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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, , ,

Quantitative Finance

Programs Offered

BBA	Accounting, Computer Information Systems	Full time
BBA	Economics, Finance, Hosp & Tourism Mgt	Full time
BBA	International Bus, Management, Marketing	Full time
BS	Economics, Quantitative Finance	Full time
BA	Economics	Full time

Core curriculum last revised 2000

Average class size in required business classes	40
Average class size in business electives	26
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program	42

16% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

70% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

14% 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.

  0% of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment

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

Minimum of 120 for BBA

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

Minimum of 69 for BBA

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
General Education - 41 credit hours Non-business Electives - 10 credit hours

59% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

80% 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, Human Resource Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 24

New electives added in the past academic year:

CIS 464 - Info Systems Project Mgt

ECON 307 - Economics of Aging

FIN 350 - Intro to Quantitative Finance

FIN 375 - Securities Analysis & Training

FIN 475 - Financial Modeling & Risk Mgt

What special programs are available to business students?
Madison Investment Fund - Select students manage university funds

Center for Entrepreneurship - Students are consultants to real businesses

Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program - real world practitioner available to help students take ideas to reality in form of business

Business Plan Competition - 6 teams invited to present business plans to venture capitalists; winners receive scholarships and possible funding for plan

Ethics Essay Competion - winners receive scholarships

Work study or co-op opportunities	No
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Semester abroad programs are available in Antwerp, Beijing (Summer), Florence, London, and Salmanca. There are numerous short-term programs available in countries in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and South America. There are several exchange programs with leading universities in Australia, England, Japan, Korea, and Spain, among others. Approximately 11% of business students study abroad, which is twice the JMU percentage.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
JMU offers students a variety of rich and rewarding opportunities for volunteer work and community service through its Community Service Learning. Community Service-Learning is a partnership joining JMU students, faculty, staff, and the surrounding communities by identifying and coordinating intentional service opportunities to cultivate social responsibility and life-long learning, thereby fostering a generation of leaders committed to positive social change. Community Service-Learning (CS-L) coordinates partnerships with over 75 community service agencies to help meet the needs of the community and improve the standard of life in the Shenandoah Valley. CS-L is an active member of community networks such as Healthy Community, Hispanic Services Council, Rockingham County Partners for Student Success, and Valley Volunteer Forum.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
The CoB has four professional business fraternities that a student may join. Also, there are a number of other business organizations and clubs, and each of them is associated with one of the majors offered in the CoB. There are also honor societies for certain majors, as well as a chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the national honor society for business majors, and the highest honor that a business major can receive. Membership in these organizations is by invitation only.

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	121
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	19
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	66

24% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

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

  1% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors

  1% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business

Prominent Faculty: J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., Daniel G. Gallagher, Timothy J. Louwers

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

100% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

696 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:
CoB classrooms had new data projectors installed; Two largest classrooms have document camera available; CoB building had 802.11b wireless upgraded; Additional electronic resources - such as databases - were acquired and made available to students. Specifically, we have added Compustat, WRDS Platform with CRSP, Journal Citation Reports, Business Source Premier, and BNA Tax Management Portfolios.