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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

University of Maryland

Robert H. Smith School of Business

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, , , ,

Programs Offered

BS

Full time

Core curriculum last revised 2005

Average class size in required business classes	37
Average class size in business electives	38
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program	30

  8% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

65% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

27% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

10% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

78% of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment

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

Minimum of 120 for BS

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

Minimum of 58 for BS

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
Junior English, economics, university core, advanced study course not business or economics

74% 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, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Supply Chain Management

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 62

New electives added in the past academic year:

What special programs are available to business students?
Freshman Fellows Program offers small class sizes + co curricular activities for directly admitted business freshmen. 21 special academic programs offered to upperclassmen offer in-depth specialized study and co-curricular activities. Programs include: entrepreneurship, financial services, financial markets, emerging CFOs, Accounting teaching scholars, Lemma Senbet Investment Fund, Research Fellows, Smith Technology Integration fellows, Business Process Fellows, QUEST, Business Honors, LTSCM

Work study or co-op opportunities	Yes
Internships for academic credit offered in summers only; in addition, many students complete internships not for credit. Coop opportunities offered in Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain and in Information Systems majors.
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Business students participate in the university's study abroad program as well as business school bilateral exchanges, primarily in the summer. Business Honors students and students in the International Fellows program have a dedicated winter-term faculty-led group study trip each year.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
Students volunteer and contribute community service through membership in Smith-sponsored student organizations, and through campus-sponsored student organizations and programs. Additionally, the Freshman Fellows program colloquium in second semester focuses on corporate social responsibility and provides a required community service activity. Business students also contribute tutoring and special programming for area high school students through the Smith STARS program.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
The Smith School sponsors 20 undergraduate student organizations and 9 special committees organized through the Smith Undergraduate Student Association and Office of Undergraduate Studies. Clubs organize events and activities, including an annual freshman convocation, leadership retreats, an awards banquet, a Freshman Fellows dinner club, field trips and social events, and Business Week, a week-long series of events to kick off the school year for all Smith School students.

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	134
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	39
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	58

19% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  2% 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: Roland T. Rust, Albert 'Pete' Kyle, Michel Wedel

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are not required to live on campus

24% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

1800 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:
Students access Smith's UNet Web portal for announcements. news, information on professional clubs, resume posting, discussion boards, and collaboration tools such as virtual team rooms; eSmith portal provides remote Web-based access to software applications, personal files, course management tools, statistical applications, financial databases, the campus virtual library and news content from sources like Reuters; music subscription service for legal downloads; e-mail forwarding for life.