PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Accounting, Other, , ,

Programs Offered

30% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

65% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

  5% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

90% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

  2% of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment

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

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

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
Students must complete university general education requirements(Areas of Knowledge): 20 cr VLPA; 20 cr I&S inc. 10 credits in micro- and macro-economics; 20 cr NW, inc. calculus; 5 cr composition. Business School Requirements: ACCTG 215, ACCTG 225; QMETH 201; MGMT 200; B ECON 300; MKTG 301; I S 300; I BUS 300; OPMGT 301; FIN 350; MGMT 300; MGMT 320; MGMT 430; and 300- or 400-level business electives to bring the total number of business credits to 72; and two writing-intensive courses.

93% 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, Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Business, Marketing

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 82

New electives added in the past academic year:

International Financial Management

What special programs are available to business students?
Business Honors allows students with exceptional academic records to work with professors in independent study/research. The Certificate of International Studies in Business (CISB) focuses on the cross-cultural skills & knowledge needed in the global marketplace. The Sales Certificate develops skills in selling, creating customer partnerships & developing new business. Retail Management develops skills to succeed in an industry reverberating with technology, customer service & market expansion.

FACULTY

30% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  4% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)

12% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors

32% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business

Prominent Faculty: Terry Shevlin, Charles Hill, Terry Mitchell

STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are not required to live on campus

25% of all business students live on campus

Business students are grouped together in "learning communities" in housing or other facilities

TECHNOLOGY

763 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:
5 new servers expanded the school network, wireless network installed and upgraded through School; Blackboard system for undergraduates; updated hardware and software installed in all faculty/staff offices, classrooms and computer labs; NASDAQ trading room; intranet and home page portal for staff & students, integrated school calendar system; integration of Business School systems with University's "MyUW" for student access of information.