WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION
The connection between Wright State University and the community is genuine and historical. The community embarked on a fund raising campaign in the early 1960's to establish an institution of higher education. Wright State opened its doors in the autumn of 1964 and became an independent state institution in October 1967. As a metropolitan university near Dayton, Ohio, the university has the distinct mission of providing leadership to improve the quality of life for the people of the Miami Valley.
Today, the university serves over 16,000 students with programs leading to more than 100 undergraduate and 40 graduate and professional degrees through six colleges and three schools. The student population contains representatives from 46 states and 59 foreign countries. Approximately one-forth of the students is pursuing graduate or professional degrees.
The Community
Wright State University is located approximately 10 miles east of Dayton, Ohio. The metropolitan area has a population of over nine hundred thousand. Dayton's location an hour north of Cincinnati, an hour west of Columbus, and a couple hours east of Indianapolis, Indiana, means that cultural, social, sporting and educational opportunities are abundant.
Programs of study and degree requirements
The mission of the Wright State MBA degree program is to develop managers and leaders whose understanding and vision encompasses the total organization. Graduates will work effectively within and across functional areas and understand the entire organization and its environment.
The MBA program of study is divided into five components. The first component is foundation courses for individuals without adequate prior course preparation in the business disciplines. The business foundation courses include accounting, computer applications, economics, finance, law, management, mathematics, statistics, and marketing. This component may be waived in part or total (0 to 23 credit hours). The other four components of the MBA degree program are required of all students. The components include competency courses (5 classes/ 15 credit hours); functional courses (4 classes/ 12 credit hours); integrative courses (4 classes/ 12 credit hours) and at least one area of concentration (4 or 5 classes/ 12 to 15 credit hours). Available areas of concentration include business economics, finance, health care management, international business, logistics management, management, management information systems, operations management, marketing and project management. Thus, the MBA program is a minimum of 17 classes or 51 credit hours.
The College also offers the Master of Accountancy, MS in logistics management and MS in social and applied economics degree programs which may be taken in conjunction with the MBA degree program.
Facilities & Resources
The College of Business and Administration faculty and administrative offices, computer lab and most MBA classes are in Rike Hall which opened in 1981.
The library collections include over 570,000 bound volumes, one million microforms, 350,000 U.S. and Ohio documents, and 4,100 current periodical subscriptions. Besides traditional collections and services, the libraries use the latest technology to provide access to information. The on-line library system provides information about local library collections and provides access to the major academic collections throughout the state of Ohio. The library building is open over 100 hours per week.
Computing and Telecommunication Services provides computing and telecommunication resources for the university. The university has a campus-wide network that connects many of the resources into a single entity. The network also provides access to state, national, and international resources through the Ohio Academic and Research Network, Internet, and Bitnet. Wright State has a number of computers and operating systems available. VAX/VMS and UNIX multi-user computers are accessible to graduate students through the network. Access to the network is available through modem access, terminal labs, local area networks, and X-Window terminals. A lab accessible to persons with disabilities is maintained.
Expenses and Aid
The tuition for the 2001-2002 academic year is $181 per credit hour for Ohio residents and $302 per credit hour for nonresidents taking 1 through 10.5 credit hours per quarter. A student taking 11 through 18 credit hours per quarter is charged $1703 if they are an Ohio resident and $3013 if they are a nonresident. International students are assessed an international student fee of $52 per quarter.
Residence halls cost for room and board range from $3900 to $5205 per academic year. Housing in on-campus apartments ranges in cost from $3871 to $7838 per calendar year.
Financial aid available to graduate students includes graduate assistantships, graduate tuition fellowships, Federal Perkins Loans, Federal Subsidized and Unsubsidized Stafford Loans, and Federal Work-Study employment. The graduate assistantship is the only aid available to international students. Graduate assistantships and graduate tuition fellowships are administered by the College of Business and Administration and are available to first year students.
How to Apply
All degree-seeking applicants for admission to the MBA program must complete and submit the application; pay the $25 degree status application fee; submit official undergraduate and graduate transcripts from all colleges/universities attended showing a four-year baccalaureate, or equivalent, degree from a regionally accredited institution; and have Educational Testing Service (ETS) send an official GMAT score report to Wright State. International applicants must submit, in addition to the foregoing, the Financial Statement Information form and have ETS send an official TOEFL score report To Wright State. An admission index (AI) is computed for each applicant. The AI is computed by multiplying the overall undergraduate GPA by 200 and adding the total GMAT score. An applicant must meet the following minima to be considered for regular admission: minimum AI of 1000; a minimum graduate GPA of 3.0 for any applicant having completed any graduate course work; minimum TOEFL of 550 for individuals required to submit score. Applicants admitted during the past two years have an average GMAT score of about 520 and an average undergraduate GPA of around 3.1. Full-time work experience and an undergraduate degree in business are not required.
