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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	Marketing	Full time
BS	Management	Full time
BS	Operations and Supply Chain Management	Full time

Core curriculum last revised Prior to 2000

Average class size in required business classes	79
Average class size in business electives	31
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program	20

15% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

32% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

53% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

100% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

12% of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment

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

Minimum of 122 for Bachelor of Science

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

Minimum of 122 for Bachelor of Science

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree

30% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

49% 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, Marketing, Transportation

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 32

New electives added in the past academic year:

Social Entrepreneurship

Supply Chain Information Systems

Project Management

Fixed Income Security Analysis

Advanced Fixed Income Analysis

International Finance

What special programs are available to business students?
secondary major in international business; entrepreneurial studies minor; honors courses; business consulting projects; learning communities (general and entrepreneurship)

Work study or co-op opportunities	Yes
The college participates in the university's work study program for eligible students (based on financial need and academic performance).
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
The college offers semester-long programs in Italy, Greece, Australia, Swansea, Tilburg, Aston, New Zealand, Ireland, and Spain. Study tour classes are offered each summer. Students can also participate in any university-sponsored study abroad opportunities, which are limitless.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
Business student clubs volunteer for a variety of groups, such as Habitat for Humanity, and also participate in fund-raising activities for worthy causes.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
The College offers 15 different clubs or organizations for business students, includingAlpha Kappa Psi; Beta Alpha Psi; Business Council; Business Week; Delta Sigma Pi; Entrepreneur Club; International Business Club; Finance Club; APICS Club; MIS Club; Marketing Club; Multicultural Business Network; Society of Human Resource Management; and TransLog Club. Students can also become active participants and planners for Career Week.

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	88
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	21
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	67

25% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

37% 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

  3% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business

Prominent Faculty: Amrit Tiwana, Richard Poist, R. Kenneth Teas

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are not required to live on campus

66% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

1406 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:
College moved into new high-tech building with every classroom high-tech enabled. 258 computers new three years ago, about half replaced within last year. Fully-functional trading lab. Building is wireless. Specialized software for students, many with industry applications.