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2003 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Ball State University
Miller College of Business

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Address: Ball State University
Miller College of Business - WB 147
Muncie, IN 47306
E-Mail: mba@bsu.edu
Web site: http://www.bsu.edu/mba


FACULTY/ACADEMICS

Basic Information:
Core MBA curriculum last revised: 2002

Accelerated MBA program offered? No

Computer requirement? No

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: 30 Credit hours



TEACHING METHODS

Teching Methods:
Case study 20%
Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) 20%
Experiential learning 5%
Lecture 30%
Simulations n/a
Team projects 25%
Other n/a


SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS/SPECIALIZATIONS

School Concentrations/Specializations:
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Management Information Systems
Operations Management


AREAS OF STUDY

The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Accounting
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Management Information Systems
Marketing

Average number of students in a core course: 69

Average number of students in an elective course: 33

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in academic year: 9

Percentage of electives offered in 2002-2003 that are new in the past three years: 22%

New electives added in past 12 months:
Project Management
Enterprise Resource Planning-I/S, POM, HRM
Enterprise Resource Planning-Acct,Cust Rel, Exec Info Sys
Mgt & Mkg of Emerging Technologies
Electronic Commerce
International Issues in Mkg & Mgt
Marketing of Professional Services
Business Analysis for Value Creation
Negotiations



FULL-TIME PROGRAM FACULTY

Full-time faculty in residence over past 12 months 83
Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months 19
 
Tenured professors 58
Of those, what percentage are:
  Female 12%
Underrepresented minorities: (1) 22%
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:
n/a


OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS

Other degree programs offered through the B-school:
Master of Accounting
Master of Art in Education


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:
MBA Association

B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
n/a

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:
n/a


 
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