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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

University of Delaware

Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, Real Estate, , ,

Programs Offered

BA	Economics	Full time
BS	Acctg, Econ, Finc, IB, MGT, MKT, MIS, OM	Full time

Core curriculum last revised 2005

Average class size in required business classes	42
Average class size in business electives	25
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program

14% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

72% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

14% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

85% 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 BA/BS Econ, Acct

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

Minimum of 60 for BS/BA

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree

72% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

81% 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, Economics, Finance, Management Information Systems, Marketing

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 14

New electives added in the past academic year:

BUAD468

What special programs are available to business students?
Undergraduate research opportunities, internship opportunities, first year experience focused on business, honors in major.

Work study or co-op opportunities	No
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Over 70 programs offered universitywide with many specifically developed for business students.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
The university provides a central location for information about service learning opportunities. There are service learning courses, or opportunities for students to design individual service learning projects.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
There are over a dozen business focused student organizations and honor societies available to our students.

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	108
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	16
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	70

16% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  1% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)

  0% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors

  0% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business

Prominent Faculty: Elson, Seidman, Gehrlein

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

90% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

850 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 B&E computing lab, added handheld devices to curriculum, upgraded classroom to accomodate videoconferencing, added netdev servers to allow student programming. B&E network upgraded from 10 Mbit to 100 Mbit. Upgraded UD email system with anti-spam and anti-virus capabilities. UD implemented partnership with online music service free to all UD students.