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Graduate Program Summary

Graduate Degrees Offered

M.A., M.B.A.*, Ph.D.
M.A. Specializations - what's a specialization?
Executive Leadership; Finance; Management Information Systems; Management Science; Marketing, Communication and Advertising (MCA); Marketing; Marketing-Survey Research and Analysis; Organization and Management Theory; Organizational Behavior; Personnel and Human Resource Management; Production and Operations Management; Strategic Management and Business Policy
Ph.D. Specializations - what's a specialization?
Accountancy; Finance; Management; Marketing

*For more information visit our Business (M.B.A.) Graduate Program Summary.

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Ph.D. specialization in Accountancy
   Accepting applications for Fall 2008 only.
M.A. and Ph.D. specialization in Finance
   Accepting applications for Fall 2009 only.
M.A. and Ph.D. specialization in Marketing
     Fall: January 1
M.A. specialization in Marketing, Communication, and Advertising
     Fall: March 15     Spring: October 15     Summer: February 15
Otherwise
     Fall: May 15     Spring: October 15     Summer: February 15

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Description of Program

The mission of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration is to foster intellectual curiosity, business insight, and effective leadership. The faculty and staff are dedicated to educating the next generation of ethical global business leaders. As a charter member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration maintains accreditation and offers both master's and doctoral programs.

The College of Business Administration retains close ties with professional and business leaders who are involved in the classrooms and student organizations. Companies visit the college regularly to meet with faculty, attend job fairs, and forge closer ties with the students.

Housed within the College of Business Administration are centers and programs that receive national acclaim. Several of these include the Bureau of Business Research; the Nebraska Council on Economic Education and the National Center for Research in Economic Education; UNL-Gallup Leadership Institute; the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship; and Pan Pacific Business Association.



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Contact

Graduate Chair
Dr. John Anderson
Program Coordinator
Ms. Judy Shutts
jshutts1@unl.edu
(402) 472-2338
Department Address
125 CBA
Lincoln NE 68588-0405
Department Website
http://cba.unl.edu/grad/

Faculty and Research

For more details about specializations, contact the department chair listed below.

Accountancy

Arthur Allen Bonds; Audit Fees; Financial and Governmental Accounting
James Brown, Jr. Managerial Accounting
Kung Chen Managerial Accounting
Aaron Crabtree Impact of Taxes and Audits on Capital Markets
Lei Gao Auditing; Fraud Risk Assessment; Forensic Accounting
Janice Lawrence Auditor Behavior; Fraud; Ethics; Professional Responsibility; Auditor Skepticism
Linda Ruchala Managerial Accounting; Control Systems; Public Interest; Accounting Theory; Accounting Control and Disclosure
Paul Shoemaker Taxation and Public Policy
David Smith Financial Accounting; Regulation; Securities Market
     Department Chair
Dechun Wang Financial Accounting; Auditing

Finance

Richard DeFusco Investments; Business and International Finance
Donna Dudney Financial Institutions; Financial Markets and Investing
Kathleen Farrell Corporate Governance; Executive Turnover
Geoffery Friesen Investments; Behavorial Finance; Insurance and Risk Management
John Geppert Investments; Monetary Macroeconomics
Gordon Karels Banking; Managerial Economics; Corporate Finance
     Department Chair
Mostafa Mashayekhi Bayes Decision Theory; Credibility Theory; Survival Models; Stochastic Calculus in Actuarial Mathematics
Manferd Peterson Banking; Finance; Real Estate
Colin Ramsay Risk Theory; Pensions; Credit Insurance
Thomas Zorn Speculative Bubbles; Managerial Behavior; Stocks

Management

Bruce Avolio Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Gwendolyn Combs Organization; Career Development
Lester Digman International and Strategic Management
     Department Chair
Colleen Jones Management; Leadership; Minority Issues
Sang Lee Entrepreneurship; Information Systems
Fred Luthans Management; Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Marie Mitchell Organizational Behavior; Ethics
Sucheta Nadkarni Strategic Management; Management Systems
Fiona Nah Group Decision Making Theory; Methodologies
David Olson MIS; Decision-Making; Data Mining
Marc Schniederjans Electronic Operations Management
Terry Sebora Entrepreneurship; Strategic Management
Keng Siau Technical Communication; E-Business
Scott Swenseth Agribusiness; Operations Management
Silvana Trimi Electronic Management; Information Systems
Mary Uhl-Bien Organizational Behavior; Ethics
Brad West Human Resource Management; Organizational Behavior

Marketing

Dwayne Ball Database Marketing; Market Research; New Product Development; Customer Relationship Marketing
James Gentry Consumer Behavior; Family Decision Making; Cross-Cultural Issues; International Consumerism
Sanford Grossbart Marketing Communication; Relationships in Marketing; Macromarketing
Ronald Hampton International Marketing; Consumer Behavior
Patricia Kennedy Marketing Communications; Sports Marketing; Children and Adolescent Marketing
Amit Saini Marketing Strategy; E-Commerce; Technology and Strategy
Ravi Sohi Channels Management; Sales Management; Business-to-Business Marketing
     Department Chair
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