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2001 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Case Western Reserve University
Weatherhead School of Management

Sections: Getting In |  Academics & Lifestyle  | Career Services | Graduate Comments


Address: Weatherhead School of Management, CWRU
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland , OH 44106-7235
E-Mail: questions@exchange.som.cwru.edu
Web site: www.weatherhead.cwru.edu


FACULTY/ACADEMICS

Basic Information:
Core MBA curriculum last revised: 2001

Full-time program runs in the following countries:
United States of America

Accelerated MBA program offered? Yes

Laptop computer requirement? Yes

Students must complete international experience abroad? No

Students must complete a business plan? Yes

School claims intellectual property rights on ventures developed by its students? No



TEACHING METHODS

Teching Methods:
Case study 35%
Distance learning (video conferencing, Web-based learning) 1%
Experiential learning 5%
Lecture 35%
Simulations 4%
Team projects 20%
Other 0%

Distance learning option for some courses? Yes


SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS/SPECIALIZATIONS

School Concentrations/Specializations:
Accounting
E-Commerce
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Finance
General Management
Healthcare Administration
Human Resource Management
International Business
Management Information Systems
Manufacturing & Technology Management
Marketing
Nonprofit management
Operations Management
Organizational Behavior
Public Policy
Statistics & Operations Research
Strategy
Supply Chain Management

Full-time MBAs enrolled in entrepreneurial studies/small business concentration in past 12 months: 14


AREAS OF STUDY

The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Consulting
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Management Information Systems
Nonprofit management

Average number of students in a core course: 52

Average number of students in an elective course: 38

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in academic year: 156

Percentage of electives offered in 2000-2001 that are new in the past three years: 26%

New electives added in past 12 months:
Technology and entrpreneurship
Managing corporate knowledge
Technology of e-business
International institute in China
Workin Spanish for managers
HR management in entrepreneurial firms
Value creation through real estate
Risk management and financial engineering
Service operations with e-commerce
Strategy of e-commerce


FULL-TIME PROGRAM FACULTY

Full-time faculty in residence over past 12 months 95
Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months 11
Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 17%
 
Tenured professors 50
Of those, what percentage are:
  Female 27%
Underrepresented minorities: (1) 5%
Focus on entrepreneurship 2%
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/MA (Master of Arts)
MBA/MAcc
MBA/MCS (Master of Computer Science)
MBA/MD (Doctor of Medicine)
MBA/MIM (Master of International Management)
MBA/MPH
MBA/MSIM (Master of Science in Information Management)
MBA/MSM (Master of Science in Management)
MBA/MSN (Master of Science, Nursing)
MBA/MSSA


OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS

Other degree programs offered:
Master of Accounting
MSM- Information Systems
MSM- Operations Research and MSM-Supply Chain
Master of Nonprofit Organizations


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:
Biotech/Health care
Business Law
Consulting
E-Business
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Human Resources
Information Technology
Investment Banking
Manufacturing
Marketing
Nonprofit

B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
Black MBA Association
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
International Club
Partners/Family
Volunteer
Wine
Women in MBA

Religious organizations active on campus:
n/a

Active intramural sports teams:
Golf
Outdoor/Wilderness Activities (e.g., rock climbing, white water rafting)
Ski

Annual group trips that attract at least a third of the class? Yes

Where to?
Ohio State Parks, USA
Cedar Point Amusement Park, Sandusky, Ohio, USA

MBA Games, or sports contests against rival B-schools:
Event Month Location
Darden Softball Tournament

Apr. University of Virginia



 
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WEATHERHEAD RANKINGS
Full-time MBA rank:
2004:  Second tier    1994:  --    
2002:  Second tier    1992:  --    
2000:  Third tier    1990:  --    
1998:  Third tier    1988:  --    
1996:  Second tier    
BW ranking history

EMBA rank:
2003:  21    1997:  --    
2001:  --    1993:  --    
1999:  --    

Exec Ed rank:
2003:  15    1997:  --    
2001:  --    1993:  --    
1999:  --    1991:  --    



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