PROGRAM BASICS
Programs Offered
| BBA | Accounting |
| BBA | Finance |
| BBA | Information & Operations Management |
| BBA | Management |
| BBA | Marketing |
| BS | Agribusiness |
Specializations offered:
Accounting, Finance, General Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Supply Chain Management
| Core curriculum was last revised in 2005 |
| Average class size in core business classes | 127 |
| Average class size in business electives | 44 |
| Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program | |
14.00% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students
36.00% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students
N/A% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.
N/A% 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, BS |
| Maximum of 120 for BBA. BS |
Credit hours required (in business program) for business degree
| Minimum of 64 for BBA - Accounting |
| Maximum of 70 for BBA - Management; BBA - Information & Operations Management |
Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
University Core Curriculum + General Electives + 2 semesters Foreign Language
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, Finance, General Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing
Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 91
New electives added in the past academic year:
Cultural Issues Across the Core Competencies
Introduction to Securities & Commodities Trading
Trading Risk Management
Portfolio Management
Business Ethics
Negotiations
Internet Marketing
Asian Business Environment
Latin American Markets
| Work study or co-op opportunities | Yes |
| Study abroad opportunities | Yes |
FACULTY
| Total full-time undergraduate business faculty | 136 |
| Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty | 16 |
| Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors | 78 |
12.00% of permanent/tenured business professors are women
8.00% 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:
Michael A. Hitt
Leonard L. Berry
Ricky W. Griffin
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
1200 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:
Mays is committed to consistently updating classroom and computer lab technologies. Smart technology is available in business classrooms. State-of-the-art Reliant Energy Trading Center opened in 2003. Students have access to 2 Bloomberg machines. Wireless network is available to students at sites all over campus. Satellite teleconferencing is available for class use, too. Mays invests in new computers and software on an ongoing basis.
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