Who to contact
For more information, contact:
Mr. James Crawford
Director of Graduate Programs in Business
Wright State University
College of Business and Administration
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
Dayton, Ohio 45435-0001
Telephone: (937) 775-2437
FAX: (937) 775-3545
E-Mail: jcrawford@wright.edu
http://www.coba.wright.edu
The Faculty
K. Ahmad, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1970. Insurance, real estate, personal finance.
M. F. Ainina, Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1986. Financial management, investments.
P. W. Bacon, D.B.A., Indiana University, 1967. Financial management, health care finance.
F. J. Baker, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, 1984. Project management, organizational behavior, strategic management.
J. P. Blair, Ph.D., West Virginia University, 1974. Urban and regional economics, economic policy, public finance.
H. E. Brown, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1969. Pricing management, direct marketing, marketing management.
J. G. Bushong, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1989. Financial accounting.
F. J. Carmone, Ph.D., University of Waterloo, 1971. Marketing strategy, marketing research.
P. S. Carusone, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1969. Product management, entrepreneurship, marketing strategy.
J. F. Castellano, Ph.D., St. Louis University, 1971. C.P.A., Managerial and governmental accounting.
M. J. Cleary, Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1971. Quantitative methods, computer applications, quality management.
J. W. Coleman, Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1982. Statistical analysis, simulation, management information management.
G. K. Constable, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1972. Logistics management, production operations, quality, statistics.
J. Davy, Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1986. Organizational behavior, organizational development, compensation, human resource strategy.
W. S. Demmy, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1971. Management information systems, logistics, production and inventory management.
B. B. Denison, M.S., Wright State University, 1973. Small business applications, systems analysis and design.
T. D. Dovel, M.B.A., Miami University, 1961. Nonprofit marketing, marketing planning, marketing strategy.
T. H. Dung, Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1978. Microeconomics, international economics, physical economics.
R. Fichtenbaum, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1980. Econometrics, labor economics, macroeconomics, health economics.
W. M. Goulet, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1973. Financial management, real estate.
N. Gressis, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1975. Financial management, investments.
C. S. Gulas, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1994. Advertising, consumer behavior, marketing management.
C. J. Hartmann, J.D., University of Missouri, 1966. Legal environment of business, government regulation, economic analysis of law.
R. H. Hereth, M.B.A., Miami University, 1965. C.P.A. Taxation.
B. E. Hopkins, Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1992. Comparative economic institutions, development economics, gender analysis, economics of the Pacific Rim.
P. Khera, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1968. Marketing strategy, consumer behavior, international marketing, marketing of services.
R. B. Koop, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1974. Management information systems.
R. Kumar, Ph.D., Wayne State University, 1972. International economics, economics of development, comparative economic systems, economic theory, monetary and fiscal policy.
W. Lai, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1974. Quantitative methods for business, logistics systems, computer simulation, decision support systems.
A. J. E. Larsen, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1987. Real estate, financial institutions.
S. Lightle, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1991. Auditing, financial accounting.
P. Olson, Ph.D., University of Utah, 1989. Labor economics, history of economic thought, methodology, economics of gender.
E. W. Osborne, Ph.D., UCLA, 1993. Microeconomic theory, law and economics, public choice, international economics.
B. Owen, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1987. Organizational behavior, organizational theory.
J. A. Petrick, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1972. Management, international managemant, business ethics, quality management, leadership studies.
R. A. Ping, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1990. Marketing management, marketing research.
G. G. Polak, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1983. Network optimization, queuing theory, simulation.
R. Premus, Ph.D., Lehigh University, 1974. Regional-urban economics, public finance, economic theory, monetary economics.
S. Renas, Ph.D., Georgia State University, 1971. Cost-benefit analysis, public project evaluation, macroeconomics, monetary theory, environmental economics, financial institutions and markets.
N. Sanders, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1986. Forecasting, decision theory, materials management, expert systems.
P. M. Saunders, Ph.D., Miami University, 1979. Marketing strategy, service marketing, direct marketing.
G. T. Sav, Ph.D., George Washington University, 1981. Microeconomics, public finance, energy economics, property rights.
R. F. Scherer, Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 1987. Organizational behavior, human resource management, organizational development.
W. M. Slonaker, J.D., The Ohio State University, 1972. Legal environment of business, legal aspects of business organizations, legal aspects of commercial transactions, labor law. H. D. Sprohge, Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo, 1974. Managerial and financial accounting, taxation.
F. A. Stickney, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1969. Strategic management, systems management, business policy.
J. A. Swaney, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1979. History of economic thought, methodology, environmental and resource economics.
R. J. Sweeney, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1985. Financial management.
J. C. Talbott, Jr., D.B.A., University of Kentucky, 1974. C.M.A. Taxation, managerial accounting.
T. Traynor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1986. Forecasting, econometrics, industrial organization, microeconomics.
T. J. Von der Embse, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1968. Organizational behavior and design, management theory, health care management.
R. Wagley, Ed.D., University of Cincinnati, 1975. Management, public policy issues management, business ethics.
A. C. Wendt, Ph.D., University of Utah, 1987. Industrial relations, labor relations, human resource management.
R. E. Williams, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1975. Financial management, investments.
L. Xu, Ph.D., Portland State University, 1986. Systems theory, integrated information systems, artificial intelligence.
V. Yen, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1975. Operations research, management science, statistics, management information systems.