Description: Student presentations, class discussion, outside speakers
Distance learning option for some courses? Yes
SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS/SPECIALIZATIONS
School Concentrations/Specializations:
Accounting
Banking
Consulting
E-Commerce
Entrepreneurship
Finance
General Management
Human Resource Management
International Business
Management Information Systems
Manufacturing & Technology Management
Marketing
Operations Management
Portfolio Management
Strategy
Full-time MBAs enrolled in entrepreneurial studies/small business concentration in past 12 months: 8
AREAS OF STUDY
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Consulting
Entrepreneurship
Ethics
Finance
Leadership
Average number of students in a core course: 60
Average number of students in an elective course: 20
Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in academic year: 98
Percentage of electives offered in 2000-2001 that are new in the past three years: 26%
New electives added in past 12 months:
Brand Strategy
Enterprise Project Collaboration
Ethics in Banking & Finance
Managing eProjects
Spirituality of Work
Managing Differences & Conflict
Sports Business
Creativity for Strategic Advantage
Business Law for Managers
Leadership Marketing
FULL-TIME PROGRAM FACULTY
Full-time faculty in residence over past 12 months
100
Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months
7
Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience
12%
Tenured professors
64
Of those, what percentage are:
Female
30%
Underrepresented minorities: (1)
5%
Focus on entrepreneurship
5%
Members of company boards/ directors of boards of advisors
15%
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/ME (Masters in Engineering)
MBA/MS (Master of Science)
OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS
Other degree programs offered:
Master of Accounting
Master of Science in Administration
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
Entrepreneurship
Finance
High Tech
Information Technology
Investment Banking
Marketing
Media & Entertainment
Operations
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:
Faith Development Committee
Active intramural sports teams:
Basketball
Boxing
Soccer
Annual group trips that attract at least a third of the class? Yes
Where to? Chicago, Illinois
MBA Games, or sports contests against rival B-schools: n/a
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