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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Pamplin College of Business

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, , ,

Information Systems Audit

Investment/CFA/CFP

Financial Accounting

Innovation

Restaurant and Food Management

Decision Support Services

Financial Services Management

Corporate Financial Management

Global Tourism Management

Meetings and Events Management

Programs Offered

BS	Accounting & Information Systems	Full time
BS	Business Information Technology	Full time
BS	Economics	Full time
BS	Finance	Full time
BS	Hospitality and Tourism Management	Full time
BS	Management	Full time
BS	Marketing Management	Full time

Core curriculum last revised Prior to 2000

Average class size in required business classes	43
Average class size in business electives	32
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program

15% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

53% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

32% 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 125 for BSBUS

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
Completion of university core, college core, and major requirements with 2.0 GPA and 2.0 in-major GPA.

58% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

72% 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: 29

New electives added in the past academic year:

Equity Services

Fixed Income Securities

Venture Capital & Investment Banking

Asset Valuation and Corporate Governance

Bank Management & Financial Services

Managing Risk with Derivatives

Careers in Finance

What special programs are available to business students?
SEED - Student manage $4M equity portfolion http://www.seed.pamplin.vt.edu/home.html

BASIS - Students manage $4M+ fixed instrument portfolio http://www.basis.pamplin.vt.edu/

Business Horizons - student run career fair with over 150 companies participating http://www.acis.pamplin.vt.edu/placement/bushoriz.htm

Work study or co-op opportunities	Yes
There are generally 60-85 Pamplin students on a co-op work assignment, any given semester. Due to industry demands in business major recruiting, majority of students pursue an internship rather than co-op experience. The Accounting and Information Technology areas supply majority of the 60-85 co-op positions each year.
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
Pamplin offers 12 unique study abroad programs including: Fall in Riva San Vitale, Switzerland Spring in Lugano, Switzerland Winter Break in Austria Winter Break in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Finance & Marketing in Asia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia Management in Japan and Korea Business in France (Evry, France) HTM in Switzerland Products and Processes in Scandinavia Doing Business in Europe (Dijon, France) Business in Greece and Turkey Finance in South Africa
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
Numerous opportunities exist for volunteer and community service work, within the region. Between student organizations, fraternity/sorority and leadership organizations, as well as service-learning organizations, service to the area is widespread, and challenging to quantify. Students can pursue a Minor in Leadership, which requires an experiential component, often involving outreach to the community, or volunteer and leadership experiences
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
27 student organizations exist for business majors, involving over 1,200 students SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise); Accounting Society; APICS (Management Science Organization); Beta Alpha Psi (Accounting); Black Business Council; Business Horizons (nationally-recognized career fair); Delta Epsilon Chi; ELITE (Entrepreneurship); Finance Club; Information Systems Society; Marketing Club; MBA Association; Pi Sigma Epsilon (Marketing); SHRM (Society for Human Resources Management); Alpha Kappa Psi (Leadership); Beta Gamma Sigma (Honors); Business Information Technology Club; Delta Sigma Pi (Leadership); Economics Club; Executive Planning Committee (Career-related events); Hospitality Managers Association; Leadership Development Team (leadership conference); Management Society; Pamplin Multicultural Diversity Council.

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	95
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	19
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	65

23% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  3% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)

  9% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors

20% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business

Prominent Faculty: Vijay Singal, Kent Nakamoto, Greg Kadlec

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

35% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

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 offered to all of Pamplin Hall. Personal computers required for all students.