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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

University of Pittsburgh

College of Business Administration

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, , ,

Programs Offered

BS	Accounting	Full time
BS	Finance	Full time
BS	General Management	Full time
BS	Marketing	Full time

Core curriculum last revised Prior to 2000

Average class size in required business classes	57
Average class size in business electives	30
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program

10% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

59% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

31% 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 BSBA

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

Minimum of 120 for BSBA

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
54 Credits in approved Arts & Sciences basic skills & general education courses; 42 Credits of business core curriculum courses; 15-22 Credits of business major course requirements with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.25 in all courses applied to the major; Cumulative minimum GPA of 2.000

76% 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, Finance, General Management, Marketing

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 92

New electives added in the past academic year:

Principles of Selling

Sales Force Management

Financial Statement Analysis

Leadership in the Social Environment

What special programs are available to business students?
Certificate in International Business Certificate in Leadership and Ethics

Work study or co-op opportunities	Yes
The College of Business Administration provides co-op opportunities to qualified students with IBM, Fedex, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young.
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Students have many opportunities through formal study abroad programs which include: exchange student programs, affiliate programs and Pitt Developed Programs. The Pitt programs include but are not limited to: the Plus Three Program (The Plus 3 Program, a two week travel addition open to all freshman engineering and business students), Pitt-In London and Pitt-In China.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
Business student organizations provide a number of opportunities for volunteer work and community service to students.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
Students have a variety of options for extra-curricular activities including lectures, seminars and the following business student organizations: AIESEC, Alpha Kappa Psi, American Marketing Association, Beta Alpha Psi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Delta Sigma Pi, International Business, Investment Banking Club, Phi Beta Lambda, Phi Chi Theta, Roberto Clemente Minority Business Assoc., Society for Human Resource Management, Sports Business Assoc., Finance Club, Accounting Association, & Women in Business.

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	43
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	35
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	22

23% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  1% 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: Bradley R. Agle, Marick F. Masters, John Stuart Hulland

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are not required to live on campus

95% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

670 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:
Campus-wide wireless network implementation.