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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, , , ,

Legal Studies

Political Science

Programs Offered

BBA	Full time
BS	Business Administration	Full time
BS	Management Science	Full time

Core curriculum last revised 2005

Average class size in required business classes	30
Average class size in business electives	24
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program	19

  5% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

90% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

  5% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

NA % 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 BBA; BS; BSMS

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

Minimum of 69 for BBA; BS; BSMS

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree

75% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

75% 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, International Business, Marketing, Organizational Behavior

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 78

New electives added in the past academic year:

Negotiations

Brand Management

Advertising Marketing

Positive Political Theory

Political History of Eastern Europe

Models of Politics

Advance Seminar on Electoral Behavior

Courts and Controversy

War Crimes Tribunals

Politics, Law and Sexual Identity

What special programs are available to business students?
Business Freshmen Experience Seminar

Work study or co-op opportunities	No
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
Students have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of volunteer and community outreach to at risk communities through the Hyperion Council and the Butler Volunteer Services Center.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
There is wide variety of organized extra-curricular activities and business related clubs that run the gamut of our students' interests.

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	140
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	36
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	59

20% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

12% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)

  2% 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: Yadong Luo, A. Parasuraman, Manuel Santos

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

44% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

140 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:
Wireless network expansion and upgrade to 802.11 a/b/g Computer Lab/Classroom computer hardware upgrades; Windows XP upgrade; Office 2003 upgrade; SPAM server installation; E-mail Server Upgrade to Exchange 2003; Web Content Management Server; Windows Terminal Server Installation; Web Gateway implementation; Blackberry Enterprise Server installation; Research Simulation server installation. The SBA recently purchased the rights to distribute Microsoft Windows and Office software free of charge to the SBA students.