PROGRAM BASICS
Programs Offered
| Full-time or Part-time | Accounting |
| Full-time or Part-time | Economics |
| Full-time or Part-time | Finance |
| Full-time or Part-time | Management |
| Full-time or Part-time | Management Information Systems |
| Full-time or Part-time | Marketing |
Specializations offered:
Accounting, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Human Resource Management, Insurance, International Business, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Organizational Behavior
| Core curriculum was last revised in 2004 |
| Average class size in core business classes | 104 |
| Average class size in business electives | 41 |
| Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program | 112 |
11.00% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students
30.00% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students
1.00% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.
0% of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for business degree (including university and program requirements)
| Minimum of 120 for Bachelor of Business Administration |
| Maximum of N/A for N/A |
Credit hours required (in business program) for business degree
| Minimum of 48 for Bachelor of Business Administration |
| Maximum of N/A for N/A |
Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
60 hrs. nonbusiness, 48 hrs. business, 2.00 GPA in six areas, 30 hrs. residency, core/prereq
76.00% 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, Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Marketing
Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 106
New electives added in the past academic year:
Experiential Learning
Natural Resource Economics
Life/Health Insurance, Corp. & Fin. Risk Mgt., Prop. & Liability Insurance
Advanced Corp. Fin., Topics in Fin I, Topics in Fin. II, Employee Benefit
Foundations of Business, Case Studies in International Management, Competitive Strategy
Computer & Net Security, Database Mgt. II
Retail Strategies, Current Topics in International Marketing
Entrepreneurial Strategy, Directed readings in Entrepreneurship
Technical and Professional Editing, Ambassador Seminar
| Work study or co-op opportunities | Yes |
| Study abroad opportunities | Yes |
FACULTY
| Total full-time undergraduate business faculty | 98 |
| Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty | 40 |
| Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors | 57 |
14.00% of permanent/tenured business professors are women
4.00% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)
5.00% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors
2.00% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business
Prominent Faculty:
Sara Rynes
Dan Collins
Kurt Anstreicher
STUDENT LIFE
| Delta Sigma Pi chapter | Yes |
Freshmen are not required to live on campus
N/A% of all business students live on campus
Business students are grouped together in "learning communities" in housing or other facilities
TECHNOLOGY
1000 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:
'03: New library laptops; moved to Windows & Office XP; Active directory authentication; new interface for student project Webserver; expanded 802.11b wireless LAN; moved Blackboard to central service. '04: installed handicap accessible email stations; increased desktop support; tablet PCs for checkout. '05: discounted USB flash drive program; prototyped conference room with 50" plasma screen; student Web services with .NET framework; implemented Elluminate; Desire2Learn, new course mgmt. system
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