing centers.

Wayne State also operates a centrally managed Grid-enabled computing system, which houses research-related projects involving high-speed computation, data management, statistical analysis, and other computationally intensive applications. The WSU Grid infrastructure is designed to allow students access to many different programs and data-storage options, depending on the research being performed. More information about the WSU Grid is available online at https://www.grid.wayne.edu.

The University Library System provides access to many business resources, including electronic indexes with abstracts and full text and subject guides that focus on specific areas of research. Many of these resources can be accessed directly online at http://www.lib.wayne.edu. The library system provides open-access computing labs for the entire campus community, including more than 800 computers with a variety of applications in support of student learning. The 24-hour Extended Study Center is open during the fall and winter semesters.

Financial Aid

The Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid provides students with information regarding sources of funds. The University offers graduate and professional scholarships to both full- and part-time graduate students. The School offers graduate teaching and research assistantships through its departments. Stipends for 2008–09 averaged $14,172, plus tuition and benefits, for nine-month appointments.

Cost of Study

In 2009, tuition for Michigan residents is $530 per credit hour, and non-Michigan residents pay $1082 per credit hour.

Living and Housing Costs

WSU Housing offers a number of options for students from modern apartment buildings with views of the city to historic apartments on campus. In addition, the University’s new residence halls, located in the heart of the campus, are just steps from the 24-hour Undergraduate Library, the Recreation and Fitness Center, the Student Center, and classes. The Towers Residential Suites provides housing for sophomores, juniors, seniors, graduate, and professional students. Depending on one’s enrollment status at WSU, prices for the 2009–10 academic year (fall and winter semesters) range from $419 per month for an efficiency apartment to $1244 per month for a room in a three-bedroom apartment. Residence halls (including a meal plan) range from $4972 to $7716 for the academic year. For more information, students should visit http://www.housing.wayne.edu.

Student Group

The School of Business Administration enrolls approximately 250 full-time and 1,000 part-time graduate students. Classes average 35 students. The average age of M.B.A. students is 27. Of the students enrolled, 41 percent are women and nearly 5 percent are international students. On average, the M.B.A. students have five years of work experience, and approximately 93 percent are employed either full- or part-time, with more than half holding supervisory positions.

Student Outcomes

Most students pursuing a master’s degree in business administration, taxation, or accounting have already made impressive starts to their careers. An advanced degree can be a vehicle to broaden one’s expertise, enhance one’s opportunities for advancement, and increase one’s earning potential. The School of Business Administration has a Career Planning and Placement Office dedicated only to business students and regularly places M.B.A. students in permanent positions locally, nationally, and internationally.

Location

WSU is located in the heart of Detroit’s University Cultural Center, the home of renowned museums, galleries, and theaters–most within walking distance. The University’s main campus encompasses 203 acres of beautifully landscaped walkways and gathering spots, linking 100 education and research buildings. The five extension centers in the metropolitan area provide convenient access to a wide selection of courses.

The University

Wayne State University is Michigan’s only urban research university, filling a unique niche by providing access to a world-class education at a great value. Wayne State’s eleven schools and colleges offer more than 350 major subject areas to its 33,000 graduate and undergraduate students. Since its founding in 1868, Wayne State has continued growing to meet educational needs. In 1994, Wayne State became one of only eighty-eight Carnegie Research I Universities out of a total of 3,600 accredited universities in the U.S. WSU offers a broad range of baccalaureate programs while demonstrating a commitment to graduate education and a significant capacity for research.

Applying

The M.B.A., M.S.T., and M.S.A. programs are open to students who hold bachelor’s degrees from regionally accredited institutions and who demonstrate considerable promise of success in pursuing graduate study. An application for graduate admission, completed online at http://www.gradadmissions.wayne.edu; an application fee; official transcripts from all collegiate institutions attended; and GMAT results are required. Admission is granted each semester. The application and other required documents are due by July 1 for fall semester admission, November 1 for winter semester admission, and March 15 for spring-summer semester admission. International students must provide required materials four months prior to the beginning of the term. Semesters begin in September, January, and May.

Applicants to the Ph. D. programs may be admitted with a bachelor’s or a master’s degree and are expected to have competence in math, computing, and statistics sufficient to satisfy prerequisites for the quantitative courses in the Ph. D. curriculum. Students who have not completed macroeconomics and microeconomics as well as calculus prerequisites prior to admission must enroll in these courses during the first year of the doctoral program. Minimum requirements include 3.0 undergraduate GPA (or 3.0 upper-division GPA), 3.5 graduate GPA, and a minimum 600 GMAT score. International applicants must meet the University requirements for TOEFL scores. Three letters of recommendation and an essay on career objectives must be included with applications for admission.

