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:
• Teletutors take place twice per unit, eight times per year.
Core MBA curriculum last revised: 1999
Credits required to complete distance-learning program: 144
Requirements for graduation:
• Must complete core units and sufficient number of electives.
Accelerated MBA program offered? No
Distance-learning students required to spend time on campus throughout the course of the program? No
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
1
Total hours of work outside of class per week
10
Students in core class (average)
30
Students in elective class (average)
30
Number of elective courses available to distance-learning students
8
Electives offered in 2000-2001 that are new in the past three years
13%
Required courses that focus on entrepreneurial studies
4%
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching Methods:
Case study
20%
Experiential learning
10%
Lecture
n/a
Simulations
n/a
Team Projects
n/a
Other
70%
Description: Majority of learning is by individual study of material provided as Study Guide
Final exams are administered:
Over the Internet
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:
Finance
Human Resource Management
Leadership
Marketing
Organizational Behavior
New electives added in past 12 months:
Contemporary Issues in International Politics and Economy
Economics of Health and Health Care
Economics of Information and Electronic Commerce
International Human Resource Management
Personal Development and Ethics for Managers
Project Management
Public Sector and Social Marketing
Risk Management
Strategic Internet Marketing
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? No
Same faculty as full-time MBA program
100%
Full-time faculty members for distance-learning program
12
Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months
40
Tenured distance-learning professors
66%
Full-time distance-learning MBA faculty with at least 5 years full-time corporate experience
80%
(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
Student rates for tickets
B-school has active professional clubs in the following areas:
Entrepreneurship
B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
International Club
Religious organizations active on campus:
n/a
Active intramural sports teams:
Cricket
Golf
Running/Track
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