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Graduate Degrees Offered

M.A., M.B.A.*, Ph.D.
M.A. Specializations - what's a specialization?
  • Executive Leadership
  • 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.



 

Business

  • On the Web
    Department Website
  • Graduate Chair
    Dr. Gordon Karels
  • Program Coordinator
    Ms. Judy Shutts
    jshutts1@unl.edu
    (402) 472-2338
  • Department Address
    125 CBA
    Lincoln NE 68588-0405


Application Checklist and Deadlines

Required by the Office of Graduate Studies


 

Required by Business


Application Deadline

Ph.D. specialization in Accountancy
   Accepting applications for Fall 2011 only.
Ph.D. specialization in Finance
   Accepting applications for Fall 2011 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.

 

Graduate Bulletin

The Graduate Bulletin provides course descriptions, program requirements, and more:


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
     Director of Ph.D. Program

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
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
     Graduate Chair

Management

Subrata Chakrabarty Strategic Management
     Visiting Professor
Gwendolyn Combs Organization; Career Development
Lester Digman International and Strategic Management
     Graduate Chair
Peter Harms Character Development; Leadership; Status Attainment; Personnel Selection; Workplace Deviance; Power Dynamics
Colleen Jones Management; Leadership; Minority Issues
Sang Lee Entrepreneurship; Information Systems
Weixing Li Organizational Behavior; Psychological Capital; International Management; Business Ethics
Fred Luthans Management; Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Fiona Nah Information Systems; Human-Computer Interaction; Virtual Worlds; Mobile and Ubiquitous Commerce; Computer-Supported Collaborative Work; Enterprise Resource Planning; Research Methodologies
David Olson MIS; Decision-Making; Data Mining
Marc Schniederjans Electronic Operations Management
Terry Sebora Entrepreneurship; Strategic Management
Keng Siau Information Systems Management; Electronic and Mobile Commerce; Design Science; Virtual World
Scott Swenseth Agribusiness; Operations Management
Silvana Trimi Electronic Management; Information Systems
Mary Uhl-Bien Organizational Behavior; Ethics

Marketing

Dwayne Ball Database Marketing; Market Research; New Product Development; Customer Relationship Marketing
Leslie Carlson Consumer Socialization; Environmental Advertising; Memory Measurement; Services Marketing
James Gentry Consumer Behavior; Family Decision Making; Cross-Cultural Issues; International Consumerism
     Graduate Chair
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
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