The distance-learning program is delivered/conducted via the following medium(s): Chat rooms
Mailed video tapes
Satellite television
Videoconferencing
Internet/Web-based delivery
threaded discussions (asynchronous) streaming video, audio, simpuations, online labs
24-hour technical support? No
When/how often classes meet:
• Evenings • daytime
Core MBA curriculum last revised: 1993
Credits required to complete distance-learning program: 60
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? 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
6
Total hours of work outside of class per week
20
Students in core class (average)
55
Students in elective class (average)
25
Number of elective courses available to distance-learning students
38
Electives offered in 2000-2001 that are new in the past three years
25%
Required courses that focus on entrepreneurial studies
31%
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching Methods:
Case study
35%
Experiential learning
10%
Lecture
20%
Simulations
5%
Team Projects
25%
Other
5%
Description: modelling
Final exams are administered:
Over the Internet
proctered in a non-campus based setting
SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS/SPECIALIZATIONS
E-Commerce
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Studies
Finance
Industrial Management
Management Information Systems
Manufacturing & Technology Management
Marketing
Operations Management
Statistics & Operations Research
Joint-degree programs offered to distance-learning students:
MBA/ME (Masters in Engineering)
MBA/MS (Master of Science)
MBA/MSIM (Master of Science in Information Management)
AREAS OF STUDY
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
E-Commerce
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Studies
Management Information Systems
Operations Management
New electives added in past 12 months:
Commercializing Advanced Technology
Contract Negotiations
Corporate Governance
Technical Change and Innovation
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
100%
Full-time faculty members for distance-learning program
39
Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months
3
Tenured distance-learning professors
41%
Full-time distance-learning MBA faculty with at least 5 years full-time corporate experience
70%
(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:
Entrepreneurship
Finance
B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
Graduate Management Student Association
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