PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS
When/how often classes meet:
Evenings
On alternate weekends
Every weekend
Core MBA curriculum last revised
| 2000 |
| Accelerated MBA program offered? | No |
| Average number of students in a core class | 28 |
| Average number of students in an elective class | 15 |
| Accelerated part-time program offered? | No |
Graduation requirements:
n/a
| Credits required to complete part-time program | 33 |
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching Methods:
| Case study | 20% |
| Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) | n/a |
| Experiential learning | 10% |
| Lecture | 8% |
| Simulations | 10% |
| Team projects | 50% |
| Other | n/a |
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SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS
Part-time MBAs may concentrate in the following subjects:
Accounting
E-commerce
Finance
General MBA
General Management
Health Care Administration
Human Resource Management
International Business
International Marketing
Management Information Systems
Marketing
AREAS OF STUDY, COURSEWORK & ELECTIVES
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Finance
General
General Management
Management Information Systems
Marketing
| Total hours in class per week | 5 |
| Total hours of work outside of class per week | 10 |
| Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: | 28 |
New electives added in the past academic year:
FIN 5215 - Derivative Markets
FIN 5245 - Pensions and benefits Administration
MGT 5235 - Compensaion Administration
MGT 5265 - Leadership in the Modern Organization
MIS 5095 - Topics in INformation Systems - Telecommunications for Managers
FIN 5235 - Estate Planning
MGT 5255 - Career Management in Organizations
MGT 5305 - Managing Teams
MIS 5045 - Case Studeis in Information Resource Management
MKT 5095 - Reserach in Marketing
JOINT-DEGREE PROGRAMS
Joint-degree programs offered to part-time students:
MBA/DO (Doctor of Osteopathy) offered with Phila. College of Osteopathic Medicine
OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS
Other degree programs offered through the B-school:
Master of Finance
Master of Human Resources
Master of International Marketing
B-SCHOOL FACULTY
Part-Time Program Faculty:
| Same faculty as full-time MBA program | n/a |
| Adjunct faculty | 45% |
| Tenured faculty | 32% |
| Faculty with at least five years full-time corporate experience | 100% |
B-School Faculty:
| Full-time faculty in residence over past academic year | 65 |
| Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past academic year | 90% |
| Tenured professors | 39 |
| Of those, what percentage are: |
| | Female | 23% |
| Underrepresented minorities1: | 0% |
| 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:
Entrepreneurship
MBA Student Association
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 | No |
| University's investment in technology within the B-school over the past three years | $591,000 |
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The network infrastructure was upgraded to 100 mb/s. Each classroom is equipped with a new presentation podium. Wall Street Trading Room established. Core network upgrades were performed. The School also replaced five projectors, upgraded four control systems, and replaced a video wall.
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