The Faculty

• Angela Andrews, Assistant Professor of Accounting; Ph.D., Michigan State.
• Mark E. Bayless, Associate Professor of Finance; Ph.D., Washington (St. Louis).
• John D. Beard, Associate Professor of Business Communication; D.A., Michigan.
• Richard F. Beltramini, Professor of Marketing; Ph.D., Texas at Austin.
• B. Anthony Billings, Professor of Tax; Ph.D., Texas A&M.
• Abhijit Biswas, Professor of Marketing and Kmart Endowed Chair; Ph.D., Houston.
• William Burrell, Lecturer in Information Systems Management; M.B.A., Wayne State.
• Timothy W. Butler, Associate Professor of Information Systems Management; Ph.D., South Carolina.
• Hugh M. Cannon, Adcraft/Simons-Michelson Professor of Advertising; Ph.D., NYU.
• Clyde Chaffee, Lecturer in Finance; M.B.A., Michigan State.
• April Cobbs, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems Management; Ph.D., Wayne State.
• Sudip Datta, Professor of Finance and T. Norris Hitchman Chair; Ph.D., SUNY.
• Ranjan D’Mello, Associate Professor of Finance; Ph.D., Ohio State.
• Sujay Dutta, Assistant Professor of Marketing; Ph.D., LSU.
• Abhijit Guha, Assistant Professor of Marketing; Ph.D., Duke.
• Ali Hammoud, Lecturer in Information Systems Management; M.A., Mississippi.
• Jia Hao, Assistant Professor of Finance; Ph.D., Utah.
• David Huff, Lecturer in Information Systems Management; Ph.D., Wayne State.
• Mai Iskandar-Datta, Professor of Finance; Ph.D., Missouri–Columbia.
• Bill Jones, Senior Lecturer in Marketing; Ph.D., Kentucky.
• Deborah Jones, Senior Lecturer of Accounting and Taxation; Ph.D., Kent State.
• Scott Julian, Associate Professor of Management; Ph.D., LSU.
• Kevin Ketels, Lecturer in Marketing; M.A., Boston University.
• K. S. Krishnan, Associate Professor of Information Systems Management; Ph.D., Pennsylvania.
• Daniel Lake, Lecturer in Marketing; M.A., Northwestern.
• Frank LaMarra, Lecturer in Accounting; M.B.A., Wayne State; CPA.
• Cheol Lee, Assistant Professor of Accounting; Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo.
• Jaegul Lee, Assistant Professor of Management; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon.
• Ariel Levi, Senior Lecturer in Management; Ph.D., Yale.
• David Lucas, Senior Lecturer in Management; Ph.D., Wayne State.
• James E. Martin, Professor of Management and Industrial Relations; Ph.D., Washington (St. Louis).
• Cathleen Miller, Associate Professor of Accounting; Ph.D., Kentucky.
• Santanu Mitra, Associate Professor of Accounting; Ph.D., LSU.
• Fred Morgan, Professor of Marketing and Chair of the Marketing Department; Ph.D., Michigan State.
• Mbodja Mougoué, Associate Professor of Finance; Ph.D., New Orleans.
• Thomas J. Naughton, Associate Professor of Management; Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo.
• Randolph Paschke, Chair of the Accounting Department and Interim Chair of the Finance Department; B.B.A., Michigan; CPA.
• Kelly R. Price, Associate Professor of Finance; Ph.D., Michigan.
• Arik Ragowsky, Associate Professor of Information Systems Management and Director, Manufacturing Information Systems Center; Ph.D., Tel Aviv.
• Paul Reagan, Senior Lecturer in Management; Ph.D., Michigan State.
• Irvin D. Reid, Professor of Management; Ph.D., Pennsylvania.
• Alan Reinstein, George Husband Endowed Professor of Accounting; D.B.A., Kentucky; CPA.
• Celia Livermore Romm, Professor of Information Systems Management; Ph.D., Toronto.
• Mark Savitskie, Lecturer in Accounting; M.B.A., Wayne State.
• Michael Silvo, Lecturer in Marketing; M.A., Wayne State.
• Margaret Smoller, Associate Professor of Finance and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs; Ph.D., Florida.
• Toni M. Somers, Professor of Information Systems Management; Ph.D., Toledo.
• Albert D. Spalding Jr., Associate Professor of Business Law and Taxation; J.D., M.B.A., George Washington; CPA.
• William Spaulding, Lecturer in Management; M.B.A., Wayne State.
• Robert Stanczak, Lecturer in Marketing; M.A., Saginaw Valley State.
• Myles S. Stern, Associate Professor of Accounting; Ph.D., Michigan State; CMA.
• Jeffrey J. Stoltman, Associate Professor of Marketing and Associate Dean for Graduate Programs; Ph.D., Syracuse.
• Joseph Tan, Professor of Information Systems Management; Ph.D., British Columbia.
• Amanuel G. Tekleab, Assistant Professor of Management; Ph.D., Maryland.
• Frank Vandervegt, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems Management; Ph.D., Michigan.
• Harish L. Verma, Associate Professor of Information Systems Management; Ph.D., Michigan State.
• William H. Volz, Professor of Business Law; J.D., Wayne State; M.B.A., Harvard.
• John D. Wagster, Associate Professor of Finance; Ph.D., Texas A&M.
• Tina Walsh, Senior Lecturer in Accounting; LL.M., Florida.
• Daniel Weimer, Lecturer in Accounting; M.A., Michigan; CPA.
• Dennis Weislo, Lecturer in Management; M.A., Wayne State.
• Mary Ann Welden, Lecturer in Accounting; M.B.A., Notre Dame; CPA.
• David L. Williams, Associate Professor of Marketing and Dean; Ph.D., Wayne State.
• Larry Williams, Professor of Management; Ph.D., Indiana.
• Margaret Williams, Professor of Management and Chair of the Management Department; Ph.D., Indiana.
• Sandra Williams, Senior Lecturer in Management; Ph.D., Wayne State.
• Susan Williams, Lecturer in Marketing; M.A., Oakland.
• Maef Woods, Instructor in Accounting; Ph.D. candidate., Cincinnati.
• Victor Wooddell, Lecturer in Management; Ph.D., Wayne State.
• Attila Yaprak, Professor of Marketing; Ph.D., Georgia State.

Correspondence and Information

Wayne State University
Office of Student Services
School of Business Administration
Detroit, Michigan 48202
Telephone: 313-577-4510
800-910-EARN (toll-free)
Fax: 313-577-5299