The distance-learning program is delivered/conducted via the following medium(s): Chat rooms
E-mail
Satellite television
Videoconferencing
Internet/Web-based delivery
24-hour technical support? Yes
When/how often classes meet:
• Evenings • On alternate weekends • chat times as scheduled
Core MBA curriculum last revised: 1999
Credits required to complete distance-learning program: 52
Requirements for graduation:
• Students must have attended a minimum number of classes • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter-grade average
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
2
Total hours of work outside of class per week
6
Students in core class (average)
10
Students in elective class (average)
8
Number of elective courses available to distance-learning students
20
Electives offered in 2000-2001 that are new in the past three years
100%
Required courses that focus on entrepreneurial studies
Accounting
Finance
Human Resource Management
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Tax
Technology
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:
Accounting
E-Commerce
Finance
Marketing
Tax
New electives added in past 12 months:
ACCT 33W - ACCOUNTING INFO SYSTEMS
ACCT 824W CORP. FIN. REPORTING & ANALYSIS
ACCT 825W CORP. FINANCIAL PLANNING
CIS 815W DATABASE MGT
FIN 801W MONEY AND CAPITAL MARKETS
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
64%
Full-time faculty members for distance-learning program
64
Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months
7
Tenured distance-learning professors
87%
Full-time distance-learning MBA faculty with at least 5 years full-time corporate experience
n/a
(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:
Graduate Student association
MBA Association
B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
n/a
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