PROGRAM BASICS
Programs Offered
| Bachelor of Science in Business | as listed above |
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Specializations offered:
Accounting, Actuarial Science, Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Human Resource Management, Industrial Management, Insurance, International Business, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management
| Core curriculum was last revised prior to 2000 |
| Average class size in core business classes | 60 |
| Average class size in business electives | 40 |
| Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program | 35 |
11.00% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students
18.00% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students
40.00% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.
40.00% 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 B.S.B. |
| Maximum of N/A for N/A |
Credit hours required (in business program) for business degree
| Minimum of 44 for B.S.B. |
| Maximum of N/A for N/A |
Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
See http://www.csom.umn.edu/Page545.aspx, includes 60 credits outside Business/economics
70.00% 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, Management Information Systems, Marketing
Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 40
New electives added in the past academic year:
International Communications
Entrepreneurship in Action
Entrepreneurial Perspectives
Short-Term Global Enrichment Electives (existing core courses taught abroad)
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| Work study or co-op opportunities | Yes |
| Study abroad opportunities | Yes |
FACULTY
| Total full-time undergraduate business faculty | 126 |
| Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty | 120 |
| Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors | 76 |
17.00% 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:
Norm Bowie
Ross Levine
Andrew Van de Ven
STUDENT LIFE
| Delta Sigma Pi chapter | Yes |
Freshmen are not required to live on campus
82.00% of all business students live on campus
Business students are grouped together in "learning communities" in housing or other facilities
TECHNOLOGY
370 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:
Upgraded to gigabit network; Learning Management System (course management site); improved security infrastructure; upgraded wireless firewall & user interface; improved consistency & capabilities of email server; video-conferencing & classroom webcasting; document sharing and virtual meeting capabilities; web- based applications: online program applications, scholarship applications and alumni directory; faculty teaching & research activity reporting; redesign of school Web site.
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