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2002 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Columbia University
Columbia Business School— MBA Program

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Address: 216 Uris Hall
3022 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
E-Mail: apply@claven.gsb.columbia.edu
Web site: http://www.gsb.columbia.edu


FACULTY/ACADEMICS

Basic Information:
Core MBA curriculum last revised: 2000

Accelerated MBA program offered? No

Laptop computer requirement? Yes

Students must complete international experience abroad? No

Students must complete a business plan? No

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



TEACHING METHODS

Teching Methods:
Case study 40%
Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) n/a
Experiential learning n/a
Lecture 40%
Simulations n/a
Team projects 20%
Other n/a


SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS/SPECIALIZATIONS

School Concentrations/Specializations:
Accounting
Decisions and Risk Analysis
Social Enterprise
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Finance
General Management
Human Resource Management
International Business
Marketing
Media, Entertainment, and Communications
Operations Management
Real Estate


AREAS OF STUDY

The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Entrepreneurship
Finance
General Management
International Business
Leadership

Average number of students in a core course: 60

Average number of students in an elective course: 50

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in academic year: 144

Percentage of electives offered in 2001-2002 that are new in the past three years: 19%

New electives added in past 12 months:
Globalization and Markets
Private Equity and Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets
Managerial Ethics
Strategy in Financial Services: What Firms Should Do and Not Do to Win
Social Capital
Social Entrepreneurship
Socially Responsible Investing
Managing in a Market Economy
Social Enterprise Practicum
Applied Regression Analysis



FULL-TIME PROGRAM FACULTY

Full-time faculty in residence over past 12 months 127
Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months 80
 
Tenured professors 59
Of those, what percentage are:
  Female 12%
Underrepresented minorities: (1) 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/DDS (Dentistry)
MBA/MPH (Public Health)
MBA/EdD (Education)

MBA/JD (Juris Doctor/Doctor of Jurisprudence)
MBA/MArch (Master of Architecture)
MBA/MD (Doctor of Medicine)
MBA/ME (Masters in Engineering)
MBA/MIA (International and Public Affairs)
MBA/MS (Master of Science)
MBA/MSIE (Master of Science in Industrial Engineering)
MBA/MSN (Master of Science, Nursing)


OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS

Other degree programs offered through the B-school:
n/a


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 Ethics
Consulting
Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
E-business
Entrepreneurship
Equity Research Club
Finance
High Tech
Human Resources
Information Technology
Investment Banking
Marketing
Media & Entertainment
New Media
Nonprofit
Real Estate Association
Retail Club
VC/ Private Equity

B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
Arab Student Business Assoc.
Asian Business Assoc.
Black MBA Association
Central and Eastern European Bus. Club
Dual Degree Student Assoc
European Society
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
Hispanic Student Organization
International Club
Partners/Family
Volunteer
Wine
Women in MBA

Religious organizations active on campus:
Christian
Jewish
Muslim

Active intramural sports teams:
Basketball
Golf
Hockey
Outdoor Activities
Rugby
Running/Track
Sailing
Scuba diving
Tennis
Ballroom dancing
Ski
Soccer
Squash
Volleyball

Students plan group vacations that attract at least a third of the class? No

MBA Games, or sports contests against rival B-schools:
Event Month Location
Winter Games

n/a Dartmouth
MBA Competition

n/a Duke
Rugby Tournament

n/a Duke
Hockey Tournament

n/a Wharton



 
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