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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

Loyola University - Chicago

School of Business Administration

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
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Programs Offered

BBA	Accounting	Full time
BBA	Economics	Full time
BBA	Finance	Full time
BBA	Human Resource Management	Full time
BBA	Information Systems	Full time
BBA	Marketing	Full time
BBA	Operations Management	Full time

Core curriculum last revised Prior to 2000

Average class size in required business classes	40
Average class size in business electives	33
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program

13% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

87% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

  0% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

40% 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 128 for BBA

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

Minimum of 83 for BBA

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree

63% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

74% 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, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Sports Business

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 140

New electives added in the past academic year:

MGMT 360 - Values Based Leadership

MGMT 341 - Ethics in Business

MARK 370 - Political Marketing

MGMT 322 - HR Training and Devel

SPRT 130 - Introduction to Sport Mgmt

SPRT 330 - Economics of Sport

SPRT 335 - Fundam of Sport Finance

SPRT 339 - Sport Facility Mgmt

SPRT 375 - Sport Media

SPRT 380 - Legal Aspects Sprt Mgmt

What special programs are available to business students?
Certificate Programs in variuos areas School Honor Program University Honor Program

Work study or co-op opportunities	No
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Study Abroad: Students can attend Loyola's John Felice Rome Center in Italy and Beijing Center in China.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
University Ministry Business Fraternity Community Service Activities
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
Beta Gamma Sigma Delta Sigma Pi Beta Alpha Psi Dept Student Organizations(ISOM, ECON, MARK, FINC)

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	60
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	28
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	55

22% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  1% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)

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

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

Prominent Faculty: George Kaufman, A. (Tassos) Malliaris, John Boatright

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

84% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

645 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:
In the past three years, 1300 computers have been replaced through the PC Replacement Program All of our computers have been updated to Windows XP. We use one single image for desktop and laptops and one single image for all lab machines and use an automatic imaging process to deploy the images. Windows Update Server is now in place to automatically update computers with Microsoft OS and Office patches. Running a BES server pilot program to wirelessly synch Blackberry devices and Groupwise.