PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS
When/how often classes meet:
Evenings
Core MBA curriculum last revised
| 2003 |
| Accelerated MBA program offered? | No |
| Average number of students in a core class | 40 |
| Average number of students in an elective class | 30 |
| Accelerated part-time program offered? | No |
Graduation requirements:
Students must write a complete business plan
Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
| Credits required to complete part-time program | 48 |
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching Methods:
| Case study | 50% |
| Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) | n/a |
| Experiential learning | n/a |
| Lecture | 25% |
| Simulations | 10% |
| Team projects | 20% |
| Other | n/a |
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SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS
Part-time MBAs may concentrate in the following subjects:
Accounting
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Human Resource Management
International Business
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Statistics and Operations Research
AREAS OF STUDY, COURSEWORK & ELECTIVES
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Entrepreneurship
Finance
International Business
Leadership
Tax
| Total hours in class per week | 6 |
| Total hours of work outside of class per week | 36 |
| Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: | 21 |
New electives added in the past academic year:
Intellectual Property and the Internet
Labor Relations
Investment Analysis and Management
Retirement and Employee Benefit Planning
Advanced Accounting Info Systems
Asian Finance
Financial Analysis
Services Marketing
Web link: Electives course catalog
JOINT-DEGREE PROGRAMS
Joint-degree programs offered to part-time students:
MBA/JD (Juris Doctor/Doctor of Jurisprudence)
MBA/MA (Master of Arts)
MBA/PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)
OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS
Other degree programs offered through the B-school:
Master of Accounting
Master of Human Resources
B-SCHOOL FACULTY
Part-Time Program Faculty:
| Same faculty as full-time MBA program | 100% |
| Adjunct faculty | 17% |
| Tenured faculty | 82% |
| Faculty with at least five years full-time corporate experience | 10% |
B-School Faculty:
| Full-time faculty in residence over past academic year | 51 |
| Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past academic year | 45% |
| Tenured professors | 40 |
| Of those, what percentage are: |
| | Female | 13% |
| Underrepresented minorities1: | 5% |
| Members of company boards/ directors of boards of advisers | 60% |
| Have owned a business | 8% |
(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
| Part-time students have their own area/center on campus? | Yes |
| Part-time students have access to lockers on campus? | Yes |
| Part-time students have access to break-out room on campus? | Yes |
B-school has active professional clubs in the following areas:
Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
Toastmasters
B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
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CBA Alumni and Friends
Religious organizations active on campus:
n/a
Active intramural sports teams:
n/a
Editor's note: While the B-school may not have an active club in an area that interests you, the greater university system may.
TECHNOLOGY
| Wireless network in main B-school buildings | Yes |
| University's investment in technology within the B-school over the past three years | $525,000 |
Technology changes made over the past three years:
Wireless network implemented - 2003; network upgrade - fiber 10 based T switched - 2004; upgraded computer lab - end of 2001; 50 + new desktops/laptops for faculty per year; upgrade to Oracle 9i - 2004
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