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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

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Neeley School of Business

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, Other, , ,

Programs Offered

BBA	Accounting	Full time
BBA	Finance	Full time
BBA	Electronic Business	Full time
BBA	Entrepreneurial Management	Full time
BBA	Marketing	Full time
BBA	Supply and Value Chain Management	Full time
BBA	Finance with Real Estate Emphasis	Full time

Core curriculum last revised 2004

Average class size in required business classes	35
Average class size in business electives	27
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program	26

19% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

79% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

  2% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

  0% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

  6% of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment

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

Minimum of 124 for BBA

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

Minimum of 54 for BBA

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
In addition to 36 hours of business core courses and 18-24 hours of courses in a business major, students must complete 39 to 63 credit hours of University core curriculum requirements and at least 9 hours of non-business electives.

51% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

23% 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, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain Management

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 19

New electives added in the past academic year:

Global Supply Chain Management

Invention, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Special Problems in Marketing- Successfu

Special Problems in Marketing - Personal

Business Internship

Financial Analysis

What special programs are available to business students?
BNSF Next Generation Leadership Program Neeley Fellows Program Educational Investment Fund International Emphasis

Work study or co-op opportunities	No
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
The Neeley School offers two study abroad opportunities specifically for business students: Business in China and Business in Europe.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
Business School Organizations participate in campus-wide community service events. The Neeley School also sponsors a holiday community service activity each year and participants include Neeley School faculty, staff and students.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
American Marketing Association Beta Alpha Psi Beta Gamma Sigma Collegiate Entrepreneurs Club Delta Sigma Pi Electronic Business Association Financial Management Association Society for Human Resource Management Students in Free Enterprise Student Organization for Supply Chain Management

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	62
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	22
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	27

19% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

11% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)

22% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors

33% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business

Prominent Faculty: Dr. Stanley Block, Dr. Christine M. Riordan, Dr. Mary Stanford

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

95% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

400 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:
Wireless access became available in most of the buildings on campus during the past three years. Computer labs in the Neeley School of Business were upgraded with faster processors, more RAM, DVD burners and 750 zip drives. We remain on the cutting edge of software upgrades and run the most current versions of Microsoft Office and other software.