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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, , , ,

Engineering Route to Business

Professional Program in Accounting

Business Honors Program

Programs Offered

BBA

Full time

Core curriculum last revised Prior to 2000

Average class size in required business classes	53
Average class size in business electives	41
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program	110

12% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

56% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

32% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

57% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

35% of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment

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

Minimum of 120 for BBA

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

Minimum of 48 for BBA

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
60 hours in residence, 24 in business in residence, 2.00 UT gpa, 2.00 gpa in business courses, two years in a foreign language in high school, required internship, required careers course, 38 hours in business core classes, 15 hours in major courses. International Business majors need 3 years of a foreign language in college and must study abroad for at least one semester.

69% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

79% 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, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Supply Chain Management

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 89

New electives added in the past academic year:

Global Entrepreneurship

Energy Financial Risk Management

Advanced Studies in Int'l Finance

Banking & Financial Intermediation

Real Estate Appraisal Investment

E-business System Development

Managing the Future

Data Mining

Art & Science of Negotiation

Business in Hispanic Life/Culture

What special programs are available to business students?
-Business Honors Program: highly selective programs with small, intense courses, cohorts and customized activities. -Leadershape: two one-week long off-campus programs with business execs re: leadership, ethics, goal development -Diversity progams: summer camps for diverse high school students. Six student organizations along with two huge corporate diversity dinner/forums. -VIP Speaker series with top CEO's. -We host an international case competition as well as internal case competition

Work study or co-op opportunities	Yes
Starting in 1998 students are required to have an internship related to their major, and companion internship course, in order to graduate. Six week minimum and 150 hours of work to qualify. Many students have multiple internships.
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
27 semester long study abroad programs, most in English, with other top international business schools in addition to the University's 500 general study abroad programs. We have our own study abroad advisors and office just for business undergrads. UT rates and courses facilitate enrollment: 30% of business students study abroad.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
There is a staffed UT Volunteer Center which facilites opportunities for students. Business student organizations also perform many community service activities, which we strongly encourage and facilitate with staff guidance and corporate support.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
We have our own student affairs department solely for business students which provides support for organizations re.leadership skill building, programs, and activities. We provide development staff and corporate contacts to secure funding for student initiatives. The vast majority of all business students participate in extra-curricular activities. We provide a large Leadership Center for student organization use. The University also provides staff support and space for student groups.

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	93
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	47
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	41

24% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  2% 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: Sheridan Titman, William Kinney, Andrew Whinston

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are not required to live on campus

59% 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:
Increased wireless coverage. VPN access for off-campus users. Significant increase in email mailbox capacity. Enterprise Spam filtering. Increased personal network file storage. More administrative tasks moved to the web to increase services. Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) made a $3M upgrade to its top-ranked high-performance computer cluster, Lonestar, making it capable of more than 3 trillion calculations per second.