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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

The Pennsylvania State University

Smeal College of Business

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, , , ,

Business Law

Programs Offered

BS	Accounting	Full time
BS	Actuarial Science	Full time
BS	Finance: Economics	Full time
BS	Management	Full time
BS	Management Information Systems	Full time
BS	Marketing	Full time
BS	Supply Chain Management	Full time

Core curriculum last revised 2003

Average class size in required business classes	56
Average class size in business electives	45
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program	36

  7% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

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

15% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

32% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

  0% 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 55 for Bachelor of Science

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
Foreign language requirement

Global Education and Culture requirement

Discipline related Intensive Writing requirement

Capstone Business Analysis Course

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

95% 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, Supply Chain Management

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 35

New electives added in the past academic year:

Quantative Analysis for Bus. Decisions

Invention Commercialization

Managing a Start-Up Company

Nittany Lion Fund Manager

Forensic Accounting

Scenario Analysis and Planning

Globalization and Its Implications

Transportation in Supply Chains

What special programs are available to business students?
Minors in International Business, Business Law, Entrepreneurship, and Supply Chain. Real-time Financial Trading Room -- Student access to industry market data and software tools. The Nittany Lion Fund -- Student-managed investment fund with over $4.5 million and 69 investors.

Work study or co-op opportunities	Yes
The college does not require students to complete a work study or co-op experience. However, the college sponsors its own internship program along with a University level program. Annually 48% of the students in each graduating class has completed one or more internships.
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Annually over 375 business students study abroad in over 100 programs sponsored by the college's International Programs office or Penn State's Study Abroad Office. Students study abroad for a full semester or for six weeks during the summer.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
Freshman complete a community service project as part of their Freshman Seminar. Students in the accelerated business program complete an annual community service project. Business fraternities and organizations conduct volunteer work annually. Business students through various organizations support and mangage all aspects of the Penn State Dance Marathon which is the largest student philanthropic event in the country raising $4,210,000 last year for pediatric cancer.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
Smeal College sponsors over 20 business clubs, business fraternities and honorary scholastic organizations. Smeal College, along with CSIS of Wash. DC, co-sponsors an annual CEO simulation competition for business students. Students participate in Case Competitions at Johnson & Johnson, Inc, Syracuse Univ., Univ. of Arizona and the Marshall International Case Competiton at USC. Business students sponsor an annual student diversity conference focused on leadership and business.

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	112
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	19
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	81

17% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  5% 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: J. Randall Woolridge, Mark W. Dirsmith, Jeff Sharp

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

36% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

950 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:
New wireless Business Building; 40 Station Supply Chain Research Lab; 40 Station General Computer Lab; Financial Trading Room with Realtime Data Feed; Auction Lab