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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

Drexel University

LeBow College of Business

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, Other, , ,

General Business

Legal Studies

Programs Offered

BS	Business Administration	Full time
BS	Business and Engineering	Full time
BS	Economics	Full time

Core curriculum last revised 2005

Average class size in required business classes	36
Average class size in business electives	20
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program	23

26% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

63% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

10% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

22% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

  5% of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment

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

Minimum of 180 for BS Business Administration

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

Minimum of 64 for BS Business Administration

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
General Business Requirements 64 General Education Requirements 64 Business Concentration Requirements 24 Free Electives 28 Total Credits 180

57% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

63% 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, Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Business, Marketing

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 54

New electives added in the past academic year:

Forensic Accounting

Financial Planning and Tax

Corporate Governance

White Collar Crime

Employment Law

Intellectual Property and Cyber Law

Six-Sigma Quality Implementation

Applied Statistical Models for Managemen

Service Operation Management

What special programs are available to business students?
* CEO (Creating Excellent Organzations) - Personal Leadership Certification Series * Basic Training for Business (soft-skills improvement) * My LIFEfolio (electronic learning portfolio) * Business Plan Competition * Business Simulations Competition

Work study or co-op opportunities	Yes
Drexel University is one of the top co-op schools in the nation with approximately 1500 employer partners. Nearly 1000 business student particpated in co-op last year.
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
The business program offers traditional study abroad opportunities as well as international co-op opportunties.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
All freshman are required to do a minimum of 5 hours of community service. There are several community service groups on campus. Most business specific student groups also participate in community service initiatives.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
Drexel University has more than 100 student clubs and orgnanziations. LeBow College of business supports 15 business-related student organizations.

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	107
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	96
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	46

25% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

30% 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: Ralph Walkling, Jeffrey Greenhaus, David Gefen

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

84% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

500 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:
A finance trading lab was built with two tickers. We also purchased the Wharton Rsearch database. The College has spent $2,620,800 on technological improvements in the last three years.