The distance-learning program is delivered/conducted via the following medium(s): Satellite television
Videoconferencing
Internet/Web-based delivery
24-hour technical support? Yes
When/how often classes meet:
• On alternate weekends
Core MBA curriculum last revised: 1998
Credits required to complete distance-learning program: 50
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: MIMLA participants spend one week at the start of their program and one week at the end on the Thunderbird campus in Glendale, Arizona (USA)
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
13
Total hours of work outside of class per week
20
Students in core class (average)
145
Students in elective class (average)
n/a
Number of elective courses available to distance-learning students
0
Electives offered in 2000-2001 that are new in the past three years
n/a
Required courses that focus on entrepreneurial studies
n/a
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching Methods:
Case study
35%
Experiential learning
n/a
Lecture
65%
Simulations
n/a
Team Projects
n/a
Other
n/a
Final exams are administered:
Local proctors/facilitators at each of the nine individual program sites monitor exams.
SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS/SPECIALIZATIONS
International Business
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
General Management
Industrial Management
International Business
Marketing
New electives added in past 12 months:
n/a
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
0
Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months
0
Tenured distance-learning professors
73%
Full-time distance-learning MBA faculty with at least 5 years full-time corporate experience
64%
(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
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Distance-learning students have use of the following services/facilities:
School library
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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