Description: The ASU MBA offers fundamental business management skills and principles, and intensive, integrated specializations and dual degree programs that add value beyond the traditional MBA degree. By offering students an in-depth academic experience in one or more leading-edge business disciplines, the ASU MBA prepares its graduates for leadership in the global business world. In addition, the depth of expertise throughout the ASU MBA faculty is a key reason for the program’s stature and a driving force behind the program’s future leadership.
Distance learning option for some courses? No
SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS/SPECIALIZATIONS
School Concentrations/Specializations:
Finance
Healthcare Administration
Information Management
Management Information Systems
Services Marketing and Management
Sports Business
Supply Chain Management
Full-time MBAs enrolled in entrepreneurial studies/small business concentration in past 12 months: n/a
AREAS OF STUDY
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Accounting
E-Commerce
Management Information Systems
Strategy
Supply Chain Management
Average number of students in a core course: 50
Average number of students in an elective course: 30
Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in academic year: 50
Percentage of electives offered in 2000-2001 that are new in the past three years: 30%
New electives added in past 12 months:
Entrepreneurial Finance
Applied Project courses
Business Plan Development
new Information Management courses
FULL-TIME PROGRAM FACULTY
Full-time faculty in residence over past 12 months
80
Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months
12
Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience
75%
Tenured professors
165
Of those, what percentage are:
Female
28%
Underrepresented minorities: (1)
5%
Focus on entrepreneurship
4%
Members of company boards/ directors of boards of advisors
n/a
Have owned a business
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.
JOINT-DEGREE PROGRAMS
Joint-degree programs offered to full-time students:
MBA/JD (Juris Doctor/Doctor of Jurisprudence)
MBA/MArch (Master of Architecture)
MBA/ME (Masters in Engineering)
MBA/MHSA (Master of Health Services Administration)
MBA/MIM (Master of International Management)
MBA/MSIM (Master of Science in Information Management)
MBA/Master of Accounting and Information Systems
MBA/Master of Economics
MBA/Master of Taxation
OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS
Other degree programs offered:
Master of Accounting
Master of Science in Information Management
Master of Taxation
Master of Science in Economics
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.
B-school has active professional clubs in the following areas:
Consulting
E-Business
Finance
Information Technology
Supply Chain Management
B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
Black MBA Association
Hispanic Student Organization
International Club
Partners/Family
Volunteer
Women in MBA
Religious organizations active on campus:
n/a
Active intramural sports teams:
Baseball
Basketball
Cricket
Golf
Hiking
Hockey
Lacrosse
Outdoor/Wilderness Activities (e.g., rock climbing, white water rafting)
Rowing
Running/Track
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Volleyball
Annual group trips that attract at least a third of the class? No
MBA Games, or sports contests against rival B-schools:
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