PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS
When/how often classes meet:
Evenings
Via the Internet (scheduled)
Core MBA curriculum last revised
| 2003 |
| Accelerated MBA program offered? | No |
| Average number of students in a core class | 23 |
| Average number of students in an elective class | 23 |
| Accelerated part-time program offered? | No |
Graduation requirements:
Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
| Credits required to complete part-time program | 46 |
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching Methods:
| Case study | 20% |
| Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) | n/a |
| Experiential learning | 10% |
| Lecture | 50% |
| Simulations | 5% |
| Team projects | 10% |
| Other | n/a |
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SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS
Part-time MBAs may concentrate in the following subjects:
Accounting
E-commerce
Entrepreneurship
Finance
International Business
Management
Management Information Systems
Management Science
Marketing
Supply Chain Management
AREAS OF STUDY, COURSEWORK & ELECTIVES
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Accounting
Finance
International Business
Management Information Systems
Marketing
| Total hours in class per week | 3 |
| Total hours of work outside of class per week | 6 |
| Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: | 76 |
New electives added in the past academic year:
International Risk Analysis
Fixed Income Markets and Analysis
International Human Resources Management
Employment Law
Strategic Human Resource Management
Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
Recruitment and Staffing
Digital Enterprise Operations Management
Business Applications in Data Mining and Warehousing
Global e.Business Strategy and Operations
Web link: Electives course catalog
JOINT-DEGREE PROGRAMS
Joint-degree programs offered to part-time students:
MBA/JD (Juris Doctor/Doctor of Jurisprudence)
OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS
Other degree programs offered through the B-school:
MS in Accounting Information Systems
MS in Financial Management; MS in Investment Management; MS Personal Financial Planning
MS in Taxation
Master of Accounting
Master of Human Resources
B-SCHOOL FACULTY
Part-Time Program Faculty:
| Same faculty as full-time MBA program | 100% |
| Adjunct faculty | 50% |
| Tenured faculty | 79% |
| Faculty with at least five years full-time corporate experience | n/a |
B-School Faculty:
| Full-time faculty in residence over past academic year | 120 |
| Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past academic year | 122% |
| Tenured professors | 95 |
| Of those, what percentage are: |
| | Female | 12% |
| 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
| Part-time students have their own area/center on campus? | No |
| 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:
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Graduate Forum
Society of Human Resource Management - Student Chapter
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 | $670,000 |
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The LSB has adopted a policy of all flat panel monitors for faculty, staff and labs: 70% accomplished; installed Moneyline and StockVal trading systems in a lab and on the desk tops of finance faculty; and joined the SAP University alliance as a self-hosted member.
The university's Wide Broad Band Network has been upgraded. Wireless technology will be implemented throughout the entire university. Real One technology and the latest Blackboard course management system have been adopted.
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