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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

College of Business

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, , ,

Business Process Management

Information Systems and Technology

Technology and Management

Programs Offered

BS	Accountancy	Full time
BS	Business Administration (BA) Marketing	Full time
BS	(BA) Management; (BA) Entrepreneurship	Full time
BS	(BA) International Business	Full time
BS	(BA) Business Process Management	Full time
BS	(BA) Info Systems; (BA) Supply Chain Mgm	Full time
BS	Finance	Full time

Core curriculum last revised 2005

Average class size in required business classes	51
Average class size in business electives	35
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program	56

23% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

64% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

12% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

80% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

  0% of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment

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

Minimum of 124 for BS

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

Minimum of 65 for BS

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
Equivalent of (4) College Terms of Non-Native Languages

76% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

90% 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, Marketing, Supply Chain Management

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 75

New electives added in the past academic year:

Asset Management

Private Equity

Hedge Funds

Equipment Leasing & Financing

Mergers & Aquisitions

Bonds/Fixed Income

Investment Banking

Lectures in Entrepreneurship

Strategy and Management Consulting

Law, Technology, and Intellectual Proper

What special programs are available to business students?
Accountancy Symposium Academy for Entreprenuerial Leadership Business Honors Program Center for International Business and Research (CIBER)Council of Presidents Finance Academy Golder Center for Private Equity Research Hoeft Technology and Management Program International Trade Center James Scholars Program Research Opportunities Zimmerman Center for International Research in Accounting

Work study or co-op opportunities	No
NA
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Over 325 active programs offered across the globe. Summer programs and short-term faculty-led programs. Semester and year-long programs including exchanges in Europe and Asia where students pay less than $1,000 in tuition per semester.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
Business Tutorial Program LEAD Community Service Project Service and Volunteerism Opportunities Social Entrepreneurship Summer Institute Volunteer Programs
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
Alpha Kappa Psi American Marketing Association Beta Alpha Psi Business Council Delta Sigma Pi Economics Club Educational Society for Resource Management Finance Club Information Systems Association International Association of Economics/Business Management Latino Association for Business Students National Association of Black Accountants Phi Chi Theta Phi Gamma Nu Project Discovery Accountancy Society

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	107
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	39
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	50

16% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  2% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)

23% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors

23% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business

Prominent Faculty: Josef Lakonishok, Ira Solomon, Greg Oldham

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

57% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

3000 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:
Upgrading multimedia equipment in classrooms; upgrading wireless network; upgrading network to CAT 6; desktop and laptop computers for faculty and staff; providing teachers and students with Tablet PCs; upgrading student computer labs; upgrading servers, backup and storage systems.