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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
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Programs Offered

BBA	Accounting	Full time
BBA	Marketing	Full time
BBA	Finance	Full time
BBA	MIS	Full time
BBA	Management	Full time
BBA	Human Resource Management	Full time

Core curriculum last revised 2005

Average class size in required business classes	35
Average class size in business electives	30
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program	40

  0% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

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

10% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

75% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

10% of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment

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

Minimum of 192 for BBA

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

Minimum of 79 for BBA

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree

65% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

100% 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, Management Information Systems, Marketing

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 25

New electives added in the past academic year:

Estate Planning

Financial Planning

Retirement Planning

What special programs are available to business students?
New Venture Creation Financial Services Certificate Portfolio Management Sales Certificate

Work study or co-op opportunities	Yes
Federal Workstudy Program
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Summer Consulting Program in France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Greece, China, Denmark, and Spain allows students to complete 12 hours of business hours. International Business Cluster - Quarter in France completing four business courses.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
Service Learning in Management courses Small Business consulting projects with local businesses through an integrated business cluster class
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
Business Fraternities - Alpha Kappa Psi, Delta Sigma Pi, Phi Gamma Nu, Beta Alpha Psi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Alpha Delta, Student Organizations - Accounting Club, Black Student Business Caucus, American Marketing Assoc, Assoc of Collegiate Entreprenuers, Assoc of Info Tech Professionals, Financial Mgt Assoc, Society for Advancement of Management, Society for Human Resource Mgt

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	76
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	13
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	11

38% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  1% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)

  1% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors

  1% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business

Prominent Faculty: John Schermerhorn, PhD, Ray Stephens, PhD, Rajesh Narayanan, PhD

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

50% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

500 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 maintains four computer labs with laptop computers. All classrooms contain multimedia technology. Video Conferencing utilized in distance courses. Online discussion databases are used extensively