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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	Finance	Full time
BS	International Business	Full time
BS	General Management	Full time
BS	Marketing	Full time
BA	Operations Management	Full time

Core curriculum last revised Prior to 2000

Average class size in required business classes	43
Average class size in business electives	35
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program

  3% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

88% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

  9% 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 BSBA

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

Minimum of 54 for BSBA

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
Completion of liberal arts core, business core and major concentration.

93% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

95% 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, International Business, Marketing

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 40

New electives added in the past academic year:

Project Management

Services Marketing

What special programs are available to business students?
- Management 310 and 311 (Internship in Business) - Academic Tutorials (independent study with a faculty member)

Work study or co-op opportunities	No
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Over 30 business programs, at both English and non-English speaking sites in Europe, Asia and Latin America
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
- Junior Achievement - Various programs at Center for Social Justice - Annual programs such as Relay for Life and Christmas in the City
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
- Professional organizations, such as Undergrad Marketing Association, Financial Management Association and Accounting Society - Professional and honor Greek organizations, such as Beta Gamma Sigma and Alpha Kappa Psi - Other groups such as Women in Business and Hilltop Consultants

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	51
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	27
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	23

17% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  4% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)

39% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors

48% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business

Prominent Faculty: Reena Aggarwal, Robert Bies, Pietra Rivoli

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

75% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

250 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:
- Free video-teleconferencing - Expanded tech support hours - Email program upgrade, including Expanded e-mail storage - Loaner computers - Portable lab - On-site HW/SW support - Expanded wireless coverqage - Free printing adn copying (B&W and color) - Increased full-time and part-time staff - New business school lab facilities - Video equipment loans - Low-cost microsoft software offers - Increased network file storage