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
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TEACHING METHODS
Teching Methods:
| Case study | 40% |
| Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) | 5% |
| Experiential learning | 15% |
| Lecture | 25% |
| Simulations | 5% |
| Team projects | 10% |
| Other | n/a |
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SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS/SPECIALIZATIONS
School Concentrations/Specializations:
Accounting
Consulting
E-commerce
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Finance
International Business
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Operations Management
Statistics and Operations Research
AREAS OF STUDY
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Accounting
Consulting
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Marketing
Average number of students in a core course: 73
Average number of students in an elective course: 31
Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in academic year: 111
Percentage of electives offered in 2001-2002 that are new in the past three years: 34%
New electives added in past 12 months:
Advanced Financial Statements Analysis & Valuation
Strategic Cost Management
Security Trading & Market Making
Behavioral Finance
Managing Broadband Networks
Wireless Systems
Advanced Web Application Development
Executive Leadership of IT Strategy
Financial Accounting Concepts
Advanced Financial Accounting
FULL-TIME PROGRAM FACULTY
| Full-time faculty in residence over past 12 months | 175 |
| Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months | 62 |
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| Tenured professors | 95 |
| Of those, what percentage are: |
| | Female | 14% |
| Underrepresented minorities: (1) | 16% |
| 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)
OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS
Other degree programs offered through the B-school:
MS in Information Systems
MS in Strategic Management
MS in Supply Chain
Master of Accounting
Master of Finance
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
Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
E-business
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Investment Banking
Marketing
Systems & Operations Management
B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
Asian MBA
Black MBA Association
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
Hispanic Student Organization
International Club
Partners/Family
Volunteer
Women in MBA
Religious organizations active on campus:
Christian
Active intramural sports teams:
Basketball
Football
Softball
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 |
Softball Invitational
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Apr. |
U. V. A. |
Central Charity Challenge Olympics
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n/a |
Rice University |
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