The distance-learning program is delivered/conducted via the following medium(s): Chat rooms
E-mail
Internet/Web-based delivery
Residency
24-hour technical support? No
When/how often classes meet:
• One Week
Core MBA curriculum last revised: 1999
Credits required to complete distance-learning program: 54
Requirements for graduation:
• Students must have attended a minimum number of classes • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter-grade average • attendance at residencies
Accelerated MBA program offered? Yes
Distance-learning students required to spend time on campus throughout the course of the program? Yes
Description: One week at the beginning of each term. Three terms per year.
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
8
Students in core class (average)
19
Students in elective class (average)
15
Number of elective courses available to distance-learning students
10
Electives offered in 2000-2001 that are new in the past three years
80%
Required courses that focus on entrepreneurial studies
n/a
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching Methods:
Case study
n/a
Experiential learning
n/a
Lecture
7%
Simulations
n/a
Team Projects
n/a
Other
n/a
Final exams are administered:
Over the Internet
On-campus
Take Home
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:
Accounting
Finance
General Management
International Business
Marketing
New electives added in past 12 months:
Digital Convergence and Commerce
Doing Business in China
Financial Statement Analysis
Global Supply Chain Management
Nonparametric Statistics
Operations Strategy
Portfolio Management
Strategic Control Systems
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
60%
Full-time faculty members for distance-learning program
11
Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months
8
Tenured distance-learning professors
60%
Full-time distance-learning MBA faculty with at least 5 years full-time corporate experience
5%
(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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