PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS
When/how often classes meet:
Evenings
Core MBA curriculum last revised
| 2004 |
| Accelerated MBA program offered? | Yes |
| Average number of students in a core class | 24 |
| Average number of students in an elective class | 11 |
| 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
| Credits required to complete part-time program | 31 |
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching Methods:
| Case study | 20% |
| Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) | n/a |
| Experiential learning | 15% |
| 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
Finance
General Management
Management Information Systems
Supply Chain Management
AREAS OF STUDY, COURSEWORK & ELECTIVES
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Accounting
Finance
General Management
Management Information Systems
Supply Chain Management
| Total hours in class per week | 6 |
| Total hours of work outside of class per week | 18 |
| Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: | 20 |
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)
Master of Engineering and Technology Management
OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS
Other degree programs offered through the B-school:
Master of Science in Finance
Master of Taxation
B-SCHOOL FACULTY
Part-Time Program Faculty:
| Same faculty as full-time MBA program | 100% |
| Adjunct faculty | 4% |
| Tenured faculty | 69% |
| Faculty with at least five years full-time corporate experience | n/a |
B-School Faculty:
| Full-time faculty in residence over past academic year | 35 |
| Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past academic year | 15% |
| Tenured professors | 23 |
| Of those, what percentage are: |
| | Female | 9% |
| Underrepresented minorities1: | 13% |
| 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:
Business Law
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Information Technology
Marketing
Graduate Business Student Association
National Association of Black Accountants
International Business
B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
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Beta Alpha Psi
Students in Free Enterprise
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 | $181,467 |
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school completed selected faculty and staff equipment upgrades, electronic access to building and select classrooms, security cameras, update/remodel of MIS class/lab.
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