PROGRAM BASICS
Programs Offered
| Accounting | |
| Finance | Finance with Real Estate |
| Electronic Business | |
| Entrepreneurial Management | |
| Marketing | |
| Supply and Value Chain Management | |
Specializations offered:
Accounting, E-commerce, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Finance, General Management, International Business, Leadership, Marketing, Real Estate, Supply Chain Management
| Core curriculum was last revised in 2004 |
| Average class size in core business classes | 45 |
| Average class size in business electives | 30 |
| Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program | 30 |
1.00% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students
1.00% 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 124 for BBA |
| Maximum of 124 for BBA |
Credit hours required (in business program) for business degree
| Minimum of 54 for BBA |
| Maximum of 60 for BBA |
Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
39 to 63 University core credit hours; minimum of 9 hours of non-business electives
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, E-commerce, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing
Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 19
New electives added in the past academic year:
Global Supply Chain Management
Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Special Problems in Management-Successful Entrepreneurs
Special Problems in Marketing - Personal Selling
Business Internship
Financial Analysis
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| Work study or co-op opportunities | No |
| Study abroad opportunities | Yes |
FACULTY
| Total full-time undergraduate business faculty | 66 |
| Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty | 21 |
| Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors | 32 |
10.00% of permanent/tenured business professors are women
3.00% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)
22.00% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors
19.00% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business
Prominent Faculty:
Stanley Block
William Moncrief
Gary Bruton
STUDENT LIFE
| Delta Sigma Pi chapter | Yes |
Freshmen are required to live on campus
95.00% of all business students live on campus
Business students are not grouped together in "learning communities" in housing or other facilities
TECHNOLOGY
400 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:
Wireless access became available in most of the buildings on campus during past three years. Computer labs in the Neeley School of Business were upgraded with faster processors, more RAM, DVD burners and 750 zip drives. We keep on the cutting edge of software upgrades and run the most current versions of Microsoft Office and other software.