PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS
When/how often classes meet:
Evenings
Via the Internet (scheduled)
Core MBA curriculum last revised
| Before 2000 |
| Accelerated MBA program offered? | Yes |
| Average number of students in a core class | 29 |
| Average number of students in an elective class | 20 |
| Accelerated part-time program offered? | Yes |
Graduation requirements:
Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
Complete capstone course:
Development and implementation of corporate strategies and policies. Interrelationships between the external and internal environments of the organization (including functional areas) are stressed through identification
| Credits required to complete part-time program | 48 |
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching Methods:
| Case study | 30% |
| Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) | n/a |
| Experiential learning | 5% |
| Lecture | 30% |
| Simulations | 10% |
| Team projects | 20% |
| Other | n/a |
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SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS
Part-time MBAs may concentrate in the following subjects:
Agribusiness
Finance
Human Resource Management
International Business
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Real Estate
Statistics and Operations Research
AREAS OF STUDY, COURSEWORK & ELECTIVES
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Agribusiness
Finance
Management Information Systems
| Total hours in class per week | 6 |
| Total hours of work outside of class per week | 12 |
| Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: | 50 |
New electives added in the past academic year:
JOINT-DEGREE PROGRAMS
Joint-degree programs offered to part-time students:
MBA/JD (Juris Doctor/Doctor of Jurisprudence)
MBA/MArch (Master of Architecture)
OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS
Other degree programs offered through the B-school:
MS in Actuarial Science
Master of Arts in Business
Master of Professional Accountancy
B-SCHOOL FACULTY
Part-Time Program Faculty:
| Same faculty as full-time MBA program | n/a |
| Adjunct faculty | 5% |
| Tenured faculty | n/a |
| Faculty with at least five years full-time corporate experience | 7% |
B-School Faculty:
| Full-time faculty in residence over past academic year | 66 |
| Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past academic year | 30% |
| Tenured professors | 50 |
| Of those, what percentage are: |
| | Female | 16% |
| Underrepresented minorities1: | 18% |
| Members of company boards/ directors of boards of advisers | 5% |
| Have owned a business | 5% |
(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? | n/a |
| Part-time students have access to lockers on campus? | n/a |
| Part-time students have access to break-out room on campus? | n/a |
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 | $750,000 |
Technology changes made over the past three years:
Installed dual plasma screen multimedia display system in student courtyard
Upgraded wireless network to the 802.11g standard
Upgraded instructional technology equipment in all 32 classrooms
Installed touch-sensitive interactive monitors in the nine of the larger classrooms
Moving MBA program to include online sychronous and asychronous components
Launched a video production room for streaming and conferencing
Upgraded computers in the building, including classrooms, labs, and offices (classrooms 2-year cycle, labs 3-year cycle, and offices 3-year cycle)
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