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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

Cornell University

Undergraduate Business Program

Dept. of Applied Economics and Management

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Real Estate, Other, , ,

Agribusiness Management

Food Industry Management

International Development and Trade

Programs Offered

BS

Applied Economics and Management

Full time

Core curriculum last revised NA

Average class size in required business classes	162
Average class size in business electives	46
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program

30% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

34% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

36% 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 120 for B.S. in Applied Economics and Management

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

Minimum of 40 for

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
7-10 economics credits; 6 social studies & humanities credits; 18 physical and life sciences credits; 12 written & oral expression credits; 3 computer literacy credits

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:
Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing, Other

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 74

New electives added in the past academic year:

Economics of Business Regulation

Political Econ. of WTO & Globalization

European Business Institutions

Managerial Economics and Decision Making

Women, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship

Business Ethics

Business Strategy Research

Food and Brand Lab Workshop

Introduction to System Dynamics Modeling

Entrepreneurship Speaker Series

What special programs are available to business students?
University-wide Entrepreneurship@Cornell Program (http://eship.cornell.edu)

Work study or co-op opportunities	No
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Cornell Abroad Program offers semester and year-long programs. (http://www.cuabroad.cornell.edu)
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
Of the over 500 student organizations at Cornell, the following are related to the study of business and applied economics: AEM Ambassadors Alpha Kappa Psi (professional business fraternity) CEO (Cornell Entrepreneur Organization) Cornell Investment Club Beta Gamma Sigma (honor society) Delta Sigma Pi (professional business fraternity) Financial Management Group of Cornell Mutual Investment Club of Cornell Minority Business Student Association Society for Women in Busines

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	39
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	0
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	25

24% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  4% 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: , ,

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are not 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

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

Wireless network is not available in main B-school buildings

Technology changes made over the past three years: