PROGRAM BASICS
Programs Offered
Specializations offered:
Accounting, Consulting, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Human Resource Management, International Business, Marketing, Operations Management, Organizational Behavior, Supply Chain Management
| Core curriculum was last revised in 2004 |
| Average class size in core business classes | 67 |
| Average class size in business electives | 22 |
| Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program | |
41.00% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students
29.00% 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 BSBA |
| Maximum of N/A for N/A |
Credit hours required (in business program) for business degree
| Minimum of 48 for BSBA |
| Maximum of 72 for BSBA |
Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
Minimum 48 cr of non-business courses including english comp, calculus, & distribution requirements
93.00% 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, Finance, International Business, Marketing
Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 113
New electives added in the past academic year:
Managing Your Business Career Strategy
Presenting Yourself in Business Communications: Meetings, Memos, E-mails, & Reports
Healthcare Economics, Policy and Operations
Economics Issues and the Management of Healthcare
Empirical Techniques for Industry Analysis
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| Work study or co-op opportunities | No |
| Study abroad opportunities | Yes |
FACULTY
| Total full-time undergraduate business faculty | 69 |
| Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty | 20 |
| Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors | 29 |
7.00% of permanent/tenured business professors are women
4.00% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)
5.00% 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:
Glenn MacDonald
Jack Nickerson
Anjan Thakor
STUDENT LIFE
| Delta Sigma Pi chapter | Yes |
Freshmen are required to live on campus
67.00% of all business students live on campus
Business students are not grouped together in "learning communities" in housing or other facilities
TECHNOLOGY
600 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:
The primary facilities include student computing labs containing 73 PC workstations (all new this year) and 21 laptop work areas. There are also 27 group study rooms (four added last year). The network is 100Mbs (fast Ethernet) and wireless access is available throughout the building. Virtually all our Network infrastructure is less than 4 yrs old. Upgrades this year alone included 5 servers, SAN Network storage (4.8TB), our main network switch, and 3 network printers.