The distance-learning program is delivered/conducted via the following medium(s): Chat rooms
E-mail
Online forums
Internet/Web-based delivery
24-hour technical support? No
When/how often classes meet:
• The program has nine residencies scheduled at three month intervals
Core MBA curriculum last revised: 1997
Credits required to complete distance-learning program: 72
Requirements for graduation:
• Students must have attended a minimum number of classes • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter-grade average • Some percentage of students' grades account for class participation
Accelerated MBA program offered? No
Distance-learning students required to spend time on campus throughout the course of the program? Yes
Description: The MBA-WB is a problem based program with nine residencies spaced at 12 week intervals. The first, fifth and ninth residencies are a full week and the others are 4 days each. Participants typically begin a major project at the end of one residency, work on the project, on-line and in teams during the 12 weeks and then present the final results at the beginning of the next residency. There are also individual and team deliverables due at various intervals between residencies.
Distance-learning students invited to campus for graduation? Yes
Diploma distinguishes whether student earned MBA on or off campus? No
COURSE WORK
Total hours in class per week
n/a
Total hours of work outside of class per week
15
Students in core class (average)
20
Students in elective class (average)
0
Number of elective courses available to distance-learning students
0
Electives offered in 2000-2001 that are new in the past three years
1%
Required courses that focus on entrepreneurial studies
n/a
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching Methods:
Case study
n/a
Experiential learning
n/a
Lecture
n/a
Simulations
n/a
Team Projects
50%
Other
50%
Description: On-line learning exercise assignments, participation in concept discussions, end of project assesments.
Final exams are administered:
On-campus
Most projects involve a final deliverable and a presentation followed by a written assesment - these are done during the residency.
SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS/SPECIALIZATIONS
n/a
Joint-degree programs offered to distance-learning students:
n/a
AREAS OF STUDY
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Consulting
General Management
Leadership
Marketing
Strategy
New electives added in past 12 months:
There are no electives - please see comments
DISTANCE-LEARNING PROGRAM FACULTY
Are faculty members required to travel to off-campus sites to meet with distance-learning students at least one time during each course? Yes
Same faculty as full-time MBA program
75%
Full-time faculty members for distance-learning program
10
Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months
5
Tenured distance-learning professors
90%
Full-time distance-learning MBA faculty with at least 5 years full-time corporate experience
25%
(1) Defined as U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, and Native American. Asian
Americans are not included in the minority percentage.
STUDENT LIFE
Editor's note: While the B-school may not have an active club in an area that interests you, the greater university system may.
Distance-learning students have use of the following services/facilities:
School library
School gymnasium
Student rates for tickets
B-school has active professional clubs in the following areas:
n/a
B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
n/a
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