PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS
When/how often classes meet:
Evenings
Every weekend
Core MBA curriculum last revised
| Before 2000 |
| Accelerated MBA program offered? | No |
| Average number of students in a core class | 36 |
| Average number of students in an elective class | 33 |
| 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 have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
| Credits required to complete part-time program | 70 |
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching Methods:
| Case study | 30% |
| Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) | n/a |
| Experiential learning | 5% |
| Lecture | 20% |
| Simulations | 10% |
| Team projects | 35% |
| Other | 0% |
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SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS
Part-time MBAs may concentrate in the following subjects:
Accounting
E-commerce
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Food and Agribusiness
International Business
Leadership
Management Information Systems
Managing Technology and Innovation
Marketing
Media/Entertainment
AREAS OF STUDY, COURSEWORK & ELECTIVES
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Leadership
Management Information Systems
Marketing
| 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: | 57 |
New electives added in the past academic year:
Taxation and Personal Business Strategy
Real Estate Finance
Seminar in E-Business
Object-oriented Analysis and Programming
Telecommunications and Business Networks
ERP Systems
Financial Information Systems
E-Business Tecnologies
Information Security Management
Information Technology - Ethics and Public Policy
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 Information Systems
B-SCHOOL FACULTY
Part-Time Program Faculty:
| Same faculty as full-time MBA program | n/a |
| Adjunct faculty | 28% |
| Tenured faculty | 67% |
| Faculty with at least five years full-time corporate experience | 20% |
B-School Faculty:
| Full-time faculty in residence over past academic year | 67 |
| Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past academic year | 26% |
| Tenured professors | 53 |
| Of those, what percentage are: |
| | Female | 13% |
| Underrepresented minorities1: | 9% |
| 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? | Yes |
| 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:
Consulting
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Investment Banking
Marketing
B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
Women in MBA
Chinese Student Network
Toastmaster's
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 | n/a |
Technology changes made over the past three years:
All resident hall rooms and 90% of all classrooms are connected to high-speed internet with many classroom buildings having wireless networks. The University is connected to the internet through redundant circuits totally 55 megabits.
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