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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

University of Missouri -- Columbia

College of Business

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, Real Estate, , ,

Programs Offered

BBS	Finance	Full time
BBS	Economics	Full time
BBS	Marketing	Full time
BBS	Management	Full time
BBS	Real Estate	Full time
BBS	International Business	Full time
BS	Accountancy	Full time

Core curriculum last revised NA

Average class size in required business classes	123
Average class size in business electives	35
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program	29

15% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

66% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

19% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

95% 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 BS BA

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

Minimum of 85 for BS BA

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
GPA requirement of 2.5 in all business courses

85% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

98% 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, Economics, Finance, General Management, Marketing

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 34

New electives added in the past academic year:

Crisis Management

Job Search Strategies

Business & Society

Warren Buffett Investment Course

What special programs are available to business students?
Professional development opportunities include a professional development course, corporate field trips, leadership conference, job shadowing program, mock interviews, alumni resume review, and over 125 business executives (including 5 CEOs) serving as guest lecturers last year. Other programs include Cornell Leadership Program for high ability students, Academy for Aspiring Entrepreneurs, EMILE (joint engineering entrepreneurship program), and Vasey Academy for minority student development.

Work study or co-op opportunities	Yes
Students are able to participate in a job shadowing program in one of three cities. Last year, over 240 students were matched with a corporate mentor and worked with the mentor on site for a day.
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
The College of Business sponsors programs in Spain, Italy, Ireland, China, and South Korea as well as intersession programs during the winter break. These programs are taught in English and utilize both MU faculty and international faculty. In addition, the campus provides opportunities in 76 study abroad locations and 300 affiliate programs.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
The College of Business has college wide service events and the larger student organizations have community service requirements each semester. In addition, the campus has a service learning office to facilitate service learning courses and internships.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
17 Business clubs, professional development activities, corporate on-site visits.

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	61
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	20
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	34

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: Allen Bluedorn, Steve Ferris, Jere Francis

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

NA % of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

1500 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:
Over the last 3 years all computers are cycled out. There are new computers replaced in each computer site every 3 years. The monitors are now flat panels that are 17 inches for more viewing area. Color printing has been added to the printing program for ease of student use. A laptop loaner program has been instituted in the college of business and an additional computerized classroom has been added to the College of Business as well.