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2003 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
The University of Alabama
Culverhouse College of Business and Administration

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Address: Box 870223
101 Bidgood Hall
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0223
E-Mail: mba@cba.ua.edu
Web site: http://www.cba.ua.edu/~mba


FACULTY/ACADEMICS

Basic Information:
Core MBA curriculum last revised: 1997

Accelerated MBA program offered? Yes

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

Credits/credit hours required to complete full-time program: 49 Credits



TEACHING METHODS

Teching Methods:
Case study 20%
Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) 15%
Experiential learning 15%
Lecture 40%
Simulations n/a
Team projects 10%
Other n/a


SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS/SPECIALIZATIONS

School Concentrations/Specializations:
Accounting
Automotive Management
E-commerce
Entrepreneurship
Finance
General Management
Health Care Administration
International Business
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Operations Management
Real Estate
Risk, Assurance, and Control
Sports Business
Statistics and Operations Research
Strategy


AREAS OF STUDY

The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Finance
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Real Estate
Strategy

Average number of students in a core course: 30

Average number of students in an elective course: 15

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in academic year: 60

Percentage of electives offered in 2002-2003 that are new in the past three years: 5%

New electives added in past 12 months:
Risk, Assurance, and Control



FULL-TIME PROGRAM FACULTY

Full-time faculty in residence over past 12 months 96
Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months 20
 
Tenured professors 72
Of those, what percentage are:
  Female 12%
Underrepresented minorities: (1) 12%
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/MA (Modern Languages)
MBA/ME (Masters in Engineering)
MBA/MSEE (Master of Science in Electrical Engineering)
MBA/MSIE (Master of Science in Industrial Engineering)
MBA/MSME (Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering)
MBA/MSN (Master of Nursing)
MBA/PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)


OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS

Other degree programs offered through the B-school:
MA in Economics
MA in Management; MA in Management Science;
Master of Accounting
Master of Finance
Master of Marketing
Master of Tax Accounting


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:
Finance
Information Technology
Investment Banking
Toastmasters

B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
MBA Association
Women in MBA

Religious organizations active on campus:
n/a

Active intramural sports teams:
Baseball
Basketball
Football
Outdoor Activities
Soccer
Softball
Volleyball

Students plan group vacations that attract at least a third of the class? Yes

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

Mar. Washington, DC



 
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