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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

Baylor University

Hankamer School of Business

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, , , ,

Business-Journalism

Media Business

Business for Secondary Education

Financial Services and Planning

Professional Selling

Music & Entertainmnet Marketing

Programs Offered

BBA

All majors mentioned above

Full time

Core curriculum last revised Prior to 2000

Average class size in required business classes	27
Average class size in business electives
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program

NA % of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

NA % of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

NA % of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

NA % of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

NA % of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment

Credit hours required for business degree (including university and program requirements)

Minimum of 124 for BBA

Minimum number of credit hours in the business program required to receive a business degree

Minimum of 60 for BBA

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree

NA % of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

NA % of business students graduate from the program within six years of admission to the university

AREAS OF STUDY & ELECTIVES

The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Accounting, Finance, General Management, Marketing, Real Estate

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year:

New electives added in the past academic year:

What special programs are available to business students?

Work study or co-op opportunities	No
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
The Baylor Business School offers several study abroad options taught by Baylor business faculty. They include Baylor in Great Britain (summer), the European Business Seminar (summer), and Baylor in Maastricht (entrepreneurship). In non-Baylor faculty programs, students can study abroad at a large number of partner universities.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
Baylor University specializes in service learning throughout its undergraduate curriculum. Specific to the business school, our Students in Free Enterprise program offer a direct service learning link.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
We have two business fraternities: Delta Sigma Pi and Alpha Kappa Psi. In addition, we have a wide variety of student clubs including Baylor Business Women, the Financial Management Association, the Sports Sponsorship and Sales (S3) Club, and the Baylor Association for Human Resources.

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	114
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	10
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors

NA % of permanent/tenured business professors are women

NA % of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)

NA % of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors

NA % of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business

Prominent Faculty: Dr. Dorothy Leidner, Dr. James Roberts, Dr. Bill Reichenstein

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

NA % of all business students live on campus

Business students are not grouped together in "learning communities" in housing or other facilities

TECHNOLOGY

550 computers are available to undergraduate business students (within the program and university as a whole)

Wireless network is available in main B-school buildings

Technology changes made over the past three years:
Upgraded classroom computer and audio/visual equipment; Upgraded faculty/staff office computers; Upgraded equipment and increased the coverage area of wireless network; Created the Southwest Securities Financial Markets Center. Simulates a corporate boardroom, with the functionality of classroom, videoconferencing suite and financial research lab.