PREMIUM CONTENT
GRADUATE COMMUNITY
FULL-TIME MBA
GRAD SCHOOL LIFE
Best Schools by Specialty
MBA CAREER MOVES
GRADUATE ALUMNI
MBA Admission Strategies
PART-TIME MBA
EXECUTIVE MBA
EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
Rankings & Profiles
DESIGN & INNOVATION PROGRAMS
|  |
|
2004 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
University of California, Irvine
The Paul Merage School of Business
|
PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS
Core MBA curriculum last revised
| 2002 |
| Accelerated MBA program offered? | No |
| Average number of students in a core class | 52 |
| Average number of students in an elective class | 28 |
Graduation requirements:
- Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
- Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
- International Requirement: fulfilled by enrolling in an international elective or participating in an exchange program.
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching Methods:
| Case study | 40% |
| Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) | 0% |
| Experiential learning | 2% |
| Lecture | 33% |
| Simulations | 5% |
| Team projects | 20% |
| Other | 0% |
|
SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS
Full-time MBAs may concentrate in the following subjects:
n/a
AREAS OF STUDY & ELECTIVES
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Accounting
Finance
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Operations Management
Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 40
New electives added in the past academic year:
Management of Biotech
International Trade & Finance
Innovative Process
Electives course catalog
JOINT-DEGREE PROGRAMS
Joint-degree programs offered to full-time students:
Bachelor/MBA 3/2 Program (UC Irvine Undergraduates)
MBA/MD (Doctor of Medicine)
OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS
Other degree programs offered through the B-school:
n/a
B-SCHOOL FACULTY
| Full-time faculty in residence over past academic year | 43 |
| Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past academic year | 42 |
| |
| Tenured professors | 27 |
| Of those, what percentage are: |
| | Female | 30% |
| Underrepresented minorities: 1 | 0% |
| Members of company boards/ directors of boards of advisors | 33% |
| Have owned a business | 33% |
(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
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
Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Information Technology
Manufacturing
Marketing
Media & Entertainment
Operations Management
Real Estate
B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
China America Business Exchange
International Club
Japan Business Association
Volunteer
Wine
Women in MBA
Religious organizations active on campus:
n/a
Active intramural sports teams:
Football
Golf
Outdoor Activities
Ski
Softball
| Event | Month | Location |
MBA games or sports contests against rival B-schools:
Challenge for Charity (C4C)
|
Apr. |
Stanford University, CA |
TECHNOLOGY
| Wireless network in main B-school buildings | Yes |
| University's investment in technology within the B-school over the past three years | $276,000 |
Technology changes made over the past three years:
School-wide wireless networks were upgraded to high speed, 802.11 g. Instruction streamed via the Internet for TA sessions, faculty tutorials, and conferences. The School's own content management system, Catalyst, gained student teams sections, customized "portal" pages for each user, and automatic email notification of changes to course syllabi. A storage area network was installed in 2001 supplying large storage allocations to all students, faculty and servers.
|
|
|
MBA INSIDER >>
Get advice and tools that will help you choose the right school -- and develop a strategy for getting accepted.
MBA EXPRESS >
Get our twice-monthly newsletter e-mailed to you
|
=Subscribers Only
Copyright 2004 , by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved.
MBA Insider
Return to Full-Time Profiles
