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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
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Accounting

Actuarial Science

Finance

Insurance

International Business

Management

Marketing

Computer Based Information Systems

Hospitality Management

Programs Offered

BBA	Accounting	Full time
BBA	Finance	Full time
BBA	Insurance	Full time
BBA	International Business	Full time
BBA	Computer Based Information Systems	Full time
BBA	Management	Full time
BBA	Marketing	Full time

Core curriculum last revised 2005

Average class size in required business classes	45
Average class size in business electives	22
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program	35

10% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

80% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

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

90% 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 121 for BBA

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

Minimum of 60 for BBA

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
61 credits of general arts and science courses 39 credits hours if business core courses 21-27 hours in major courses 7 credits in Math with C or better grades

49% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

18% 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: 70

New electives added in the past academic year:

Entrepreneurial Marketing

New Venture Development

What special programs are available to business students?
Entrepreneurship Actuarial Science Real Estate

Work study or co-op opportunities	Yes
Students may qualify for work study up to 20 hours/week. Students may qualify for co-op paid or unpaid work away from the campus for one semester at a time for 1-3 credits in companies such as Disney, Johnson & Johnson,& Merrill Lynch.
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Study may apply for study abroad for one semester at a time in such countries as Spain, England, Mexico, etc.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
Students can volunteer or engage in service projects as a course requirement or through students organizations, fraternities or sororities.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
Each department hosts one or more student clubs such as the Finance Club, the Marketing Club, Society for the Advancement of Management, National Assc. of Black Accountants, Delta Sigma Pi Business Frat or BGS Honor Society.

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	62
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	17
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	30

  6% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

80% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)

15% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors

10% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business

Prominent Faculty: Barron H. Harvey, Ph.D., MBA, CPA, Philip Fanara, Ph.D. CFA, Sandip Mukherji, Ph.D.

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

74% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

800 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:
Business School, Campus Buildings, and Dorms are now wireless. A new 200 station I-Lab is now available to all students. IBM and other companies have donated new computers to the School of Business.