PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS
The distance MBA program is delivered/conducted via the following medium(s):
Internet/Web-based delivery
The distance MBA program is delivered/conducted via the following medium(s):
Yes
When/how often classes meet:
n/a
Core MBA curriculum last revised
| 2003 |
| Accelerated distance MBA program offered? | No |
| Average number of students in a core class | 50 |
| Average number of students in an elective class | n/a |
Graduation requirements:
• Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
• Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
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| Credit hours required to complete distance program | 48 |
| Are distance students invited to campus for graduation? | Yes |
| Does the MBA diploma distinguish whether the student earned the degree on-campus or off? | No |
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching Methods:
| Case study | 25% |
| Experiential learning | 15% |
| Lecture | 15% |
| Simulations | 10% |
| Team projects | 25% |
| Other | 10% |
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Final exams are administered:
Via the Internet
SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS
Distance MBAs may concentrate in the following subjects:
AREAS OF STUDY, COURSEWORK & ELECTIVES
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
General Management
Strategy
| Total hours in class per week | 15 |
| Total hours of work outside of class per week | 10 |
| Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: | 0 |
New electives added in the past academic year:
n/a
JOINT-DEGREE PROGRAMS
Can distance MBA students participate in joint-degree programs?
| No |
Joint-degree programs offered to distance students:
No
OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS
Other degree programs offered through the B-school:
Master of Accounting
Master of Taxation
B-SCHOOL FACULTY
Distance Program Faculty:
| Same faculty as full-time MBA program | 100% |
| Adjunct faculty | 0% |
| Tenured faculty | n/a |
| Faculty with at least five years full-time corporate experience | n/a |
| Distance faculty members who also teach traditional, face-to-face courses | 100% |
| Are faculty members required to travel to off-campus sites to meet with distance MBA students at least one time during each course? | No |
B-School Faculty:
| Full-time faculty in residence over past academic year | 160 |
| Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past academic year | 52% |
| Tenured professors | 119 |
| Of those, what percentage are: |
| | Female | 15% |
| Underrepresented minorities1: | 6% |
| Members of company boards/ directors of boards of advisers | 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.
STUDENT LIFE
| Distance students have access to the school career office? | n/a |
| Distance students have access to the school library? | Yes |
| Distance students have access to the school gymnasium / athletic center? | Yes |
| Distance students have access to student rates for tickets? | Yes |
B-school has active professional clubs in the following areas:
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Editor's note: While the B-school may not have an active club in an area that interests you, the greater university system may.
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