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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

UNC Chapel-Hill (Kenan-Flagler)

Kenan-Flagler Business School

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
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Programs Offered

BS	Business Administration	Full time
BS	Business Administration/Finance	Full time
BS	Business Administration/Entrepreneurship	Full time
BS	Business Administration/Marketing	Full time
BS	Business Admin/International Business	Full time

Core curriculum last revised 2005

Average class size in required business classes	50
Average class size in business electives	45
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program

  0% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

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

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

95% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

  5% 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 in Business Administ

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

Minimum of 60 for Bachelor of Science in Business Administ

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
Includes minimum of 6 credit hours in business global awareness; includes satisfying business computing skills; includes minimum of 15 hours outside the business school (liberal arts) during junior-senior year

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:
Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, International Business, Marketing

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 43

New electives added in the past academic year:

International Development

Organizational Effectiveness

Negotiations

Leadership & Management Communication

Sustainabilty & Social Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship Through Microfinance

Family Business

Business Plan Analysis

Distribution Channels & Retailing

What special programs are available to business students?
GLOBE, an international program offered with and at Chinese University of Hong Kong & Copenhagen Business School; Carolina Challenge, entrepreneurial business plan competition; Undergraduate Business Symposium, one of the largest student-run events in the U.S.

Work study or co-op opportunities	No
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
GLOBE (partnership with Copenhagen Business School and Chinese University Hong Kong); 14 exchange programs worldwide; 2 summer abroad programs; 3 summer immersion programs
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
UNC Kenan-Flagler builds annually "the House that Kenan-Flagler Built" in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity; build teams include undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and staff working together. Also, most undergraduate student clubs (business fraternities, interest clubs) complete service projects. The BSBA Student Body completes a service project under the direction of the BSBA Student Government.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
Investment Club; Finance Club; International Affiars Club; Carolina Women in Business; Consulting Club; Entrepreneurship Club; Out for Business GLBT Club; Delta Sigma Pi; Alpha Kappa Psi; AEISEC

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	95
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	54

11% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  2% 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

17% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business

Prominent Faculty: Douglas A. Shackelford, Jan-Benedict Steenkamp, Valarie Zeithaml

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

20% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

397 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:
UNC Kenan-Flagler carefully emulates technologies used in that world so students are fluent in critical technical skills upon leaving the program. New efforts in virtual teaming are further preparing students for the global economy with not only the steps to use the technologies but also the unique skills needed to truly leverage technologies such as online collaboration tools, video conferencing and web presentations.