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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, , , ,

Business Administration

Programs Offered

BS	Accountancy	Full time
BS	Business Administration	Full time
BS	Finance	Full time
BS	Management	Full time
BS	Marketing	Full time
BS	Operations & Information Management	Full time

Core curriculum last revised 2003

Average class size in required business classes	46
Average class size in business electives	27
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

77% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

10% 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 Bachelor of Science

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

Minimum of 56 for Bachelor of Science

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
60 Non-Business Hours 12 Core Competencies: Math, English, Communication 29 General Education Electives (if needed)

25% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

40% 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, General Management, Marketing, Operations Management

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 29

New electives added in the past academic year:

Forensic Accountg/Fraud Examination

Analysis of Fixed Income Securities

What special programs are available to business students?

Work study or co-op opportunities	No
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Worldwide: International business seminars. Includes visits to manufacturing, retailing, and financial organizations/industries that engage in international business. Austria and Ireland: Selling Strategies. Assists sales students in understanding the complexity and difficulty involved with selling in different countries (cultures). The program is also designed to help develop specific selling skills that are not typically taught at NIU.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
Many of the student organizations in which b-students participate have a community service component to them.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
Apart from b-student organizations http://www.cob.niu.edu/Organizations/ and activities offered through the Business Careers House http://www.cob.niu.edu/businesscareershouse/, a wide variety of recreational activities are available: http://www.stuaff.niu.edu/rs/

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	75
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	13
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	33

30% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  3% 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: , ,

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are not 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

1750 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:
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS (COB) DVD editing system MKTG call center Classroom telephones Initiated podcasting Wireless microphones Cable tester New Web hit counter Apple computer UNIV Smart classrooms Spam filtering tools Voicemail Upgraded copiers Internet2 accessibility COB + UNIV New Computer-based training kits New lab PCs More security Personal Response Systems SmartBoards New/Upgraded software New/Upgraded hardware Website upgraded Lab printing stations Upgrade of Assistive Technology eqpt Course mgmt upgrade