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2003 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Iowa State University
College of Business

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Address: Iowa State University
College of Business, 218 Carver Hall
Ames, IA 50011-2063
E-Mail: busgrad@iastate.edu
Web site: http://www.bus.iastate.edu


FACULTY/ACADEMICS

Basic Information:
Core MBA curriculum last revised: 1999

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: 48 Credit hours



TEACHING METHODS

Teching Methods:
Case study 40%
Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) n/a
Experiential learning n/a
Lecture 30%
Simulations n/a
Team projects 30%
Other n/a


SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS/SPECIALIZATIONS

School Concentrations/Specializations:
Accounting
Agribusiness
Family Financial Planning
Finance
Human Resource Management
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Sports Business


AREAS OF STUDY

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

Average number of students in a core course: 35

Average number of students in an elective course: 15

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in academic year: 50

Percentage of electives offered in 2002-2003 that are new in the past three years: 10%

New electives added in past 12 months:
International Strategic Management



FULL-TIME PROGRAM FACULTY

Full-time faculty in residence over past 12 months 62
Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months 5
 
Tenured professors 46
Of those, what percentage are:
  Female 17%
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:
MBA/MS Statistics
MBA/Master of Architecture
MBA/Master of Community and Regional Planning


OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS

Other degree programs offered through the B-school:
Master of Accounting
Master of Science in Information Systems


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:
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Human Resources
Information Technology
Marketing
Transportation and Logistics

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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