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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Southern Methodist University

Cox School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Cox School of Business
      • P. O. Box 750508
      • TX
      • Dallas, 75275, Texas
      • United States
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? No
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 11
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 27
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 6,000
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? Yes
      • Year building opened: 2005
      • Number of classrooms: 4
      • Does the school offer temporary housing for executive education participants?: No

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Open-enrollment executive programs run in other countries: 0
      • Custom executive programs run in other countries: 2
      • Companies for which the school ran custom programs in previous year: 19

    • School partnerships with non-business schools:

      • Title: NHCC
      • Partner(s): National Hispanic Corporation

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 908
      • Full-Time MBA: 282
      • Part-Time MBA: 343
      • Executive MBA: 168
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 968
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $450.00
      • High: $6,750.00

    • Range of costs, custom programs:

      • Low: $10,000.00
      • High: $350,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 75 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 25 %

    • Percentage of Participants in open enrollment executive education programs are:

      • Female: 35 %
      • International : 25 %
      • Earning more than $200,000 annually: 1 %
      • Business owners: 20 %
      • Completely sponsored by their employers: 90 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Strategic Financial Skills
      • Type of Course: Financial
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $6,250.00
      • Comments: Oil & Gas Energy Based
      • Title: Strategic Leadership Skills
      • Type of Course: Leadership
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $6,750.00
      • Comments: Oil & Gas Energy Based
      • Title: Essentials of Finance & Accounting
      • Type of Course: Finance/Accounting
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,695.00
      • Title: Essentials of Business Strategy
      • Type of Course: strategy
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,995.00
      • Title: Master Negotiation I
      • Type of Course: Negotiation
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,995.00
      • Title: Certificate in Leadership
      • Type of Course: Leadership
      • Course Length: 12 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $3,695.00
      • Title: Certificate in Management
      • Type of Course: Management
      • Course Length: 12 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $3,695.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 123

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 40
      • Non-Tenured: 43

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 40

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 33

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 39
      • Non-Tenured: 49

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 45 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 35 %
      • Full-time faculty (without tenure): 25 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 20 %
      • Other: 20 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 40 %
      • International: 15 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: We are broadening our focus on cloud technologies and online collaboration. Our labs are all multi-platform O/S deployed. We have doubled the throughput and improved the capacity of our wireless networks. Our Business Information Center has been completely redesigned to include a state-of-the-art trading center with interactive data walls. We produce over 30 hours of classroom and event video a week. We offer a forward-thinking approach that embraces heterogeneous technologies.
      • Amount spent: $2,500,000.00

  • COMMENTS

      • SMU Cox Executive Education is one of the pillars of our commitment to the business community. The content is practical and instantly applicable. Learning experiences are full of energy, enthusiasm and purpose. Cox is a flexible and creative organization with innovative approaches to business problems. With research-based insights through our centers of excellence. Quality you can trust thanks to SMU's heritage of excellence and extensive business connections.

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