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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, Real Estate, , ,

Retail Studies

Information Technology and Society

Programs Offered

BS	Commerce	Full time
BA	Economics	Full time

Core curriculum last revised NA

Average class size in required business classes	34
Average class size in business electives
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program

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

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

NA % 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 175 for BS in Commerce

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

Minimum of for

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree

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

NA % 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:

New electives added in the past academic year:

What special programs are available to business students?

Work study or co-op opportunities	Yes
Federal work study program through University's financial aid; Accelerated Cooperative Education Experience (ACE)in junior year
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Through University's study abroad program; business students strongly encouraged to participate
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
ACE program requirement; addt'l service learning in accounting, finance, management, marketing, and mgt systems areas
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
Organized around discipline: speaker events, volunteer work, business plan competitions, etc

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	91
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors

NA % of permanent/tenured business professors are women

NA % 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: Barry Z Posner, Meir Statman, Hersh Shefrin

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are not required to live on campus

NA % of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

628 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:
Campuswide wireless access (classroom and public areas); 100% wired network access for residence halls since 1994 "one per pillow" plus common areas