BUSINESS WEEK ONLINE: BEST B-SCHOOLS

University of California, Davis
Graduate School of Management


1999 Profile Update
School Statistics
Graduates' Comments


CURRICULUM
  Electives available in 1998: 36
New electives in past three years: 25%
The core curriculum was last revised in: N/A
Accelerated MBA program offered? No

New Courses in Past Three Years
Customer Service as a Marketing Tool, New Product Development, Project Management for Information Systems, Consumer Products Marketing: An Insider's Prospective, Valuation, Negotiations, Advertising and Promotion Management, Game Theory, Behavioral Approaches to Decision Making, Pricing, Management of Non Profit Organizations

Most Popular Electives
Marketing Strategies, New Product Development, Advertising, Financial Management, Options and Futures Markets, International Finance

Most Popular Professors
Chi-Ling Tsai, Naik Prasad, Brad M. Barber, Richard Castanias, Michael Maher, Nicole Biggart

Majors or Concentrations Added in Past Three Years
Joint MBA/MD

Teaching Methods
Lecture: 30%
Case Study: 50%
Field Projects: 20%

Full-time faculty members:   23
Adjunct or visiting faculty: 23
Average core class size: 60
Average elective class size: 19

Laptop computer required? No

Grading System
N/A

Exchange Programs or International Campuses
Erasmus University in Rotterdam (Holland); Helsinki School of Economics & Business Administration (Finland); Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM); Heinrich Heine Universitat (Dusseldorf, Germany); Bocconi University (Milan, Italy); University of Lyon (France)

Best Areas of Study
Finance, Marketing, Technology Management, Accounting

Areas School Would Like to Improve
Environmental and Natural Resource Management

1998 PLACEMENT
  On-campus recruiters for graduates: 62
On-campus recruiters for first-year internships: 65
On-campus student full-time job interviews: approx. 324
On-campus student internship interviews: 207
Job opportunities posted via the Internet or E-mail: 550

Top Employers/Number of 1998 Hires
Hewlett-Packard   6
Intel 4
The Warner Group 3
GATX Capital 3
KPMG Peat Marwick 2
IBM 1
Deloitte & Touche 1
Levi's 1
The Clorox Company 1
Peoplesoft 1

ALUMNI NETWORK
  Number of living alumni: 925
Alums who gave to the school during the 1997/98 academic year: 16%
Median alumni gift: $112
Number of alumni clubs: 1
Number of dues-paying members: 0
Number of staffers devoted to MBA alumni relations: 1
Placement services offered for alumni? Not Known

Back to Top
1999 Profile Update
School Statistics
Graduates' Comments

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 
  Key Contacts
School Web Site

E-Mail:
hbbishopgreen@ucdavis.edu

Address:
Graduate School of Management
Davis, CA 95616-8609

Dean:
Robert H. Smiley
(530) 752-7366

Director of MBA Programs:
N/A

Director of Admissions:
Donald A. Blodger
(530) 752-7661

Director of Alumni Relations:
Rissa V. Spears
(530) 752-8828

Director of Financial Aid:
Holly Bishop-Green
(530) 752-7658

Director of Career Services:
Donald A. Blodger
(530) 752-7661

Application Deadlines:
U.S.
February 1, 1999; April 1, 1999

International
February 1, 1999; April 1, 1999





Copyright 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved
Terms of Use