FACULTY/ACADEMICS
Basic Information:
Core MBA curriculum last revised: 1998
Accelerated MBA program offered? No
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
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TEACHING METHODS
Teching Methods:
| Case study | 25% |
| Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) | 0% |
| Experiential learning | 20% |
| Lecture | 25% |
| Simulations | 10% |
| Team projects | 20% |
| Other | n/a |
| Description: Of the 40% which is experiential and team projects, 10% is the Action Learning Project. Teams of students solve real business problems for real businesses during the last 10 weeks of their first year.
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SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS/SPECIALIZATIONS
School Concentrations/Specializations:
Note: JGSM does not require its students to specialize.
AREAS OF STUDY
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Entrepreneurship
Finance
General Management
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Average number of students in a core course: 62
Average number of students in an elective course: 35
Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in academic year: 90
Percentage of electives offered in 2001-2002 that are new in the past three years: 20%
New electives added in past 12 months:
Strategic Cost Management
Trading Room Seminar
International Business Law
Advanced Marketing Research
Applied Optimization
Multi-Cultural Challenge to Globalization
Channels Management
Future Technologies
Architecture Seminar
Investor Relations
FULL-TIME PROGRAM FACULTY
| Full-time faculty in residence over past 12 months | 40 |
| Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months | 53 |
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| Tenured professors | 20 |
| Of those, what percentage are: |
| | Female | 15% |
| Underrepresented minorities: (1) | 0% |
| Members of company boards/ directors of boards of advisors | 30% |
| Have owned a business | 25% |
(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/MCS (Master of Computer Science)
MBA/MD (Doctor of Medicine)
MBA/ME (Masters in Engineering)
MBA/MSEE (Master of Science in Electrical Engineering)
MBA/MSME (Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering)
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
Consulting
E-business
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Information Technology
International Business
Marketing
Real Estate
B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
Black MBA Association
Hispanic Student Organization
International Club
Toastmasters
Volunteer
Wine
Women in MBA
Religious organizations active on campus:
n/a
Active intramural sports teams:
n/a
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 |
Central Charity Challenge
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Apr. |
Rice University |
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