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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
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Programs Offered

BS	Accounting	Full time
BS	Management	Full time
BS	Marketing	Full time
BS	Financal Management	Full time
BS	Industrial Management	Full time

Core curriculum last revised 2004

Average class size in required business classes	35
Average class size in business electives	28
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program

21% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

70% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

  9% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

88% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

  0% of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment

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

Minimum of 120 for BS

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

Minimum of 66 for BS

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree

50% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

75% 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, Industrial Management, Marketing

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 66

New electives added in the past academic year:

What special programs are available to business students?

Work study or co-op opportunities	Yes
Both work study and co-op are available to full-time students
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Programs are available in 17 countries. Laregst programs are ustralia, Mexico, England, and Belgium. The college maintains its own "European Portal" offices in Brussels, serving programs all of Europe.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
Service learning course are offered by all academic departments.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
There are twelve organizations related to specific majors (honorary and interest groups), and two national business fraternities

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	87
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	18
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	52

17% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  2% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)

  5% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors

  4% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business

Prominent Faculty: William B. Gartner, Aleda M. Roth, Varun Grover

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

98% of all business students live on campus

Business students are grouped together in "learning communities" in housing or other facilities

TECHNOLOGY

300 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:
All students are required to own a laptop computer, and many courses involve the use of them in class.