PROGRAM BASICS
Programs Offered
Specializations offered:
Accounting, Consulting, Finance, General Management, Marketing, Operations Management, Organizational Behavior, Statistics and Operations Research, Strategy, Technology
| Core curriculum was last revised in 2005 |
| Average class size in core business classes | 70 |
| Average class size in business electives | 40 |
| Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program | |
6.00% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students
45.00% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students
98.00% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.
20.00% of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for business degree (including university and program requirements)
| Minimum of 120 for BBA |
| Maximum of 120 for BBA |
Credit hours required (in business program) for business degree
| Minimum of 45 for BBA |
| Maximum of 66 for BBA |
Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
writing requirement; liberal arts distribution; foreign language option; minimum 54 credits liberal
98.00% 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, Consulting, Finance, General Management, Marketing
Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 44
New electives added in the past academic year:
BIT 465
CSIB 391
CSIB 411
ES/FIN 329
FIN 325
LHC 488
MKT 323
CSIB 392
N/A
| Work study or co-op opportunities | No |
| Study abroad opportunities | Yes |
FACULTY
| Total full-time undergraduate business faculty | 130 |
| Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty | 52 |
| Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors | 84 |
23.00% of permanent/tenured business professors are women
1.00% 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:
C.K. Prahalad
Joel Slemrod
Jane Dutton
STUDENT LIFE
| Delta Sigma Pi chapter | Yes |
Freshmen are required to live on campus
N/A% of all business students live on campus
Business students are not grouped together in "learning communities" in housing or other facilities
TECHNOLOGY
859 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:
- Migration of research computing to 5-Node Linux duster with storage area network (SAN)
- Complete redesign of wireless network to support 802.11 a/b/g standards
- Standardization of all classroom IT: video, VHS, DVD, PC, wireless mic, speakers, Crestron touch panel