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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

Minnesota (Carlson)

Carlson School of Management

Carlson School Undergraduate Program

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, Other, , ,

Programs Offered

BS	Business	Full time
BS	Business	Part time

Core curriculum last revised 2002

Average class size in required business classes	58
Average class size in business electives	40
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program	35

14% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

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

21% 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 BSB

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

Minimum of 51 for BSB

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
University Liberal Education requirements General Psychology Calculus Microeconomics Macroeconomics Statistics *see http://www.csom.umn.edu/Page4776.aspx

67% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

83% 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, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain Management

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 64

New electives added in the past academic year:

Information Security

Accounting and Information Systems

Operations Strategy and Technology

Platforms for Business Computing

Foreign National Tax Consulting

Employee and Labor Laws for HR

Personnel Economics

Entrepreneurial Perspectives

What special programs are available to business students?

Work study or co-op opportunities	No
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Numerous opportunities are available, both through the campus wide Learning Abroad Center and the Carlson School's International Program Office, including full-year and semester-length exchange programs with 14 business schools worldwide, co-sponsored semester-length programs through LAC, short term opportunities to complete a core course abroad, summer programs, and 3 week Global Seminars during May session.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
Students participating in the Honors program and the Emerging Leadership program; also campus YMCA opportunities.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	126
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	120
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	79

20% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  0% 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: Norm Bowie, Ross Levine, Andrew Van de Ven

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are not required to live on campus

82% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

370 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:
Created a learning management system to improve course management; Created on-line program and scholarship applications, on-line alumni directory; Expanded research computing platform, databases, wireless network; Increased storage space for students, faculty, staff; Added remote automated webcast capabilities; Improved web capabilities & services to support student services; Upgraded all student lab and training lab computers, classroom projectors & podium computers, distance learning facility