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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

University of Iowa

Henry B. Tippie College of Business

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, Other, , ,

Risk Management

Programs Offered

BBA	Accounting	Full time
BBA	Economics	Full time
BBA	Finance	Full time
BBA	Management	Full time
BBA	Management Information Systems	Full time
BBA	Marketing	Full time

Core curriculum last revised 2004

Average class size in required business classes	100
Average class size in business electives	41
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program	112

11% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

59% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

30% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

  1% 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 Bachelor of Business Administration

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

Minimum of 48 for Bachelor of Business Administration

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
2.00 GPA in six areas, 30 semester hours in residency, completion of all prerequiste and core classes.

67% 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, Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Marketing

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 247

New electives added in the past academic year:

Job Search Strategies

Des Moines Center Academy

Des Moines Center Internship

Career Leadership Academy

Iowa Diversity in Business Institute

Diversity Awareness for Business

Introductory Topics in Economics

Writing Intern II

What special programs are available to business students?
Business in London Entrepreneurship Certificate Hawkinson Institute of Business Finance Honors Program John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center International Business Certificate Krause Fund Leadership Community Leadership Council Student Leadership Institute Student Organizations Study Abroad Vaughan Institute of Risk Management and Insurance For more information: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/upo/opportunities/

Work study or co-op opportunities	No
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Frankfurt Exchange Program Undergraduate Business Program in London Vienna Exchange Corvinus University Tilburg University Exchange European Business School The American College of Thessaloniki Exchange HEC School of Management Exchange SUPdeCO Amiens Exchange, France
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
Opportunities for volunteer work and community service are primarily available through student organizations. Some examples include: Tax prep for low income individuals/families and youth entrepreneurship programs.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
Business Student Ambassadors Delta Sigma Pi Economics Forum Financial Management Association I-Envision: Iowa Entrepreneurial Network International Business Student Association Leadership Council Multicultural Business Student Association Phi Beta Lambda Society for Human Resources Management Tippie Optimist Chapter Toastmasters Women in Business Students in Advertising Gamma Iota Sigma

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	61
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	63
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	34

  9% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  6% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)

  6% 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: Kenneth Brown, Beth Ingram, Eric Lie

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are not required to live on campus

NA % of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

1188 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:
Set up public email stations/modified area for handicapped users Purchased table PCs for classroom Added multi-media equipment/software, including DVD burning Moved all student Web services to IIS with.Net framework as standard Implemented online collaboration application Moved wireless LAN to a central, standardized system Redesigned student services Web sites Implemented personal response system Reconfigured computer classroom to MIS networking lab