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 | 26 |
| Average number of students in an elective class | 11 |
| Accelerated part-time program offered? | No |
Graduation requirements:
Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
| Credits required to complete part-time program | 36 |
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching Methods:
| Case study | 40% |
| Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) | n/a |
| Experiential learning | n/a |
| Lecture | 40% |
| Simulations | n/a |
| Team projects | 20% |
| Other | n/a |
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SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS
Part-time MBAs may concentrate in the following subjects:
Entrepreneurship
Finance
General Management
International Business
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Strategy
AREAS OF STUDY, COURSEWORK & ELECTIVES
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Entrepreneurship
Finance
General Management
Marketing
Strategy
| Total hours in class per week | 4 |
| Total hours of work outside of class per week | 8 |
| Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: | 47 |
New electives added in the past academic year:
Creating the Organizational Vision
Pharmaceutical Marketing
Implementing Six Sigma
Anticipating the Competition
Leadership Styles
Crisis Management & Communications
Ethical Decision Making
Executive Compensation & Stock Options
Services Marketing
JOINT-DEGREE PROGRAMS
Joint-degree programs offered to part-time students:
MBA & Educational Leadership
MBA/ME (Masters in Engineering)
OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS
Other degree programs offered through the B-school:
Master of Accounting
Masters in Analytical Finance
Masters in Economics
Masters in Health & Biopharmaceutical Economics
B-SCHOOL FACULTY
Part-Time Program Faculty:
| Same faculty as full-time MBA program | 100% |
| Adjunct faculty | 22% |
| Tenured faculty | 61% |
| Faculty with at least five years full-time corporate experience | n/a |
B-School Faculty:
| Full-time faculty in residence over past academic year | 59 |
| Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past academic year | 13% |
| Tenured professors | 36 |
| Of those, what percentage are: |
| | Female | 12% |
| Underrepresented minorities1: | 3% |
| 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
| Part-time students have their own area/center on campus? | No |
| Part-time students have access to lockers on campus? | No |
| Part-time students have access to break-out room on campus? | Yes |
B-school has active professional clubs in the following areas:
n/a
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
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 | $1,200,000 |
Technology changes made over the past three years:
Equipment a/o Technology in Classrooms; Equipment a/o Technology in Computer Labs; Continuous PC
upgrade/improvement for faculty & staff; Construction of Financial Services Laboratory; Wired & Wireless Networking
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