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2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

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Villanova School of Business

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PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, Management Business Systems, , ,

Business Honors Program

International Business Co-Major

Business Law and Governance Minor

Entrepreneurship Minor

Programs Offered

BS	Accountancy	Full time
BS	Economics	Full time
BS	Business Honors	Full time
BBA	Finance	Full time
BBA	Management	Full time
BBA	Management Information Systems	Full time
BBA	Marketing	Full time

Core curriculum last revised NA

Average class size in required business classes	29
Average class size in business electives	26
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program

24% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

71% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

  5% 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 123 for BSBA, BS Honors, BS Econ, BS Accountancy

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

Minimum of 48 for BSBA, BS Honors, BS Econ, BS Accountancy

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
1) Completion of Creating Excellence through Opportunities (CEO) Program for Freshmen 2) Completion of Diversity Requirement (fulfilled through volunteer service and/or participation in international study)

92% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

99% 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, Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance, General Management, Marketing

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 81

New electives added in the past academic year:

ACC 2420, International Accounting

ACC 2340, Accounting Information Systems

ACC 3350, Fraud Examination

FIN 2342, Student Managed Fund I

FIN 2343, Student Managed Fund II

MGT 2212, Leadership

MGT 2250, Global Corp Responsibility

MKT 2224, Professional Selling

MKT 2290, Interactive Marketing

What special programs are available to business students?
- BS in Business Honors - International Business Co-Major - Business Law and Governance Minor - Entrepreneurship Minor - Internship and CoOp Programs - Study Abroad - Creating Excellence through Opportunities (CEO) Program for Freshmen

Work study or co-op opportunities	Yes
Students participate in internships during an academic semester or summer. Most VSB students participate in internships a part-time basis while taking 4 or 5 courses; the summer break period allows many students to participate on a full-time basis. A CoOp is a more intense, full-time commitment. VSB students may elect to participate in a CoOp program during their junior year for a 6-month period. CoOp students are considered to be temporary, full-time employees by sponsoring organizations.
Study abroad opportunities	Yes
35 percent of VSB students participate in study abroad programs during their educational experience (compared to the national average of 2 percent). VSB students may go almost anywhere in the world for international study programs, provided that the destination is deemed safe and is approved by the university. Popular destinations include Athens, Beijing, Belfast, Cairo, Chile, Costa Rica, Geneva, Germany, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Warsaw.
Volunteer and community service opportunities	Yes
VSB students are encouraged to view themselves and their work within the context of making a positive contribution to the world. VU has a special fall break for students to perform service activities. VU hosts the largest student-run Special Olympics in the world, and has the highest level of student participation in Habitat for Humanity. VSB students also prove that CSR can make a profit; VSB's student-managed Arnone-Lerer socially responsible investing fund outperformed the S&P 500 last year.
Business clubs and extracurricular activities	Yes
Accounting Society; Omicron Delta Epsilon; Economics Society; Financial Management Association; Equity Management Society; Entrepreneurial Society; Society for the Advancement of Management; International Business Society; Association of Information Technology Professionals; Marketing Society; Advertising Society; Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society; Gamma Phi Honor Society; Kappa Omega Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi; National Association of Black Accountants; Phi Beta Lambda; Women in Business.

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty	99
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty	12
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors	65

22% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  2% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)

21% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors

40% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business

Prominent Faculty: Ronald Paul Hill, Michael Pagano, Jonathan P. Doh

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are not required to live on campus

68% of all business students live on campus

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

TECHNOLOGY

5334 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:
VSB is home to the Applied Finance Lab, a hands-on virtual trading room that serves as a state-of-the-art teaching, learning, and financial research environment. Due in significant part to this lab, VU is ranked the #1 Most Wired campus in the nation. Recently, VU launched Vista (an e-learning/course management system), iLinc (a virtual, interactive classroom), Horizon Wimba (an audio/interactive classroom and office-hours system), webcasting, and iTunes U podcasting capabilities.