PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS
The distance MBA program is delivered/conducted via the following medium(s):
CD-Roms
Internet/Web-based delivery
Chat rooms
Online forums
E-mail
Textbooks
When classes meet:
n/a
Does the program offer 24-hour technical support?
No
Core MBA curriculum last revised
| Before 2000 |
| Accelerated distance MBA program offered? | Yes |
| Average number of students in a core class | 51 |
| Average number of students in an elective class | n/a |
| Do individual online courses have a time limit for completion? | Yes |
Graduation requirements:
• Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
• Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
• Students are required to spend time on campus throughout the course of the program
| Credit hours required to complete distance program | 48 |
| Are distance students invited to campus for graduation? | Yes |
| Does the MBA diploma distinguish whether the student earned the degree on or off campus? | No |
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching Methods:
| Case study | 25% |
| Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) | n/a |
| Experiential learning | 10% |
| Lecture | 25% |
| Simulations | 15% |
| Team projects | 25% |
| Other | n/a |
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Final exams are administered:
On-campus
SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS
Distance MBAs may concentrate in the following subjects:
AREAS OF STUDY, COURSEWORK & ELECTIVES
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Real Estate
| Total hours in class per week | 0 |
| Total hours of work outside of class per week | 20 |
| Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: | 0 |
New electives added in the past academic year:
n/a
JOINT-DEGREE PROGRAMS
Can distance MBA students participate in joint-degree programs?
| No |
Joint-degree programs offered to distance students:
No
OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS
Other degree programs offered through the B-school:
Master of Accounting
Master of Finance
Master of International Management/Business
Master of Science in Decision and Information Sciences
Master of Science in Management
Master of Science in Real Estate; Master of Science in Entrepreneurship
B-SCHOOL FACULTY
Distance Program Faculty:
| Same faculty as full-time MBA program | 94% |
| Adjunct faculty | 6% |
| Tenured faculty | 75% |
| Distance faculty members who also teach traditional, face-to-face courses | 94% |
| Are faculty members required to travel to off-campus sites to meet with distance MBA students at least one time during each course? | No |
B-School Faculty:
| Full-time faculty in residence over past academic year | 98 |
| Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past academic year | n/a |
| Tenured professors | n/a |
| Of those, what percentage are: |
| | Female | 7% |
| Underrepresented minorities1: | 16% |
| Members of company boards/ directors of boards of advisers | 25% |
| Have owned a business | 10% |
(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
| Distance students have access to the school career office? | No |
At what point?
n/a
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| Distance students have access to the school library? | Yes |
| Distance students have access to the school gymnasium / athletic center? | Yes |
| Distance students have access to student rates for tickets? | Yes |
B-school has active professional clubs in the following areas:
Business Ethics
Consulting
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Investment Banking
B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
Black MBA Association
Hispanic Student Organization
International Club
Volunteer
Women in MBA
Religious organizations active on campus:
n/a
Active intramural sports teams:
Basketball
Football
Golf
Soccer
Softball
Editor's note: While the B-school may not have an active club in an area that interests you, the greater university system may.
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