PROGRAM BASICS
Programs Offered
| BSBA | All checked above, plus some combinations of those specialties |
| BSAcc | Accounting |
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Specializations offered:
Accounting, Economics, Finance, General Management, Hotel Administration, International Business, Marketing, Operations Management, Real Estate, Statistics and Operations Research, Technology
| Core curriculum was last revised in 2002 |
| Average class size in core business classes | 36 |
| Average class size in business electives | 29 |
| Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program | |
10.00% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students
2.00% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students
90.00% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.
30.00% of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for business degree (including university and program requirements)
| Minimum of 185 for BSB Bachelor of Science in Business Administration |
| Maximum of 186 for BSAcc Bachelor of Science in Accounting |
Credit hours required (in business program) for business degree
| Minimum of 76 for BSBA (Management) |
| Maximum of 99 for BSAcc (Accounting) and BSBA Hotel Restaurant Tourism Managment |
Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
Econ 1020, 1030, Stat 1300, 1400 and Engl 2021 (Engl 2022 for accounting majors)
57.00% of business students graduate from the program within four 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, Hotel Administration, International Business, Real Estate
Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 140
New electives added in the past academic year:
Employment Law and Ethics
The Constitution and Business
E-Commerce Law and Ethics
Real Estate Law
Hotel Law
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| Work study or co-op opportunities | Yes |
| Study abroad opportunities | Yes |
FACULTY
| Total full-time undergraduate business faculty | 84 |
| Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty | 40 |
| Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors | 56 |
16.00% of permanent/tenured business professors are women
0% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)
N/A% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors
N/A% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business
Prominent Faculty:
Bruce Hutton, Marketing
Buie Sewall, Business Ethics and Legal Studies
Ron Rizzuto, Finance
STUDENT LIFE
| Delta Sigma Pi chapter | N/A |
Freshmen are required to live on campus
42.00% of all business students live on campus
Business students are grouped together in "learning communities" in housing or other facilities
TECHNOLOGY
96 computers available to undergraduate business students (within the program and university as a whole)
| Wireless network in main B-school buildings | Yes |
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The University has 35,000 wired network connections. 25,000 at 100 megabyte per second speed and 10,000 with gigabyte per second speed. Every classroom is wireless and each seat is wired with network connectivity and electrical power. All business classes utilize laptops in the curriculum and the campus has 4,000+ classes using Blackboard. The campus has a full-range personalized portal for every student and a campus developed portfolio system used for collaboration, teaching and assessment.
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