PROGRAM BASICS
Programs Offered
| Full-time, Part-time | BS Accounting |
| Full-time, Part-time | BS Economics |
| Full-time, Part-time | BS Management |
| Full-time, Part-time | BS Industrial Management |
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Specializations offered:
Accounting, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resource Management, Industrial Management, International Business, Management Information Systems, Manufacturing and Technology Management, Marketing, Organizational Behavior
| Core curriculum was last revised in 2002 |
| Average class size in core business classes | 72.5 |
| Average class size in business electives | 37.6 |
| Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program | 32.6 |
6.00% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students
41.60% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students
0% 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 124 for BS Accounting, BS Management |
| Maximum of 126 for BS Industrial Management, BS Economics |
Credit hours required (in business program) for business degree
| Minimum of 31 for BS Economics |
| Maximum of 67 for BS Accounting |
Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
N/A
N/A% 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, Economics, Finance, Industrial Management, Marketing
Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 49
New electives added in the past academic year:
Teamwork
Government & Not-for-Profit Accounting
Logistics Concepts & Models
Introduction to Entrepreneurship & Innovation I
Introduction to Entrepreneurship & Innovation II
Entrepreneurship & Technology Management
E Commerce Infrastructure
New Product Development
Beyond Economic Man
| Work study or co-op opportunities | No |
| Study abroad opportunities | Yes |
FACULTY
| Total full-time undergraduate business faculty | 107 |
| Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty | 19 |
| Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors | 62 |
8.00% 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:
John McConnell
Wilbur Lewellen
Herbert Moskowitz
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
2300 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:
Students who bring their own laptop computers to campus will enjoy Purdue's extensive wireless network. Voted No. 2 in Intel's 2004 "Most Unwired College Campuses" survey, Purdue offers wireless access across the academic campus and in common areas of University Residences.
On-campus housing also offers high-speed Ethernet connections within student rooms and students living off campus can access the internet via their Purdue student account at no additional cost.
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